The Shemwell Family

Mittie Drucilla ParhamAge: 85 years18761961

Name
Mittie Drucilla Parham
Given names
Mittie Drucilla
Surname
Parham
Married name
Mittie Drucilla McKell
Birth February 21, 1876 43 38
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 22 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageDavid Frank McKellView this family
between 1910 and 1920 (Age 33 years)

Death of a husbandDavid Frank McKell
July 5, 1911 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherAllen Parham
April 26, 1915 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 41 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death of a half-sisterTennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
August 11, 1924 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ashley
July 4, 1926 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 53 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a brotherWilliam A Parham
January 20, 1935 (Age 58 years)
Death of a brotherJames Ashley Parham
January 5, 1939 (Age 62 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Haret Parham
May 3, 1940 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherAllen Parham Jr.
May 8, 1943 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Death of a sisterMartha Lena “Mattie” Parham
December 23, 1945 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 73 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 69 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death June 13, 1961 (Age 85 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 12, 1860Hopkins, Texas, United States
13 years
elder brother
James Ashley Parham
Birth: February 21, 1874 41 36Texas, United States
Death: January 5, 1939Lamar, Texas, United States
-7 years
elder brother
William A Parham
Birth: December 21, 1866 34 29Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: January 20, 1935Lamar, Texas, United States
-5 years
elder sister
Martha Lena “Mattie” Parham
Birth: October 25, 1861 28 24Canyon City, Randall, Texas, United States
Death: December 23, 1945Maricopa, Arizona, United States
11 years
elder brother
4 years
herself
Mittie Drucilla Parham
Birth: February 21, 1876 43 38Texas, United States
Death: June 13, 1961Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Mary Elizabeth Jones - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 20, 1855
9 months
half-sister
Mary Haret Parham
Birth: September 20, 1856 23 20Texas, United States
Death: May 3, 1940Lannius, Fannin, Texas, United States
23 months
half-sister
Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
Birth: August 23, 1858 25 22Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: August 11, 1924Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States
Family with David Frank McKell - View this family
husband
David Frank McKell
Birth: April 1870Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States
Death: July 5, 1911Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
herself
Mittie Drucilla Parham
Birth: February 21, 1876 43 38Texas, United States
Death: June 13, 1961Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Marriage: between 1910 and 1920

Mittie Drucilla Parham has 57 first cousins recorded

Father's family (57)

Parents William J Rector + Elizabeth Parham
2James A Rector18411860
3Martha Ann Rector18431915
4Mary C Rector18461925
5Isaac E Rector18481900
Parents Johnson Parham Jr + Elizabeth Betsy Brown
1Sarah Jane Parham18421893
6John W Parham18521931
Parents Willaim Taylor Orme + Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham
2James Isaac Orme18511875
3Mary Tennesse Orme18531934
5Thomas Allen Orme18581948
Parents William “Bill” Parham + Sarah Brown
1Johnson M Parham18511936
2Martha Jane Parham18521935
6Sarah Jane Parham18601940
7Lucy A Parham18621911
10Alice Parham18681868
11Lafayette Parham18681868
12James Emmett Parham18691944
Parents Isaac Parham + Stacy Emma Taylor
3Stacy L Parham18591917
Parents James Washington Parham + Martha Elizabeth Stephens
3James Edwin Parham18611894
Parents William Andrew Dial + Mary Parham
1James A Dial18531931
3Annie Louisa Dial18581914
7Alice Dial18661898
8Ida Dial18681897
9Ella Dial18701969
11Willie Lee Dial18751965
12Walter Malcomb Dial18781954

Mother's family (0)