Minna Nancy “Minnie” ParhamAge: 59 years1864–1924
- Name
- Minna Nancy “Minnie” Parham
- Given names
- Minna Nancy
- Surname
- Parham
- Nickname
- Minnie
- Married name
- Minna Nancy Avary
 Birth | August 2, 1864 33 27 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Death of a mother | Martha Elizabeth Stephens December 6, 1874 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)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 grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a father | James Washington Parham June 18, 1885 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | William Marion Avary — View this family January 14, 1886 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a sister | Margaret Anna Parham 1894 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Edwin Parham 1894 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 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 52 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 53 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 | 1924 (Age 59 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Washington Parham Birth: August 12, 1830 35 35 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 18, 1885 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Martha Elizabeth Stephens Birth: February 13, 1837 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 6, 1874 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: April 8, 1852 — Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Mary Isabella Parham Birth: November 29, 1855 25 18 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Margaret Anna Parham Birth: July 20, 1858 27 21 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: 1894 |
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3 years elder brother |
James Edwin Parham Birth: March 12, 1861 30 24 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: 1894 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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3 years herself |
Minna Nancy “Minnie” Parham Birth: August 2, 1864 33 27 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: 1924 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
| Family with William Marion Avary |
| husband |
William Marion Avary Birth: January 7, 1859 — Drew, Arkansas, United States Death: September 4, 1942 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Minna Nancy “Minnie” Parham Birth: August 2, 1864 33 27 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: 1924 — Fannin, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: January 14, 1886 — Lamar, Texas, United States |