The Shemwell Family

Ollie G ParhamAge: 68 years18791947

Name
Ollie G Parham
Given names
Ollie G
Surname
Parham
Birth about 1879 39 34
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Death of a fatherLewis Washington Parham
January 31, 1904 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherSarah Ann Rand
November 9, 1912 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 brotherSamuel Allen Parham
December 4, 1932 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin A Parham
May 24, 1934 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherFranklin Pierce Parham
April 22, 1943 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 May 16, 1947 (Age 68 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: 1859Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States
4 years
elder brother
Samuel Allen Parham
Birth: 1862 22 17Indiana, United States
Death: December 4, 1932Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
6 years
elder brother
Benjamin A Parham
Birth: about 1867 27 22Illinois, United States
Death: May 24, 1934Allerton, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder brother
Franklin Pierce Parham
Birth: October 13, 1869 30 24Illinois, United States
Death: April 22, 1943Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States
8 years
elder sister
Essie May Parham
Birth: about 1877 37 32Illinois, United States
Death: December 20, 1962Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
3 years
himself
Ollie G Parham
Birth: about 1879 39 34Illinois, United States
Death: May 16, 1947Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois, United States

Ollie G Parham has 26 first cousins recorded