Sarah Jane ParhamAge: 79 years1860–1940
- Name
- Sarah Jane Parham
- Given names
- Sarah Jane
- Surname
- Parham
- Married name
- Sarah Jane Henry
 Birth | August 29, 1860 35 33 |
 Birth of a sister | Lucy A Parham March 12, 1862 (Age 18 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Carrie Drucilla Parham March 9, 1864 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 months)Note: 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 |
| Birth of a brother | William A “Willie” Parham December 12, 1865 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 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 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Alice Parham July 23, 1868 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lafayette Parham July 23, 1868 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a sister | Alice Parham July 23, 1868 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lafayette Parham July 23, 1868 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Emmett Parham May 25, 1869 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 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 |
 Census | July 13, 1870 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Brown June 1, 1872 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a brother | William A “Willie” Parham October 5, 1874 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 24, 1880 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 23 years) |
 Marriage | George Washington Henry — View this family August 13, 1885 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Waymon Henry January 13, 1887 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Rainey Henry August 5, 1888 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Bert “Bertie” Henry April 3, 1890 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Lulu Mae Henry September 14, 1891 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | James Willis Henry September 4, 1893 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Alba Henry December 11, 1894 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Ulysses Grant Henry September 6, 1896 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a son | James Willis Henry November 19, 1896 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 |
| Birth of a son #8 | Guy Nelson Henry September 5, 1898 (Age 38 years) |
| Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Waymon Henry — Eliza Jane Swafford — View this family August 9, 1908 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harry Porter Cummins — Lulu Mae Henry — View this family May 23, 1909 (Age 48 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Celia Mae Cummins September 17, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a father | William “Bill” Parham November 15, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lucy A Parham March 23, 1911 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Helen Lenora Cummins May 1, 1912 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Leither Hollis Henry December 14, 1919 (Age 59 years) |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Willie Alford Agee — Alba Henry — View this family before 1921 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ulysses Grant Henry — Jerushia “Myrtle” Hale — View this family July 2, 1921 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | William Clenn Agee May 30, 1922 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a husband | George Washington Henry August 7, 1923 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Temperance Parham September 26, 1926 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jesse Franklin Parham January 3, 1929 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Earnest Leffel Henry January 5, 1930 (Age 69 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Jane Parham March 3, 1935 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a brother | Johnson M Parham June 19, 1936 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a sister | Carrie Drucilla Parham November 7, 1936 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | February 5, 1940 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William “Bill” Parham Birth: August 26, 1825 30 30 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 15, 1910 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Brown Birth: February 28, 1827 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 1, 1872 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: after October 5, 1850 — |
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8 months elder brother |
Johnson M Parham Birth: June 4, 1851 25 24 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 19, 1936 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Elizabeth Temperance Parham Birth: December 26, 1853 28 26 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 26, 1926 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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-13 months elder sister |
Martha Jane Parham Birth: December 9, 1852 27 25 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 3, 1935 — Red Bank, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Jesse Franklin Parham Birth: November 9, 1855 30 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 3, 1929 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Emaline Parham Birth: April 4, 1859 33 32 — Sequatchie Valley, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1, 1946 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months herself |
Sarah Jane Parham Birth: August 29, 1860 35 33 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1940 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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18 months younger sister |
Lucy A Parham Birth: March 12, 1862 36 35 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 23, 1911 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Carrie Drucilla Parham Birth: March 9, 1864 38 37 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 7, 1936 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
William A “Willie” Parham Birth: December 12, 1865 40 38 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 5, 1874 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Alice Parham Birth: July 23, 1868 42 41 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 23, 1868 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| younger brother |
Lafayette Parham Birth: July 23, 1868 42 41 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 23, 1868 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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10 months younger brother |
James Emmett Parham Birth: May 25, 1869 43 42 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 1, 1944 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with George Washington Henry |
| husband |
George Washington Henry Birth: April 5, 1862 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: August 7, 1923 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Jane Parham Birth: August 29, 1860 35 33 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1940 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: August 13, 1885 — |
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17 months son |
Waymon Henry Birth: January 13, 1887 24 26 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: February 21, 1962 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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19 months son |
Rainey Henry Birth: August 5, 1888 26 27 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 3, 1962 — Jasper, Marion, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months son |
Bert “Bertie” Henry Birth: April 3, 1890 27 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 9, 1976 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Lulu Mae Henry Birth: September 14, 1891 29 31 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: June 1, 1980 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
James Willis Henry Birth: September 4, 1893 31 33 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 19, 1896 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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15 months daughter |
Alba Henry Birth: December 11, 1894 32 34 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 16, 1987 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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21 months son |
Ulysses Grant Henry Birth: September 6, 1896 34 36 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: February 3, 1956 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
Guy Nelson Henry Birth: September 5, 1898 36 38 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 6, 1979 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William “Bill” Parham - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William “Bill” Parham - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Henry - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Henry - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Henry - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Sarah Jane Parham - Household
York Highway Cumberland, Tennessee
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