Tennessee Ann “Tennie” ParhamAge: 65 years1858–1924
- Name
- Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
- Given names
- Tennessee Ann
- Surname
- Parham
- Married name
- Tennessee Ann Whittenburg
- Nickname
- Tennie
 Birth | August 23, 1858 25 22 |
 Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Jones August 1858 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Marriage of a parent | Allen Parham — Nancy Ashley — View this family December 12, 1860 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Martha Lena “Mattie” Parham October 25, 1861 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 years)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 half-brother | William A Parham December 21, 1866 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 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 8 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 10 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 |
| Birth of a half-brother | Allen Parham Jr. August 23, 1872 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | James Ashley Parham February 21, 1874 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mittie Drucilla Parham February 21, 1876 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | James Andrew Whittenburg — View this family July 3, 1879 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | George Allen Whittenburg April 9, 1880 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Mattie Whittenburg October 5, 1889 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 |
| Marriage of a child | George Allen Whittenburg — Lillie Frances “Fannie” Archer — View this family April 26, 1901 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Sidney Shearer Hedgecoke — Mary Mattie Whittenburg — View this family January 21, 1908 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a father | Allen Parham April 26, 1915 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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 | August 11, 1924 (Age 65 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dreamland Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Allen Parham Birth: December 5, 1832 38 37 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1915 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Jones Birth: 1836 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 1858 — Texas, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1855 — |
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9 months elder sister |
Mary Haret Parham Birth: September 20, 1856 23 20 — Texas, United States Death: May 3, 1940 — Lannius, Fannin, Texas, United States |
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23 months herself |
Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham Birth: August 23, 1858 25 22 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: August 11, 1924 — Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States |
| Father’s family with Nancy Ashley |
| father |
Allen Parham Birth: December 5, 1832 38 37 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1915 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
| step-mother |
Nancy Ashley Birth: May 7, 1837 — McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: July 4, 1926 — Roxton, Lamar, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: December 12, 1860 — Hopkins, Texas, United States |
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13 years half-brother |
James Ashley Parham Birth: February 21, 1874 41 36 — Texas, United States Death: January 5, 1939 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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-7 years half-brother |
William A Parham Birth: December 21, 1866 34 29 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: January 20, 1935 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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-5 years half-sister |
Martha Lena “Mattie” Parham Birth: October 25, 1861 28 24 — Canyon City, Randall, Texas, United States Death: December 23, 1945 — Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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11 years half-brother |
Allen Parham Jr. Birth: August 23, 1872 39 35 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: May 8, 1943 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Mittie Drucilla Parham Birth: February 21, 1876 43 38 — Texas, United States Death: June 13, 1961 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
| Family with James Andrew Whittenburg |
| husband |
James Andrew Whittenburg Birth: May 7, 1857 — Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States Death: October 19, 1936 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham Birth: August 23, 1858 25 22 — Lamar, Texas, United States Death: August 11, 1924 — Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: July 3, 1879 — Young, Texas, United States |
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9 months son |
George Allen Whittenburg Birth: April 9, 1880 22 21 — Randall, Texas, United States Death: September 21, 1934 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
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10 years daughter |
Mary Mattie Whittenburg Birth: October 5, 1889 32 31 — Plemons, Hutchinson, Texas, United States Death: July 26, 1941 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |