The Shemwell Family

Thomas Harvey ParhamAge: 48 years18761925

Name
Thomas Harvey Parham
Given names
Thomas Harvey
Surname
Parham
Birth August 17, 1876 42 40
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 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 brotherJacob H Parham
February 17, 1888 (Age 11 years)
Death of a fatherAllen Parham Jr.
March 25, 1898 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 motherLydia Gray Dicks
July 29, 1909 (Age 32 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 sisterDorothy C “Dolly” Parham
August 20, 1919 (Age 43 years)
Death June 21, 1925 (Age 48 years)
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father
Allen Parham Jr.
Birth: March 12, 1834 35 26Elnora, Daviess, Indiana, United States
Death: March 25, 1898Elnora, Daviess, Indiana, United States
mother
Marriage: February 27, 1858Green, Grant, Indiana, United States
19 years
himself
Thomas Harvey Parham
Birth: August 17, 1876 42 40Indiana, United States
Death: June 21, 1925Plainville, Daviess, Indiana, United States
-16 months
elder sister
Dorothy C “Dolly” Parham
Birth: April 11, 1875 41 38Daviess, Indiana, United States
Death: August 20, 1919Elnora, Daviess, Indiana, United States
-5 years
elder brother
Jacob H Parham
Birth: December 30, 1869 35 33Indiana, United States
Death: February 17, 1888Indiana, United States

Thomas Harvey Parham has 28 first cousins recorded