William “Bill” ParhamAge: 85 years1825–1910
- Name
- William “Bill” Parham
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Parham
- Nickname
- Bill
 Birth | August 26, 1825 30 30 |
 Birth of a brother | Isaac Parham January 24, 1828 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Washington Parham August 12, 1830 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Allen Parham December 5, 1832 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Cholera Epidemic 1832 (Age 6 years)Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Parham December 21, 1834 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Texas Revolution between October 1835 and April 1836 (Age 10 years)Note: The Texas Revolution (or Texas War of Independence) was fought from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836 between Mexico and the Texas (Tejas) portion of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The Texas Revolution erupted in 1836, after Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico responded by invading Texas, where General Santa Anna won decisive victories in the battles of the Alamo and Goliad. The war ended at the Battle of San Jacinto (about 20 miles) east of modern day downtown Houston) where General Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory in 18 minutes over a portion of the Mexican Army under Santa Anna, who was captured shortly after the battle. The conclusion of the war resulted in the creation of the Republic of Texas - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary “Molly” Shemwell 1843 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a father | Johnson Parham May 5, 1846 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John “Jack” Parham Jr. October 18, 1846 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 20 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | October 5, 1850 (Age 25 years) |
 Marriage | Sarah Brown — View this family after October 5, 1850 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Johnson M Parham June 4, 1851 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Martha Jane Parham December 9, 1852 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Elizabeth Temperance Parham December 26, 1853 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Jesse Franklin Parham November 9, 1855 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mary Emaline Parham April 4, 1859 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 31 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 21, 1860 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Sarah Jane Parham August 29, 1860 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Lucy A Parham March 12, 1862 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Carrie Drucilla Parham March 9, 1864 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a brother | Johnson Parham Jr January 20, 1865 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 35 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 son #9 | William A “Willie” Parham December 12, 1865 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #10 | Alice Parham July 23, 1868 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #11 | Lafayette Parham July 23, 1868 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Alice Parham July 23, 1868 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a son | Lafayette Parham July 23, 1868 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a son #12 | James Emmett Parham May 25, 1869 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a brother | Isaac Parham between 1865 and 1870 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 41 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 41 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 43 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 |
| Marriage of a child | John Burke Haley — Martha Jane Parham — View this family about 1870 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | July 13, 1870 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Rhoda L Haley about 1871 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a wife | Sarah Brown June 1, 1872 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Elijah Graves “Lige” Haley November 18, 1872 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Johnson M Parham — Carrie Frances Worthington — View this family about 1873 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Sarah Elizabeth “Sally” Parham January 1874 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Kilgore “CK” Tollett — Elizabeth Temperance Parham — View this family about 1874 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a son | William A “Willie” Parham October 5, 1874 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Martha Ann Tollett November 8, 1874 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | James Robert Parham August 7, 1875 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Mary C Haley November 14, 1875 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Lee Tollett July 11, 1876 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Jesse Franklin Parham — Martha Caroline Lee — View this family November 23, 1876 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | William Crockett Parham April 23, 1877 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Harriet A Haley October 1877 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | William Parham about 1877 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Sarah Anna “Sally” Parham February 19, 1878 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | William Maynard “Will” Tollett July 21, 1878 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 52 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Martha Temperence “Tempie” Parham May 22, 1879 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Temprance Parham May 22, 1879 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | John Burk Haley Jr. September 1879 (Age 54 years) |
| Census | June 24, 1880 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #16 | Mark H Tollett August 11, 1880 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #17 | Anna L “Annie” Haley October 1881 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #18 | Minnie Otis Parham November 27, 1881 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #19 | Mary Emma Parham December 9, 1881 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Luther Miller — Mary Emaline Parham — View this family about 1881 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #20 | James Edgar Miller March 12, 1882 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | William Mitchell Haley March 21, 1883 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #22 | James Emmett Tollett May 25, 1883 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #23 | Jesse Lafayette “Fate” Parham August 1, 1883 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #24 | Della May Parham December 29, 1883 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a mother | Drucilla Selby June 7, 1884 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #25 | James Sam Haley August 23, 1884 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #26 | Dora Anna Miller February 4, 1885 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #27 | Nicholas Brown Parham May 18, 1885 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Washington Parham June 18, 1885 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Washington Henry — Sarah Jane Parham — View this family August 13, 1885 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #28 | Clay Everett Parham March 28, 1886 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #29 | Johnson Allen Parham July 3, 1886 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #30 | Sarah Vern “Sallie” Tollett August 15, 1886 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #31 | Jewell S Haley December 1886 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #32 | Waymon Henry January 13, 1887 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #33 | Sula May Miller November 21, 1887 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #34 | Elijah Gore Tollett March 18, 1888 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #35 | Rainey Henry August 5, 1888 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #36 | William Lee Parham August 16, 1888 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #37 | Nancy L “Nannie” Tollett September 18, 1889 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #38 | Lucretia “Creshia” Parham October 19, 1889 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #39 | Bert “Bertie” Henry April 3, 1890 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #40 | Benjamin Harrison Haley April 7, 1890 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham May 20, 1890 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #41 | Ida E Parham May 21, 1891 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Ida E Parham June 19, 1891 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #42 | Lulu Mae Henry September 14, 1891 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #43 | Lena Risas Tollett March 1892 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #44 | Croshia H Parham May 3, 1892 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Croshia H Parham May 19, 1892 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #45 | Cora Maria Haley July 17, 1892 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #46 | Rufus Wilburn Miller August 25, 1892 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #47 | Johnnie Parham June 6, 1893 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Johnnie Parham June 13, 1893 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #48 | James Willis Henry September 4, 1893 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #49 | Eulah Mae Tollett March 5, 1894 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Rufus Wilburn Miller April 15, 1894 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #50 | Alba Henry December 11, 1894 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #51 | Ada E Parham May 21, 1895 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Ada E Parham June 13, 1895 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #52 | Grant Hobart Haley August 19, 1895 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #53 | Ulysses Grant Henry September 6, 1896 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a grandson | James Willis Henry November 19, 1896 (Age 71 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #54 | Delta Blanche Tollett October 6, 1897 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 72 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 grandson #55 | Guy Nelson Henry September 5, 1898 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Parham September 23, 1899 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Rhoda L Haley before 1900 (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Goodhue Wilson — Lucy A Parham — View this family about 1900 (Age 74 years) |
| Census | June 9, 1900 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #56 | Lela Mae Wilson December 2, 1901 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #57 | James Hugh Wilson October 11, 1904 (Age 79 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Johnson M Parham — Martha Ann Selby — View this family March 14, 1909 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a grandson | John Burk Haley Jr. July 9, 1909 (Age 83 years) Cause: Typhoid Fever |
| Census | May 6, 1910 (Age 84 years) |
 Death | November 15, 1910 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Parham Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Johnson Parham Birth: September 21, 1794 30 29 — Granville, North Carolina, United States Death: May 5, 1846 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Drucilla Selby Birth: April 10, 1795 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 7, 1884 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 15, 1816 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Elizabeth Parham Birth: February 10, 1819 24 23 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: September 23, 1899 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Johnson Parham Jr Birth: October 23, 1820 26 25 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 20, 1865 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Martha Ann “Patsy” Parham Birth: November 19, 1822 28 27 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 20, 1890 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years himself |
William “Bill” Parham Birth: August 26, 1825 30 30 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 15, 1910 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Isaac Parham Birth: January 24, 1828 33 32 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: between 1865 and 1870 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
James Washington Parham Birth: August 12, 1830 35 35 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: June 18, 1885 — Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Allen Parham Birth: December 5, 1832 38 37 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1915 — Lamar, Texas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Parham Birth: December 21, 1834 40 39 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: 1911 — Texas, United States |
| Family with Sarah Brown |
| himself |
William “Bill” Parham Birth: August 26, 1825 30 30 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 15, 1910 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
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 son |
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 daughter |
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 daughter |
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 son |
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 daughter |
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 daughter |
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 daughter |
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 daughter |
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 son |
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 daughter |
Alice Parham Birth: July 23, 1868 42 41 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 23, 1868 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
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 son |
James Emmett Parham Birth: May 25, 1869 43 42 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 1, 1944 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Drucilla Selby - Household
Bledsoe, Tennessee
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William Parham - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| 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 - William “Bill” Parham - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William “Bill” Parham - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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