The Shemwell Family

Sarah Ann RandAge: 68 years18441912

Name
Sarah Ann Rand
Given names
Sarah Ann
Surname
Rand
Married name
Sarah Ann Parham
Birth October 26, 1844
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 14 months)
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
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 12 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
MarriageLewis Washington ParhamView this family
1859 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Samuel Allen Parham
1862 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 16 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
#2
Benjamin A Parham
about 1867 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 22 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 22 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a son
#3
Franklin Pierce Parham
October 13, 1869 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 24 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 daughter
#4
Essie May Parham
about 1877 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 33 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 son
#5
Ollie G Parham
about 1879 (Age 34 years)
Marriage of a childRaymond M SpryEssie May ParhamView this family
about 1898 (Age 53 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 53 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 husbandLewis Washington Parham
January 31, 1904 (Age 59 years)
Death November 9, 1912 (Age 68 years)
Family with Lewis Washington Parham - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1859Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, United States
4 years
son
Samuel Allen Parham
Birth: 1862 22 17Indiana, United States
Death: December 4, 1932Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
6 years
son
Benjamin A Parham
Birth: about 1867 27 22Illinois, United States
Death: May 24, 1934Allerton, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
3 years
son
Franklin Pierce Parham
Birth: October 13, 1869 30 24Illinois, United States
Death: April 22, 1943Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States
8 years
daughter
Essie May Parham
Birth: about 1877 37 32Illinois, United States
Death: December 20, 1962Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
3 years
son
Ollie G Parham
Birth: about 1879 39 34Illinois, United States
Death: May 16, 1947Sidell, Vermilion, Illinois, United States

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