The Shemwell Family

William A ParhamAge: 68 years18661935

Name
William A Parham
Given names
William A
Surname
Parham
Birth December 21, 1866 34 29
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 11 days)
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 11 days)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 2 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 brotherAllen Parham Jr.
August 23, 1872 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Ashley Parham
February 21, 1874 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterMittie Drucilla Parham
February 21, 1876 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 11 years)

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 paternal grandmotherDrucilla Selby
June 7, 1884 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 fatherAllen Parham
April 26, 1915 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 half-sisterTennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
August 11, 1924 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ashley
July 4, 1926 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 62 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
Death January 20, 1935 (Age 68 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 12, 1860Hopkins, Texas, United States
13 years
younger brother
James Ashley Parham
Birth: February 21, 1874 41 36Texas, United States
Death: January 5, 1939Lamar, Texas, United States
-7 years
himself
William A Parham
Birth: December 21, 1866 34 29Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: January 20, 1935Lamar, Texas, United States
-5 years
elder sister
Martha Lena “Mattie” Parham
Birth: October 25, 1861 28 24Canyon City, Randall, Texas, United States
Death: December 23, 1945Maricopa, Arizona, United States
11 years
younger brother
4 years
younger sister
Mittie Drucilla Parham
Birth: February 21, 1876 43 38Texas, United States
Death: June 13, 1961Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Mary Elizabeth Jones - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 20, 1855
9 months
half-sister
Mary Haret Parham
Birth: September 20, 1856 23 20Texas, United States
Death: May 3, 1940Lannius, Fannin, Texas, United States
23 months
half-sister
Tennessee Ann “Tennie” Parham
Birth: August 23, 1858 25 22Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: August 11, 1924Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States