Martha Paralee BrownAge: 94 years1913–2008
- Name
- Martha Paralee Brown
- Given names
- Martha Paralee
- Surname
- Brown
- Married name
- Martha Paralee Anderson
 Birth | November 23, 1913 43 27 |
 Birth of a brother | Garland Virgil Brown March 16, 1916 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Annie Lee Brown July 18, 1918 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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 sister | Annie Lee Brown January 18, 1919 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Emily E Miller February 15, 1919 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Gracie Thelma Brown May 12, 1921 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jesse Walker Brown March 2, 1924 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Estel Mitchell “Mitch” Brown September 23, 1928 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 |
| Census | April 22, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Caroline Hall May 6, 1931 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Loyd Hale January 14, 1941 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 21, 1950 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a father | William Calvin Brown October 25, 1964 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Mark James Holder February 6, 1973 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a husband | James Ponder Anderson March 17, 1978 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a mother | Theodocia Alice “Docia” Hale April 15, 1980 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Sanford Brown November 28, 1985 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | Leslie Evans Brown April 13, 2008 (Age 94 years) |
 Death | May 21, 2008 (Age 94 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Miami Valley Memory Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Calvin Brown Birth: August 6, 1870 40 42 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: October 25, 1964 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Theodocia Alice “Docia” Hale Birth: July 6, 1886 29 25 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 15, 1980 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 17, 1909 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
Leslie Evans Brown Birth: March 22, 1910 39 23 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 13, 2008 — Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
James Sanford Brown Birth: November 9, 1911 41 25 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: November 28, 1985 — Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States |
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2 years herself |
Martha Paralee Brown Birth: November 23, 1913 43 27 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 21, 2008 — Rockford, Blount, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Garland Virgil Brown Birth: March 16, 1916 45 29 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 15, 2015 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Annie Lee Brown Birth: July 18, 1918 47 32 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: January 18, 1919 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Gracie Thelma Brown Birth: May 12, 1921 50 34 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 23, 2011 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Estel Mitchell “Mitch” Brown Birth: September 23, 1928 58 42 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 24, 2023 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with James Ponder Anderson |
| husband |
James Ponder Anderson Birth: February 14, 1899 34 26 — Oak Grove, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1978 — Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Martha Paralee Brown Birth: November 23, 1913 43 27 — Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: May 21, 2008 — Rockford, Blount, Tennessee, United States |
| daughter |
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| son |
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| son |
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Calvin Brown - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Calvin Brown - Household
Cumberland, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Calvin Brown - Household
Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee
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