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     John Greenway Parham was born on 26 February 1863 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.^1,2 He died on 12 September 1864 at age 1.²

     Mary Belle Andrews was born on 25 July 1852 in Louisiana.² She married Henry Greenway Parham, son of John Greenway Parham and Eliza Huldah Morse, on 26 December 1872 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.¹ She died on 15 December 1956 at home in Dyersburg, Dyer Co., Tennessee, at age 104 from heart disease and old age.² She was buried at Fairview Cemetery (Sect. 27) in Dyersburg.^2,4
     She and her husband Henry are listed, along with their son Charles, in Beat 4, Sharkey Co., Mississippi, in the 1880 census.⁵
     At some point after her husband's death, she began living with her daughter Lucia and her husband Pled Baker, and is listed with them in the census in Dyer Co., Tennessee, in 1900⁶, and in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, from 1910 to 1930.^7,8,9 The family moved back to Dyersburg, Dyer Co., Tennessee, about 1938², and she is listed there with Lucia in the 1940 and 1950 censuses.^10,11

     Charles Henry Parham was born on 9 February 1878 in Anguilla, Sharkey Co., Mississippi.^2,1 He married Nellie M. Othick, daughter of Benjamin Othick and Mary Blackwell, on 1 June 1905 at the bride's parents' home in Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas. The wedding was a surprise for the guests, who thought they were attending a dinner party.^3,4 He died on 22 February 1965 at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky, at age 87 from lung cancer.¹ He was buried at Fairview Cemetery (Sect. 27) in Dyersburg, Dyer Co., Tennessee.^1,5
     He moved to Kansas as a young man, where he was an agent for the American Express Co., first in Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., then, by the time of his marriage in 1905, in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co.⁴
     After their marriage, he and his wife Nellie lived in Coffeyville for a time⁴, then moved to Kentucky, where they were enumerated twice in the 1910 census, once on 15 April in Short Creek, Fulton Co., boarding with Carl Schmidt and his wife Lillian⁶, and once on 18-19 April in Louisville, Jefferson Co., living with Charles's sister Lucia and her family.⁷ They are listed on their own in Louisville in the censuses from 1920 to 1950.^8,9,10,11
     From at least 1918 to 1920 he was a clerk, bookkeeper, and auditor for the Mengel Box Co. in Louisville, where his brother-in-law Pled Baker also worked.^7,8,12,13 He was working as a car salesman in 1930⁹, and as a salesman for a candy company in 1940 and 1950.^10,11

     Nellie M. Othick was born on 5 November 1880 in Illinois.^3,4 She married Charles Henry Parham, son of Henry Greenway Parham and Mary Belle Andrews, on 1 June 1905 at her parents' home in Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas. The wedding was a surprise for the guests, who thought they were attending a dinner party.^1,5 She died on 15 April 1963 at home in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, at age 82 from pneumonia.² She was buried at Fairview Cemetery (Sect. 27) in Dyersburg, Dyer Co., Tennessee.^2,6
     After their marriage, she and her husband Charles lived for a time in Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., Kansas,⁵, then moved to Kentucky, where they were enumerated twice in the 1910 census, once on 15 April in Short Creek, Fulton Co., boarding with Carl Schmidt and his wife Lillian⁷, and once on 18-19 April in Louisville, Jefferson Co., living with Charles's sister Lucia and her family.⁸ They are listed on their own in Louisville in the censuses from 1920 to 1950.^9,10,11,12

     Lucia Lee Parham was born on 18 July 1882 in Mississippi.¹ She married Pled Prosper Baker on 15 February 1898 in Sharkey Co., Mississippi.² She died on 15 April 1962 at home in Dyersburg, Dyer Co., Tennessee, at age 79 from a heart attack.¹ She was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Dyersburg.¹
     She and her husband Pled are listed in Dyer Co., Tennessee, in the 1900 census³, in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, in the 1910 to 1930 censuses^4,5,6, and back in Dyersburg, Dyer Co., Tennessee, in the 1940 census.⁷ Lucia's widowed mother Mary was listed with them throughout that time. Also living with them in 1910 were Lucia's brother Charles and his wife Nellie, plus Pled's brother Leonard (age 14) and sister Anne (age 12).
     She continued living in Dyersburg after her husband's death, and is listed there, along with her mother Mary, in the 1950 census.⁸

     Pled Prosper Baker was born on 27 March 1873 in Tennessee.^2,3,4 He married Lucia Lee Parham, daughter of Henry Greenway Parham and Mary Belle Andrews, on 15 February 1898 in Sharkey Co., Mississippi.¹ He died on 23 July 1943 in Dyersburg, Dyer Co., Tennessee, at age 70 from a heart attack.⁵ He was buried at Fairview Cemetery (Sect. 26) in Dyersburg.⁶
     He and his wife Lucia are listed in Dyer Co., Tennessee, in the 1900 census⁴, in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, in the 1910 to 1930 censuses^7,8,9, and back in Dyersburg, Dyer Co., Tennessee, in the 1940 census.¹⁰ Lucia's widowed mother Mary was listed with them throughout that time. Also living with them in 1910 were Lucia's brother Charles and his wife Nellie, plus Pled's brother Leonard (age 14) and sister Anne (age 12).
     He worked for the Mengle Box Co. (headquartered in Louisville, and with facilities in Dyersburg), first as a bookkeeper, later as a manager and director, and in 1940 was head of timber land sales.^4,7,8,9,10,2

     Samuel Taylor was born on 11 April 1691.¹ He married Sarah Bagg, daughter of John Bagg and Mercy (?), on 17 January 1716/17.¹ He died on 18 December 1774 at age 83.¹ He was buried in West Springfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹
     The information presented here for this Samuel Taylor is from the History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, by Smith and Smith, and is tentative at best. The authors say that "it appears probable" that the Samuel Taylor who married Sarah Bagg was the son of John Taylor and Elizabeth Spencer, and that the Samuel Taylor (1718-1798) who married first Hannah Stebbins and second Martha Lamb was "probably" their son.¹

     Sarah Bagg was born about 1695.¹ She married Samuel Taylor, son of John Taylor and Elizabeth Spencer, on 17 January 1716/17.¹ She died on 2 February 1776.¹

     John Bagg married Mercy (?).¹

     Mercy (?) married John Bagg.¹

     Sarah Taylor was born in 1717 in Springfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹

     Sarah Taylor was born in 1721 in Springfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹

     John Taylor was born in 1724 in Springfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹

     Nathaniel Taylor was baptized in 1736 in Springfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹