Typed as spelled and written
- Lena Stone Criswell
(No
newspaper
date: 1934)
MR. & MRS. S. A. PARHAM,
MR. & MRS. JOHN WALLACE
HONORED BY OLD-TIMERS
Interesting Lives Are Recounted by Venerable
Couples, Both Still Active and
(missing) Interested in Life
By Mark Isaacks
Sixty-two years of married life is the proud record of two couples who attened
the second annual Pioneers' Day at Temple Friday. Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Parham of Route 2, Eddy, celebrated their sixty-second wedding anniversary in
February, and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wallace of Route 2, Belton, will celebrate
their sixty-second anniversary in November.
To Janie Bowers, daughter of a North
Carolinian, and S. A. Parham, who were married in 1872 in Mississippi, were born
five children, three of whom are living, now and make their homes in Texas, one
in Temple, one in Eddy, and one in Little River. All are members of the
Pioneers Club.
Mr. Parham is the son of native Georgians,
and he is a native of Mississippi.
To Texas
in '79
After their marriage in '72, they came to Texas in '79, settling in Bell County
at Little River. Mr. Parham has always farmed, until his retirement a few
years ago and even now, he has a large garden which he cares for with the help
of Mrs. Parham.
Mrs. Parham does her own housework, tending
to the chickens and helping with the garden. They also have a cow.
Interesting Story Told
An interesting story is told by Mr. Parham of the uncle who fought and died in
this battle. The day before he left to go to war, he visited his sister,
Mr. Parham's mother, who was quite ill. When he left, he gave her a pint
flask of wine; she never saw him again, but she kept the flask and later gave it
to Mr. Parham who still has the flask which is now 73 years old.
He has another interesting possession which
he brought to Temple with him Friday, exhibiting it to the Pioneers. It is
a pair of trousers, worn by Mr. Parham in 1850 when his parents carried him on a
visit from Mississippi to their former in Georgia. They are yellow with
black polka dots, and were worn over his other clothes.
Aunt 33 Years Younger
Mr. Parham challenges any
one to better one record in his family; he has a half-aunt, Mrs. Joe Hill who
lives about three miles east of Temple, who is 33 years younger than he.
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