Lewis Parham served with the Tennessee Volunteers during the Mexican-American War Service Started: Jun 12, 1846 Unit(s): Private in Capt. McCown's Company A, 2nd Regiment Tennessee Infantry (12 months, 1846) Service Ended: May 25, 1846
1. Lewis Parham, Pvt, Capt. McCown's Co (A), 2 Reg't Tenn. Inf (Mexican War) - Company Muster Roll- Oct 31, 1846. He Joined 12 Jun 1846 for 12 months. [1]
2. Lewis Parham Pvt, Capt. McCown's Co (A), 2 Reg't Tenn. Inf (Mexican War) Company Muster Roll from Oct 31/46 to Apr 30 1847. (M/in at Knoxville Tenn) Added 4/25/94 T.J.C. [2]
3. Lewis Parham, Pvt, Capt. McCown's Co (A), 2 Reg't Tenn. Inf (Mexican War) appears on Co. Muster-out Roll, dated New Orleans, LA - May 25 1847
Muster-out to date May 25, 1847. Last Paid to Oct 31, 184_ [3]
Lewis married Sarah L. Smith 1845, then Eliza Hawk 1849. Sarah was possibly the sister of "Tex" Smith who married Lewis' sister, Martha.
A nephew, William Edmund Parham has done extensive research on the Parham family[4] . His research is now housed in the McClung Library in Knoxville, TN.
Sources
↑ Mexican War - Compiled Records for 1846-1848 "Lewis Parham Pvt, Capt. McCown's Co (A), 2 Reg't Tenn. Inf (Mexican War) Company Muster Roll from Oct 31/46 to Apr 30 1847. (M/in at Knoxville Tenn)"
↑ Mexican War - Compiled Records for 1846-1848 "Lewis Parham Pvt, Capt. McCown's Co (A), 2 Reg't Tenn. Inf (Mexican War) Company Muster Roll from Oct 31/46 to Apr 30 1847. (M/in at Knoxville Tenn)"
↑ Mexican War - Compiled Records for 1846-1848 "Lewis Parham Pvt, Capt. McCown's Co (A), 2 Reg't Tenn. Inf (Mexican War) Company Muster Roll from Oct 31/46 to Apr 30 1847. (M/in at Knoxville Tenn)"
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-B6X : accessed 12 August 2015), Lewis A Parham, Knox county, part of, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1982, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Mexican War - Compiled Records for 1846-1848 "Lewis Parham Pvt, Capt. McCown's Co (A), 2 Reg't Tenn. Inf (Mexican War) Company Muster Roll from Oct 31/46 to Apr 30 1847. (M/in at Knoxville Tenn)"
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