The Shemwell Family

Thomas Lemuel PulliamAge: 97 years18701967

Name
Thomas Lemuel Pulliam
Given names
Thomas Lemuel
Surname
Pulliam
Birth August 24, 1870 22 16
Birth of a sisterLurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam
June 20, 1872 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a sisterEmily Birdie Pulliam
August 30, 1874 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Belle Pulliam
February 21, 1876 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterEthel Miami Pulliam
February 14, 1878 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Marvin Pulliam
May 23, 1880 (Age 9 years)
Census June 16, 1880 (Age 9 years)
Death of a motherNancy Elizabeth “Betty” Kittrell
May 2, 1882 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Marriage of a parentJohn William PulliamZora Helen TowellView this family
1888 (Age 17 years)

MarriageCora Virginia TowellView this family
September 25, 1889 (Age 19 years)
Death of a fatherJohn William Pulliam
October 16, 1894 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 27 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 paternal grandfatherThomas B Pulliam
February 28, 1902 (Age 31 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLurannah Lawrana Ponder
May 30, 1903 (Age 32 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Ann Gullett
December 24, 1909 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 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 46 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 47 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 brotherBenjamin Marvin Pulliam
May 21, 1922 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 59 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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
Death of a wifeCora Virginia Towell
August 16, 1952 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 79 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 sisterLurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam
December 21, 1956 (Age 86 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Belle Pulliam
August 24, 1962 (Age 92 years)
Death of a sisterEthel Miami Pulliam
April 11, 1964 (Age 93 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 75 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 December 6, 1967 (Age 97 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Doniphan Oak Ridge Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 20, 1868Ripley, Missouri, United States
20 months
himself
Thomas Lemuel Pulliam
Birth: August 24, 1870 22 16Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: December 6, 1967Ripley, Missouri, United States
22 months
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
18 months
younger sister
Sarah Belle Pulliam
Birth: February 21, 1876 28 22Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: August 24, 1962Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
Benjamin Marvin Pulliam
Birth: May 23, 1880 32 26Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: May 21, 1922Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States
Father’s family with Zora Helen Towell - View this family
father
step-mother
Zora Helen Towell
Birth: October 18, 1864White, Illinois, United States
Death: November 11, 1945Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: 1888
Family with Cora Virginia Towell - View this family
himself
Thomas Lemuel Pulliam
Birth: August 24, 1870 22 16Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: December 6, 1967Ripley, Missouri, United States
wife
Cora Virginia Towell
Birth: April 29, 1872White, Illinois, United States
Death: August 16, 1952Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States
Marriage: September 25, 1889Ripley, Missouri, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - John William Pulliam - Household

Union, Ripley, Missouri

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Pulliam, John WWM32headMFarmerMONCAR
Pulliam, Nancy EWF26wifeMKeeping HouseMOKYTN
Pulliam, Thomas LWM9sonSMOMOMO
Pulliam, Lurannah AWF7daughterSMOMOMO
Pulliam, Emily BWF5daughterSMOMOMO
Pulliam, Sarah BWF4daughterSMOMOMO
Pulliam, Ethel MWF2daughterSMOMOMO
Pulliam, Benjamin RWM1mMaysonSMOMOMO