The Shemwell Family

Name
Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam
Given names
Lurannah Ann
Surname
Pulliam
Nickname
Lou
Married name
Lurannah Ann Pearce
Birth June 20, 1872 24 18
Birth of a sisterEmily Birdie Pulliam
August 30, 1874 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Belle Pulliam
February 21, 1876 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterEthel Miami Pulliam
February 14, 1878 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 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 7 years)
Census June 16, 1880 (Age 7 years)
Death of a motherNancy Elizabeth “Betty” Kittrell
May 2, 1882 (Age 9 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Marriage of a parentJohn William PulliamZora Helen TowellView this family
1888 (Age 15 years)

MarriageJerry Newman PearceView this family
April 4, 1894 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherJohn William Pulliam
October 16, 1894 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Beulah Azalee Pearce
February 11, 1895 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Clairborn Clay Pearce
April 9, 1897 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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
Census June 15, 1900 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Milburn Pearce
July 28, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas B Pulliam
February 28, 1902 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Starling Charles Pearce
February 8, 1903 (Age 30 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherLurannah Lawrana Ponder
May 30, 1903 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Dexter Pearce
February 2, 1906 (Age 33 years)
Death of a sonMilburn Pearce
December 9, 1909 (Age 37 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Ann Gullett
December 24, 1909 (Age 37 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Marion MitchellBeulah Azalee PearceView this family
March 12, 1912 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Bertha Maxine Mitchell
October 7, 1912 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Addie Christine Pearce
April 5, 1914 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Helen Vetta Mitchell
December 23, 1915 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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/
Birth of a grandson
#3
Woodrow Wilson Pearce
December 16, 1919 (Age 47 years)
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Warren G Harding Mitchell
November 15, 1921 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin Marvin Pulliam
May 21, 1922 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Jerelene Loretta “Jere” Mitchell
September 8, 1924 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 2, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Death of a husbandJerry Newman Pearce
October 3, 1930 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childStarling Charles PearceMaude Lillian ComleyView this family
after 1930 (Age 57 years)

Marriage of a childOtis J “Buck” PulliamAddie Christine PearceView this family
March 9, 1931 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Donald Ray Pulliam
October 11, 1934 (Age 62 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sonDexter Pearce
August 7, 1942 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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
Marriage of a childLeslie R PriceAddie Christine PearceView this family
December 31, 1946 (Age 74 years)
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 77 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 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 21, 1956 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Austin Cemetery
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