Sarah Belle PulliamAge: 86 years1876–1962
- Name
- Sarah Belle Pulliam
- Given names
- Sarah Belle
- Surname
- Pulliam
- Married name
- Sarah Belle Thorn
 Birth | February 21, 1876 28 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Ethel Miami Pulliam February 14, 1878 (Age 23 months) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 months)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 brother | Benjamin Marvin Pulliam May 23, 1880 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | June 16, 1880 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Elizabeth “Betty” Kittrell May 2, 1882 (Age 6 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| Marriage of a parent | John William Pulliam — Zora Helen Towell — View this family 1888 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a father | John William Pulliam October 16, 1894 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Charles Alonzo Thorn — View this family about 1897 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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 grandfather | Thomas B Pulliam February 28, 1902 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Lurannah Lawrana Ponder May 30, 1903 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Ann Gullett December 24, 1909 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 39 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 40 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 41 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 husband | Charles Alonzo Thorn February 24, 1920 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Marvin Pulliam May 21, 1922 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 53 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 65 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 73 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 sister | Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam December 21, 1956 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 69 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 | August 24, 1962 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lawrence Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John William Pulliam Birth: September 24, 1847 27 16 — Union City, Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: October 16, 1894 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Elizabeth “Betty” Kittrell Birth: September 10, 1853 48 25 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: May 2, 1882 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1868 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Thomas Lemuel Pulliam Birth: August 24, 1870 22 16 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: December 6, 1967 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam Birth: June 20, 1872 24 18 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: December 21, 1956 — Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Emily Birdie Pulliam Birth: August 30, 1874 26 20 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: May 28, 1973 — San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States |
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18 months herself |
Sarah Belle Pulliam Birth: February 21, 1876 28 22 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: August 24, 1962 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Ethel Miami Pulliam Birth: February 14, 1878 30 24 — Missouri, United States Death: April 11, 1964 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Benjamin Marvin Pulliam Birth: May 23, 1880 32 26 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: May 21, 1922 — Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States |
| Father’s family with Zora Helen Towell |
| father |
John William Pulliam Birth: September 24, 1847 27 16 — Union City, Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: October 16, 1894 — Ripley, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Zora Helen Towell Birth: October 18, 1864 — White, Illinois, United States Death: November 11, 1945 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: 1888 — |
| Family with Charles Alonzo Thorn |
| husband |
Charles Alonzo Thorn Birth: August 1877 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 24, 1920 — Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
| herself |
Sarah Belle Pulliam Birth: February 21, 1876 28 22 — Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: August 24, 1962 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1897 — |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John William Pulliam - Household
Union, Ripley, Missouri
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