The Shemwell Family

Nancy Parlee CurtisAge: 68 years18561924

Name
Nancy Parlee Curtis
Given names
Nancy Parlee
Surname
Curtis
Married name
Nancy Parlee Pruitt
Note: Nancy Parilee - Nancy Paralee
Birth October 10, 1856
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 2 months)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 10 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 10 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Census April 24, 1870 (Age 13 years)
MarriageJames Potter Pruitt Sr.View this family
March 26, 1871 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Rufus T Pruitt
June 12, 1872 (Age 15 years)
Death of a sonRufus T Pruitt
March 15, 1874 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Arizona “Zona” Pruitt
October 14, 1874 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Omie Elizabeth Pruitt
December 10, 1876 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 21 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 son
#4
Charles Anderson “Charley” Pruitt
February 24, 1879 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#5
James Franklin Pruitt
May 23, 1881 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#6
John Robert Pruitt
October 20, 1883 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Amos Farris Pruitt
March 15, 1886 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Genora Ellen “Nora” Pruitt
April 2, 1888 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Claude Forrester Pruitt
February 24, 1890 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#10
Dave Pruitt
July 1892 (Age 35 years)
Marriage of a childJames Anderson DavisonOmie Elizabeth PruittView this family
December 18, 1892 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Willie Davison
March 9, 1894 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#11
Emma E Pruitt
December 3, 1894 (Age 38 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Washington ReevesMary Arizona “Zona” PruittView this family
May 26, 1895 (Age 38 years)
Death of a daughterEmma E Pruitt
October 1, 1895 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#12
William Lester Pruitt
November 7, 1896 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Ethel Davison
March 11, 1897 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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
Marriage of a childCharles Anderson “Charley” PruittCharlotte ClaybornView this family
January 8, 1899 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childJames Franklin PruittSarah Elizabeth CookseyView this family
April 8, 1900 (Age 43 years)
Census June 6, 1900 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Ernest Alvin Pruitt
August 15, 1900 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Angie Pruitt
August 8, 1901 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Hobert Davison
October 16, 1901 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#6
Christopher Columbus “Lum” Reeves
January 8, 1903 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Lola Pruitt
September 6, 1903 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#8
Otis Lee Pruitt
January 12, 1904 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Nancy Emma Davison
September 15, 1904 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Vernon Reeves
September 14, 1905 (Age 48 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Robert PruittJulie MurrayView this family
December 31, 1905 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#11
Grace Ethel Pruitt
February 2, 1906 (Age 49 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#12
Olive Pruitt
December 15, 1906 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#13
Glover D Pruitt
January 13, 1907 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Anderson “Charley” PruittLula J DavisView this family
March 14, 1907 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#14
Charles Denver Sparks
October 25, 1907 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childJames Blaine SparksGenora Ellen “Nora” PruittView this family
December 29, 1907 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#15
Corby Raymond Pruitt
May 7, 1908 (Age 51 years)
Death of a granddaughterAngie Pruitt
July 12, 1908 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#16
Orville Pruitt
September 1908 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#17
George Albert Pruitt
February 9, 1909 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#18
Velmer Davison
September 22, 1909 (Age 52 years)
Death of a granddaughterVelmer Davison
October 17, 1909 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childAmos Farris PruittEtta Mae AshlockView this family
November 14, 1909 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#19
Ruby Louise Davison
February 14, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#20
Sarah Mae Pruitt
October 1, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#21
Nora Alice Pruitt
October 6, 1910 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#22
Infant Son Pruitt
January 8, 1911 (Age 54 years)
twin: Infant Pruitt
Birth of a grandson
#23
Infant Pruitt
January 8, 1911 (Age 54 years)
twin: Infant Son Pruitt
Death of a grandsonInfant Son Pruitt
January 16, 1911 (Age 54 years)
Death of a grandsonInfant Pruitt
January 16, 1911 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#24
Ausborn W Pruitt
March 30, 1911 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#25
Pearl Gertrude Sparks
March 31, 1911 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#26
Orpha May Pruitt
February 27, 1912 (Age 55 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#27
Onvie A Pruitt
November 26, 1912 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childClaude Forrester PruittJulia Pink BreedloveView this family
December 1, 1912 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#28
Fonnie Faine Pruitt
February 16, 1913 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#29
Eunice Marie Sparks
March 30, 1913 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#30
Flossie Paralee Pruitt
October 22, 1913 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#31
Jessie A Pruitt
November 29, 1913 (Age 57 years)
Death of a grandsonWillie Davison
June 24, 1914 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a grandson
#32
Lonnie Earnel Pruitt
December 5, 1914 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#33
Vernie Opal Pruitt
February 19, 1915 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a grandson
#34
Darce Ervin Sparks
April 9, 1915 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#35
Lorene Davison
May 13, 1915 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#36
Meda Esther Pruitt
May 18, 1915 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#37
Edith Olla Pruitt
June 11, 1916 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a grandson
#38
Wilburn Argus Pruitt
July 7, 1916 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 59 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a granddaughter
#39
Macie M Pruitt
1917 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#40
Celeste Florence Pruitt
January 20, 1917 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#41
Eltra Oma Sparks
May 6, 1917 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#42
Floyd Talmage Pruitt
September 30, 1917 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#43
John Henry Pruitt
December 27, 1917 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#44
Willard A Pruitt
May 9, 1918 (Age 61 years)
Death of a grandsonOrville Pruitt
September 1918 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#45
Lewell William Pruitt
October 2, 1918 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 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 61 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 granddaughter
#46
Arduth Jimmie Sparks
February 2, 1919 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#47
Onema A Pruitt
June 9, 1919 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#48
Paul David Pruitt
September 26, 1919 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Robert PruittSusan Rebecca RobersonView this family
January 1, 1920 (Age 63 years)
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#49
Jim Ewell Pruitt
March 11, 1920 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#50
Homer Truman Pruitt
May 8, 1920 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#51
Jewell M Pruitt
August 15, 1920 (Age 63 years)

Death of a granddaughterMacie M Pruitt
1920 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#52
Lillian Audry Pruitt
February 7, 1921 (Age 64 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#53
Madge Aliene Pruitt
November 14, 1921 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#54
Audrey Neoma Davison
November 24, 1921 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#55
Mareta Ethel Pruitt
January 24, 1922 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#56
Doyle Arvin Sparks
April 11, 1922 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a grandson
#57
Odie Darrell Pruitt
May 23, 1922 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#58
Ruby Pearl Pruitt
September 12, 1922 (Age 65 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#59
Carlsie Inez Pruitt
June 11, 1923 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a grandson
#60
Walter Dean Pruitt
October 2, 1923 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#61
Gladys Marie Pruitt
January 9, 1924 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#62
Esther Pauline Pruitt
March 29, 1924 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#63
Jimmie Vernice Pruitt
April 23, 1924 (Age 67 years)
Birth of a grandson
#64
Harold E Pruitt
December 5, 1924 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#65
William Denver Pruitt
December 17, 1924 (Age 68 years)
Death December 27, 1924 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Essex Cemetery
Family with James Potter Pruitt Sr. - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: March 26, 1871Newton, Arkansas, United States
15 months
son
Rufus T Pruitt
Birth: June 12, 1872 24 15Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 15, 1874Newton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
daughter
Mary Arizona “Zona” Pruitt
Birth: October 14, 1874 26 18Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 14, 1948Dutch Mills, Washington, Arkansas, United States
2 years
daughter
2 years
son
2 years
son
2 years
son
2 years
son
2 years
daughter
23 months
son
2 years
son
2 years
daughter
Emma E Pruitt
Birth: December 3, 1894 46 38Arkansas, United States
Death: October 1, 1895Arkansas, United States
23 months
son

No family available

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - John Pruitt - Household

Boston, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Pruitt, Johnhead50MWFarmer300IN
Pruitt, Nancywife53FWKeeps HouseKY
Pruitt, James Pson23MWFarmerAR
Pruitt, Nancy Jdaughter19FWAt HomeAR
Curtis, Nancy Pdaughter-in-law16FWKeeps HouseTN
Pruitt, John Fson18MWFarmer100AR
Pruitt, William Ason14MWAt HomeAR

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Potter Pruitt Sr. - Household

Pleasant Hill, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Pruitt, James PheadWMApr184852M26ARINKYFarmer0YesYesYesOFF
Pruitt, Nancy PwifeWFOct185647M261210TNTNTN1NoNoNo
Pruitt, John RsonWMOct188316SARARTNFarm Hand10YesYesYes
Pruitt, Amos FsonWMFeb188614SARARTNAttend School10YesYesYes
Pruitt, Glenora EdaughterWFApr188812SARARTN6YesYesYes
Pruitt, Claud EsonWMFeb189010SARARTN6NoNoYes
Pruitt, DavesonWMJul18928SARARTN
Pruitt, William LsonWMNov18964SARARTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Potter Pruitt Sr. - Household

Pleasant Hill, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pruitt, James PheadMW62M144ARINKYEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmEmpYesYesOFF
Pruitt, Nancy PwifeFW55M1441210MOTNTNEnglishNoneYesYes
Pruitt, Claud EsonMW20SARARTNEnglishFarm LaborerHome FarmWNo15YesYesYes
Pruitt, DavesonMW17SARARTNEnglishFarm LaborerHome FarmWNo15YesYesYes
Pruitt, William LsonMW13SARARTNEnglishFarm LaborerHome FarmWNo15YesYesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Potter Pruitt Sr. - Household

Pleasant Hill, Newton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pruitt, James PheadOFMW71MYesYesARINKYYesFarmerFarmOA
Pruitt, Nancy PwifeFW67MNoNoMOTNTNYesNone

Name
Nancy Parilee - Nancy Paralee