The Shemwell Family

Nellie WoodworthAge: 66 years18801947

Name
Nellie Woodworth
Given names
Nellie
Surname
Woodworth
Married name
Nellie Pulliam
Birth December 14, 1880
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
MarriageBenjamin Marvin PulliamView this family
1911 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 daughter
#1
Marion Pulliam
May 8, 1917 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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 son
#2
Charles Marvin Pulliam
December 24, 1919 (Age 39 years)
Census January 3, 1920 (Age 39 years)
Death of a husbandBenjamin Marvin Pulliam
May 21, 1922 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Allen Marvin Pulliam
January 11, 1947 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 65 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 April 26, 1947 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakwood Cemetery
Family with Benjamin Marvin Pulliam - View this family
husband
Benjamin Marvin Pulliam
Birth: May 23, 1880 32 26Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: May 21, 1922Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States
herself
Nellie Woodworth
Birth: December 14, 1880Belle Rive, Jefferson, Illinois, United States
Death: April 26, 1947Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage: 1911Jefferson, Illinois, United States
6 years
daughter
Marion Pulliam
Birth: May 8, 1917 36 36Illinois, United States
Death: January 5, 1975Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
3 years
son
Charles Marvin Pulliam
Birth: December 24, 1919 39 39White, Illinois, United States
Death: August 30, 2008Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Marvin Pulliam - Household

223 S. 18th St. Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pulliam, MarvinheadMW39MMOMOMOTraveling SalesmanBakery
Pulliam, NelliewifeFW39MILILOH
Pulliam, MariondaughterFW2-7mSILMOIL
Pulliam, Charles MarvinsonMW4mMILMOIL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Nellie Woodworth - Household

29 First Street Bluford, Jefferson, Illinois

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pulliam, NellheadFW49WdILOHOH
Pulliam, Marion LdaughterFW12SILMOIL
Pulliam, MarvinsonMW10SILMOIL