The Shemwell Family

Minnie Ballard MurphyAge: 55 years18881943

Name
Minnie Ballard Murphy
Given names
Minnie Ballard
Surname
Murphy
Married name
Minnie Ballard Pulley
Married name
Minnie Ballard Cain
Birth January 3, 1888
MarriageCainView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Birth of a son
#1
John Cain
about 1906 (Age 17 years)
MarriageJames Thomas “Pop” PulleyView this family
calculated 1907 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Harry Pulley
December 30, 1908 (Age 20 years)
Census April 19, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Dolores Pulley
July 19, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Virginia A Pulley
estimated 1912 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sonHarry Pulley
October 25, 1914 (Age 26 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Birth of a son
#5
Frank Stephens Pulley
May 31, 1915 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sonFrank Stephens Pulley
June 8, 1915 (Age 27 years)

Cause: Died in Infancy
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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/
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 11, 1930 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Christine Burgess
November 14, 1932 (Age 44 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 November 3, 1943 (Age 55 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with Cain - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
Family with James Thomas “Pop” Pulley - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: calculated 1907
2 years
son
Harry Pulley
Birth: December 30, 1908 30 20Dickson, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 25, 1914Dickson, Tennessee, United States
19 months
daughter
Dolores Pulley
Birth: July 19, 1910 32 22Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 12, 1968Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
daughter
3 years
son
Frank Stephens Pulley
Birth: May 31, 1915 37 27Dickson, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 8, 1915
James Thomas “Pop” Pulley + Nancy Helen Case - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: July 4, 1895
8 months
step-son
James Leonard Pulley
Birth: March 9, 1896 17 19Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 23, 1964Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
23 months
step-son
John Herbert Pulley
Birth: February 16, 1898 19 21Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 30, 1950Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
11 months
step-son
Earnest Edgar Pulley
Birth: January 12, 1899 20 22Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 13, 1942Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
4 years
step-daughter

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas “Pop” Pulley - Household

Ricket Ave. Dickson, Dickson, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pulley, JimheadMW31M23TNTNTNLaborStandard Oil
Pulley, MinniewifeFW22M2322TNARTN
Pulley, LeonardsonMW14STNTNGADelivery boyGrocery Store
Pulley, JohnsonMW12STNTNGALaborerBottle Works
Pulley, EarnestsonMW10STNTNGA
Pulley, LuciledaughterFW7STNTNGA
Pulley, HarrysonMW1-4mSTNTNTN

Says Minnie has been married 2x, married to Jim 3yrs. and has 2 living children. where/who is 2nd child. -b

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas “Pop” Pulley - Household

450 Madelon St. Jackson, Madison, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pulley, J TheadMW41MTNTNTNEngineerRailroad
Pulley, MinniewifeFW31MTNTNTN
Pulley, LeonardsonMW23STNTNTNLaborerMill
Pulley, JohnsonMW21STNTNTNClerkGrocery Store
Pulley, EarnestsonMW18STNTNTN?Factory
Pulley, LuciledaughterFW16STNTNTN
Pulley, DoloresdaughterFW9STNTNTN
Pulley, VirginiadaughterFW7STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas “Pop” Pulley - Household

2539 Yale Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pulley, James TheadMW52M17TNTNTNStationary EngineerWholesale Lumber
Pulley, Minnie BwifeFW42M16TNTNTN
Pulley, Virginia AdaughterFW18STNTNTN