The Shemwell Family

Rachel Case “Rachie” JanneyAge: 67 years18711939

Name
Rachel Case “Rachie” Janney
Given names
Rachel Case
Surname
Janney
Married name
Rachel Case Pulley
Nickname
Rachie
Birth July 19, 1871
Address: Colquitt County?
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageWilliam Virgil PulleyView this family
May 30, 1894 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Julia Pulley
March 3, 1895 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
#2
William Henry “Willie” Pulley
November 1898 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Robert Herschel Pulley
April 1, 1902 (Age 30 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Address: Arlington Rd.
Birth of a grandson
#1
John Virgil McElroy
June 5, 1916 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 grandson
#2
Garner Fredrick McElroy
March 17, 1918 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 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 46 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 13, 1920 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Nannie Mae Pulley
April 16, 1920 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Virginia Pulley
March 31, 1924 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Ruth Ola Pulley
March 15, 1926 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Margaret Dolores “Dee” Pulley
November 22, 1927 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Dorothy Lorene Pulley
April 8, 1929 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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
Marriage of a childRobert Herschel PulleyRuby PattonView this family
April 1, 1931 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#8
Ruth Faye Pulley
December 18, 1931 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
William Henry “Pork” Pulley Jr.
February 12, 1932 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Robert Herschel Pulley Jr.
August 21, 1934 (Age 63 years)
Death February 12, 1939 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery
Family with William Virgil Pulley - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 30, 1894Houston, Tennessee, United States
9 months
daughter
Mary Julia Pulley
Birth: March 3, 1895 23 23Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 26, 1939Houston, Tennessee, United States
4 years
son
3 years
son

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Virgil Pulley - Household

Dist. 4 Houston, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
William Virgil PulleyHeadMW38M15--TNTNTNLaborer stave factory
Rachel Case PulleywifeFW38M1533GEOGEOGEONone
Mary Julia PulleydaughterFW15S---TNTNGEONone
William Henry PulleysonMW11S---TNTNGEONone
Robert H. PulleysonMW8S---TNTNGEONone

Notes: Enum Dist. 56

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Virgil Pulley - Household

Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pulley, W VheadMW48MTNTNTNLaborerLime Plant
Pulley, RachelwifeFW48MTNTNTN
Pulley, RobertsonMW18STNTNTN