The Shemwell Family

Edward Boaz PulleyAge: 85 years19021987

Name
Edward Boaz Pulley
Given names
Edward Boaz
Surname
Pulley
Birth September 7, 1902 54 41
Death of a half-sisterLorana “Lula” Pulley
September 18, 1907 (Age 5 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever - Miscarriage
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 16, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Death of a half-brotherRobert Clyde Pulley
February 10, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Death of a fatherJames Henry Pulley
April 1, 1921 (Age 18 years)

Death of a motherDora Petty
April 14, 1921 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Edward Boaz Pulley Jr.
October 21, 1924 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 8, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 half-brotherWilliam Virgil Pulley
December 6, 1959 (Age 57 years)
Death of a half-brotherJames Thomas “Pop” Pulley
September 21, 1963 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 November 3, 1987 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Polk Memorial Gardens
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father
mother
Dora Petty
Birth: December 27, 1860 33Tennessee, United States
Death: April 14, 1921Tennessee, United States
Marriage: November 13, 1901Giles, Tennessee, United States
10 months
himself
Edward Boaz Pulley
Birth: September 7, 1902 54 41Giles, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 3, 1987Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Mary Jane McMillan - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 12, 1868Stewart, Tennessee, United States
1 year
half-sister
Elizabeth Pulley
Birth: November 1869 21 18Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1880Tennessee, United States
14 months
half-sister
16 months
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
John Henry Pulley
Birth: August 29, 1876 28 25Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 2, 1891Houston, Tennessee, United States
18 months
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
Lida Mae Pulley
Birth: May 8, 1880 32 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 3, 1880Houston, Tennessee, United States
5 years
half-sister
Lorana “Lula” Pulley
Birth: June 25, 1885 37 33Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 18, 1907Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
half-brother
Robert Clyde Pulley
Birth: June 1888 40 36Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1920Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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himself
Edward Boaz Pulley
Birth: September 7, 1902 54 41Giles, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 3, 1987Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States
wife
Dewees Porter
Birth: January 10, 1902Tennessee, United States
Death: October 1, 1990Tennessee, United States
son
Edward Boaz Pulley Jr.
Birth: October 21, 1924 22 22Giles, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 17, 1999Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
son
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daughter
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daughter
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son
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Nancy N … - Household

Fodge Hollow Road Giles, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Petty, NancyheadFW83Wd94TNTNTN
Pulley, DoradaughterFW49M1811TNTNTNKeeperHouse
Pulley, James Hson in lawMW62M28TNTNTNLaborerHome farm
Pulley, Edward BgrandsonMW7STNTNTNLaborerHome farm

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Henry Pulley - Household

Turnell Hill Road Giles, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pulley, J HheadMW71MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral farm
Pulley, DorawifeFW59MTNTNTN
Pulley, EdwardsonMW17STNTNTN
Petty, Nancy Nmother in lawFW93WdTNTNTN