William Henry “Willie” PulleyAge: 56 years1898–1955
- Name
- William Henry “Willie” Pulley
- Given names
- William Henry
- Surname
- Pulley
- Nickname
- Willie
 Birth | November 1898 27 27 |
 Birth of a brother | Robert Herschel Pulley April 1, 1902 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Jane McMillan July 8, 1908 (Age 9 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 11 years) Address: Arlington Rd. |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 daughter #1 | Nannie Mae Pulley April 16, 1920 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Henry Pulley April 1, 1921 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Virginia Pulley March 31, 1924 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Ruth Ola Pulley March 15, 1926 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 30 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 |
| Birth of a son #4 | William Henry “Pork” Pulley Jr. February 12, 1932 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rachel Case “Rachie” Janney February 12, 1939 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Julia Pulley July 26, 1939 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Newell Trice Welker — Nannie Mae Pulley — View this family about 1940 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 51 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 | March 20, 1955 (Age 56 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McMillan Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Virgil Pulley Birth: May 12, 1871 23 19 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 6, 1959 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rachel Case “Rachie” Janney Birth: July 19, 1871 — Hamilton, Harris, Georgia, United States Death: February 12, 1939 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 30, 1894 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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9 months elder sister |
Mary Julia Pulley Birth: March 3, 1895 23 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 26, 1939 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years himself |
William Henry “Willie” Pulley Birth: November 1898 27 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 20, 1955 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Herschel Pulley Birth: April 1, 1902 30 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 15, 1963 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Myrtle Elizabeth Ross |
| himself |
William Henry “Willie” Pulley Birth: November 1898 27 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 20, 1955 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Myrtle Elizabeth Ross Birth: November 11, 1899 28 27 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: December 14, 1955 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| daughter |
Nannie Mae Pulley Birth: April 16, 1920 21 20 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: June 4, 1982 — Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Virginia Pulley Birth: March 31, 1924 25 24 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 3, 2007 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Ruth Ola Pulley Birth: March 15, 1926 27 26 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 6, 2000 — Hendersonville, Sumner, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
William Henry “Pork” Pulley Jr. Birth: February 12, 1932 33 32 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: December 27, 2017 — Cunningham, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Virgil Pulley - Household
Dist. 4 Houston, Tennessee, USA
Notes: Enum Dist. 56 |