Nancy Ellen “Nannie” PuryearAge: 73 years1849–1922
- Name
- Nancy Ellen “Nannie” Puryear
- Given names
- Nancy Ellen
- Surname
- Puryear
- Married name
- Nancy Ellen Pryor
- Nickname
- Nannie
 Birth | March 10, 1849 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 7 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 12 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Marriage | William Elbert Pryor — View this family February 7, 1867 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 17 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 19 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Nannie Bola Pryor November 20, 1871 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 28 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | Isaac Newton Shemwell — Nannie Bola Pryor — View this family September 27, 1894 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary Jeanne Shemwell August 10, 1895 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | William Isaac “Bill” Shemwell October 31, 1897 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Mary Jeanne Shemwell July 23, 1898 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 49 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 grandson #3 | John Pryor Shemwell October 30, 1899 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Nancy Laura “Nannie” Shemwell August 18, 1901 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Clyde V Shemwell November 27, 1903 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Nannie Bola Pryor January 27, 1904 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Clyde V Shemwell February 17, 1904 (Age 54 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 66 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 67 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 68 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/ |
 Death | July 6, 1922 (Age 73 years) |
| Family with parents |
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Harmon Grant Puryear Death: |
| mother |
Nancy Bola Foard Death: |
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Nancy Ellen “Nannie” Puryear Birth: March 10, 1849 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 6, 1922 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with William Elbert Pryor |
| husband |
William Elbert Pryor Birth: December 30, 1846 Death: May 30, 1927 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Ellen “Nannie” Puryear Birth: March 10, 1849 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 6, 1922 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: February 7, 1867 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Nannie Bola Pryor Birth: November 20, 1871 24 22 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: January 27, 1904 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
Nancy Ellen “Nannie” Puryear has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Elbert Pryor - Household
Dist. 7 Graves,Kentucky, USA
Notes: Children of Isaac & Mattie Shemwell living with G-parents |