Leona Pearl KellyAge: 72 years1898–1970
- Name
- Leona Pearl Kelly
- Given names
- Leona Pearl
- Surname
- Kelly
- Married name
- Leona Pearl Pullen
- Married name
- Leona Pearl Burcham
 Birth | January 26, 1898 26 27 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 months)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 sister | Grace May “Gracie” Kelly calculated 1900 (Age 23 months) |
 Census | June 2, 1900 (Age 2 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
| 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 |
 Marriage | Charles Wheeler Pullen — View this family June 18, 1918 (Age 20 years) |
| 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 | Annie May Pullen October 25, 1921 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Annie May Pullen October 27, 1921 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Martha Jane Pullen 1923 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 31 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 10, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a husband | Charles Wheeler Pullen April 11, 1935 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Everett Burcham — Martha Jane Pullen — View this family February 26, 1944 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage | Clint Leslie Burcham — View this family between 1940 and 1950 (Age 41 years) |
| Census | May 6, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Thomas Shemwell April 15, 1941 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lynn Dotson Kelly March 31, 1944 (Age 46 years) Cause: Tuberculosis |
| 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 |
| Death of a father | Thomas Isaac “Tobe” Kelly October 30, 1945 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Martha Jane Pullen 1947 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a sister | Grace May “Gracie” Kelly July 12, 1947 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | William Max Hager August 2, 1949 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nannie Ruth Kelly May 16, 1950 (Age 52 years) |
| 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 |
| Death of a mother | Luella “Ella” Shemwell May 23, 1964 (Age 66 years) Cause: Terminal Pneumonia |
| 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 | December 1970 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East View Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Isaac “Tobe” Kelly Birth: October 18, 1871 — Murray, Calloway, Kentucky, United States Death: October 30, 1945 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Luella “Ella” Shemwell Birth: January 7, 1871 21 18 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 23, 1964 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: March 4, 1895 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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8 months elder sister |
Nannie Ruth Kelly Birth: November 13, 1895 24 24 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: May 16, 1950 — Martin, Weakley, Tennessee, United States |
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14 months elder brother |
Lynn Dotson Kelly Birth: December 31, 1896 25 25 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: March 31, 1944 — Oakville, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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13 months herself |
Leona Pearl Kelly Birth: January 26, 1898 26 27 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1970 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Grace May “Gracie” Kelly Birth: calculated 1900 28 28 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: July 12, 1947 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Mother’s family with William C “Max” Hager |
| step-father |
William C “Max” Hager Birth: Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Luella “Ella” Shemwell Birth: January 7, 1871 21 18 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 23, 1964 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 7, 1891 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months half-brother |
William Max Hager Birth: March 3, 1892 21 — Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States Death: August 2, 1949 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Charles Wheeler Pullen |
| husband |
Charles Wheeler Pullen Birth: December 3, 1897 — Calloway, Kentucky, United States Death: April 11, 1935 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Leona Pearl Kelly Birth: January 26, 1898 26 27 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1970 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: June 18, 1918 — Obion, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Annie May Pullen Birth: October 25, 1921 23 23 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States Death: October 27, 1921 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Martha Jane Pullen Birth: 1923 25 24 — Obion, Tennessee, United States Death: 1947 — Obion, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Clint Leslie Burcham |
| husband |
Clint Leslie Burcham Birth: 1904 Death: 1979 |
| herself |
Leona Pearl Kelly Birth: January 26, 1898 26 27 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1970 — Union City, Obion, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: between 1940 and 1950 — |
Leona Pearl Kelly has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (16)
Parents Luther Edgar Shemwell + Sara Matilda “Saydie” Hilton
Parents James Frederick “Jim” Weaks + Sarah Florence Shemwell
Parents Artie M Shemwell + Laura Porter Campbell
Parents Eugene Talmadge “E T” Hodges + Zora May Shemwell
Parents Murray Levi Chadwick + Mamie Flora Shemwell
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Mason “Tobe” Kelly - Household
Waverly, Humphries, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Isaac Mason “Tobe” Kelly - Household
Main Street Waverly, Humphries, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Wheeler Pullen - Household
Jackson Ave. Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Leona Pearl Kelly - Household
Palmer Union City, Obion, Tennessee
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