Thomas Pulliam
1843 - 1920 (77 years)
Generation: 1
1. Thomas Pulliam was born on 27 Apr 1843 in Missouri; died on 12 Jul 1920 in Benton Township, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 13 Jul 1920 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. Notes:
From Reflections of yester-years.
Thomas Pulliam, son of Thomas and Polly Pulliam, was born in Linn Co. in 1843 and died in 1920. He is buried in the Purdin Cemetery. He was one of the three Pulliam brothers who remained around Purdin and raised their children.
Thomas, a Civil War Veteran, married Ann Cassity on Jan. 11, 1866. They settled on a farm north of Purdin and lived there all their lives. Later a son, Charley, and his family lived there and now the land belongs to grandchildren.
Thomas and Ann Pulliam were the parents of five children: Minnie, Etta, William, Charles and Edward.
Minnie was married to Henry Bivens and they had one daughter, Stella (Bivens) Crabtree, she lives in Denver, Colo. and has one daughter Marion.
Etta married David Cady, he will be remembered as a rural mail carrier. They were the parents of three children: Thomas (died while a young man); Evelyn (Cady) Hill, she has two children, Ada and Garland; Stella Mae (Cady) Gooch married Kenneth Gooch, lives on a farm nw of Purdin and they are the parents of two daughters, Mary Rottman and Norma Whipple.
William (Bill), married Ella Elston and they had three children. Lloyd (deceased), he had one daughter; Jesse (deceased) married Merle Stone (deceased) they had one daughter, Nadine (Pulliam) Elliott; Eva (Pulliam) Murrey, Skidmore.
Charles (Charley) married Nora Boswell and they had two children; Irene (Pulliam) Smithers, Chillicothe and she had two daughters, Nora and Charlene; Charles married Velma Baskett and they have a son Duane, and two grandchildren.
Edward (Ed) married Rhoda Cady. They had one daughter, Nellie Pulliam) Kroger, and she had a son, Gilbert. Nellie lives in North Kansas City. They also raised a foster son, Carl A. Falch, Sterling, Colo.
Charles Jr is the only descendant of this family living near Purdin.
Died:
Missouri death certificate
https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1920/1920_00026766.PDF
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25727578/thomas-pulliamThomas married Delila Ann Cassity on 11 Jan 1866. Delila (daughter of Peter Thompson Cassity and Lydia West Evans) was born on 10 Feb 1845 in Sullivan County, Missouri; died on 26 Sep 1918 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 27 Sep 1918 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Minnie Pulliam was born on 17 Jan 1867 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- William Pulliam was born on 26 Aug 1869 in Linn County, Missouri; died on 24 Nov 1947 in Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 27 Nov 1947 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Edward Molton Pulliam was born on 31 Oct 1871 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 20 Dec 1949 in Browning, Sullivan County, Missouri; was buried on 20 Dec 1949 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Etta Lydia Pulliam was born on 25 May 1877 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 4 Aug 1957 in Browning, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 6 Aug 1957 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.
- Charles E. Pulliam was born on 21 Sep 1879 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; died on 7 Aug 1957 in Purdin, Linn County, Missouri; was buried on 9 Aug 1957 in Purdin Cemetery, Purdin, Linn County, Missouri.