David Alexander Pulley

Brief Life History of David Alexander

When David Alexander Pulley was born on 9 July 1852, in Andrew, Missouri, United States, his father, James Pulley, was 29 and his mother, Alice Jane Moon, was 33. He married Lydia Amelia Moon on 8 April 1873, in Wasatch, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Market Lake, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Egin, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 3 October 1940, in Hagerman, Gooding, Idaho, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Hagerman, Gooding, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Alexander Pulley
1852–1940
Lydia Amelia Moon
1855–1925
Marriage: 8 April 1873
David Morgan Pulley
1874–1940
Myrtle Olive Pulley
1882–1935
Mahaley Lucinda Pulley
1876–1950
Bertha Jenett Pulley
1877–1917
Lydia Elevenia Pulley
1879–1936
Ezra Alexander Pulley
1881–1881
Henry Waldron Pulley
1883–1940
Melissa Jane Pulley
1885–1907
Ida May Pulley
1888–1920
Emery Harvey Pulley
1892–1892
Jedediah Pulley
1893–1976
Mediah Pulley
1893–

Sources (30)

  • David Pullen in household of Jas Pullen, "United States Census, 1860"
  • David A Pulley, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • David Alexander Pulley, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863

Historical Boundaries: 1863: Boise, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Boise, Idaho, United States

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English Pulleis ‘man from Apulia’, a country in Italy, named in the Middle English as Poille, Poyle, Apuelle.

English: habitational name from Pulley in Shropshire.

Possibly also an Americanized form of German Puley: from the medieval personal name Pelagius (from Greek pelagos ‘sea’), the name of a Christian martyr.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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