Elmer C Pullum

Male16 December 1908–1 August 1929

Brief Life History of Elmer C

When Elmer C Pullum was born on 16 December 1908, in Thayer, Oregon, Missouri, United States, his father, Samuel Carson Pullum, was 37 and his mother, Susan Eldine Hicks, was 34. He lived in Sedgwick, Sedgwick, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 1 August 1929, at the age of 20, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Carson Pullum
1871–
Susan Eldine Hicks
1874–
William Charles Pullum
1894–1968
Samuel Arthur Pullum
1895–1977
Gertie M Pullum
1897–
Nellie P Pullum
1898–1993
Ethyl Pearl Pullum
1900–1960
Mattie Mollie E Pullum
1902–2002
Walter James Pullum
1906–1948
Elmer C Pullum
1908–1929
Clyde Pullum
1909–2002
Fred D Pullum
1912–1996
Dorothy R Pullum
1918–2011

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  • Elmer Pullum in household of Samuel Pullum, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Elmer C Pullum in household of Samuel C Pullum, "United States Census, 1910"

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World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Age 1

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1909 · Garden of the Gods Park

Age 1

In 1879, railroad tycoon, Charles Elliott Perkins bought 240 acres whrere The Garden of the Gods is located, and planned to use it as a summer home. Perkins died in 1907 before he could establish it as a public park. Perkin's children donated the now 480 acres to the city of Colorado Springs, to become a public park.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 8

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English (Middlesex): variant of Pulham, a habitational name from any of the places called Pulham, in Dorset, Norfolk, or Devon. The first two are named with Old English pōl or pull ‘pool, pond’ + hām ‘homestead’, ‘settlement’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.

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

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