The 13th Annual Reunion of the Pioneer Missouri Relatives to be at Lake Contrary
The 13th annual reunion of the Pulley family, one of the pioneer families of this section, will be held next Sunday, August 18th [1940], at Lake Contrary in St. Joseph, Mo. A large gathering of descendants of early members of this family and their friends is expected to be present.
In connection with the ceremonies at the reunion a history of the Pulley families will be read. The record of the family, entitled, "Our Family History," was prepared by the late Robert Edward Pulley of near Clarksdale, on August 23, 1928, when he was 74 years old. It has been revised by his daughter, Mrs. Frank Buck, who is a resident of the Clarksdale community. The history follows:
My great-grandfather's name was Louis Pulley. He was born in England, in 1700; sailed to America and settled on a farm where Louisville, Kentucky, now stands. He raised a family there. He rode horseback to New York City, sold his horse, sailed on a visit to England, and died there while on his visit.
My grandfather, Devoux Pulley, was born May 11, 1779, near Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky. My grandmother, Mary Pulley (nee Williams) wife of Devoux Pulley, was born August 20, 1781. They were married January 30, 1800. Their remains lay at Tipton, Manitou County, Mo. They emigrated to Missouri in an early day, and settled at Versailles, Missouri.
The names of their children are as follows:
William Pulley, born Dec. 4, 1800.
John Pulley (my father) born Aug. 2, 1803.
Carlous Pulley, born Dec. 10, 1805.
Samuel Pulley, born March 10, 1808.
Lorenzo Dow Pulley, born Dec. 11, 1810
Amanda Hope Pulley, born Sept. 12, 1813.
Rob't Pulley, born Dec. 18, 1815.
Edward Pulley, born May 30, 1821.
John Pulley, my father, was born in Madison County, Kentucky, in 1803 and was married to Jane Blakely, at Versailles, Morgan County, Missouri, in the year 1831. To the union ten children were born. Five were born at Versailles, Mo., namely:
Thomas Jasper Pulley, born in 1832.
Devourix Newton Pulley, born in 1834.
Mary Ann Pulley, born in 1836.
Permenius Pulley, born in 1839.
Temperance Ann Pulley, born in 1840.
The other five childre were born in Guilford, Nodaway County, Mo., namely:
William DeKalb Pulley, born in 1842.
James Morton Pulley, born in 1845.
Mary Olive Pulley, born in 1851.
Rob't Edward Pulley, born in 1854.
My father, John Pulley, died April 11th, 1865, and the remains were laid to rest at the Old Kenosha Landing, a point on the Missouri River about 18 miles north of Nebraska City, Nebraska.
Thomas Jasper Pulley died Aug. 22, 1920. The remains are at Burlingame, Kansas.
Devorix Newton Pulley died Nov. 28, 1900, and was buried at Union Chapel near Clarksdale, Mo.
Permenius Brisco Pulley died in Aug., 1917, and was buried at Dlad, Dallas County, Mo.
Mary Ann Pulley died in 1837, and was buried at Versailles, Missouri.
James Morton Pulley died Sept. 7th, 1927, and was buried at Sharp Cemetery near Amity, Mo.
Mary Olive Pulley died March 4, 1884 and was buried at Bethel Cemetery near Coshby, Mo.
John Christopher Pulley died Jan. 29, 1924 and remains are at Stockton, Kansas.
Temperance Ann Pulley, died May 23, 1930 and was buried at Covington, Oklahoma.
William DeKalb Pulley died Oct. 30, ____, and remains at Leavenworth, Kansas.
(Rob't Edward Pulley, author of this history, died Aug. 22, 1933, and remains are in Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.)
My father and mother moved with my mother's parents to Nodaway Co., Mo. in 1844.
My mother's father, Thomas Blakely, was born May 20, 1793, died Jan 6, 1852.
Mary Blakely, my grandmother, was born Dec. 26, 1792, and died Nov. 27, 1856.
Seven children were born to the family of my Grandfather and Grandmother Blakely, namely: Jane Blakely Pulley, Ann Blakely Cooper, Susan Blakely Means, Olive Blakely Stockton, Betsy Blakely Estes, Martha Blakely Elliott; and an only son, James Blakely, who met a tragic death in a prairie fire in Iowa in an early day.
My mother, the said Jane Blakely Pulley, died Aug. 8, 1873, and her remains lie sleeping in the Sharp Cemetery, near Amity, Mo.
Source: The DeKalb County Herald 15 August 1940