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Nancy Rosanna Russell

Female 1863 - 1944  (81 years)


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  • Name Nancy Rosanna Russell  [1, 2] 
    Birth 30 Mar 1863  La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 11 Oct 1944  Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Obituary 19 Oct 1944  Pineville, McDonald County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    The Pineville Democrat 
    • MRS. NANCY PULLEY

      Nancy Rosanna Russell was born March 30, 1863, at La Crosse, Wis., and died October 11, 1944 at the Bates Memorial Hospital at Bentonville, Ark., at the age of 81 years, 6 months, and 11 days.

      She was the daughter of Thomas and Prudence Russell. When she was six years of age, the family moved to Newton county, Mo., At an early age, she professed her faith in Christ and became a member of the Mount Olive Baptist Church near Fairview, Mo.

      She was united in marriage to Thomas B. Pulley in 1879. To this union five children were born, three daughters and two sons. 

      She was preceded in death by her husband who died in 1920; a daughter, Hettie, who died in infancy; and a daughter, Mrs. Perry Ledenham, who died in 1940.

      She leaves to morn her death, [one] daughter, Mrs. L. R. Smith of Pineville; a son, Clarence Pulley, Pineville, and a son, Earl Pulley of Farson, Wy. 

      She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Chas. Towbridge of Cottonwood Falls, Kan., and a brother, Matt Russell of Fort Smith, Ark. She leaves 13 grandchildren, 15 great grand children and many other relatives and friends.

      Funeral services were held at [the] Baptist [Church] at Exeter, Mo. The Rev. Charles Vansandt delivered the funeral sermon. Burial was in the Maplewood cemetery under direction of the Humphrey Funeral home of Pineville.
    Burial Maplewood Cemetery, Exeter, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I15843  CCBasic
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2023 

    Father Thomas Russell   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Prudence (Russell)   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F6064  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas B. Pulley,   b. 1 Sep 1856, Pettis County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1920, Washburn, Barry County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 1879  [1, 2] 
    Children 
     1. Hettie Pulley   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Pulley   d. 1940
     3. Pulley   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Clarence E. Pulley   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Earl R. Pulley   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F6063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

  • Sources 
    1. [S303] Missouri. Pineville., Missouri, McDonald County -- The Pineville Democrat (Newspapers.com), 24 Jan 2021, "Mrs. Nancy Pulley," 19 October 1944, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/580702966/ : accessed 24 Jan 2021), p. 1, col. 4.

    2. [S304] Missouri. Pineville., Missouri, McDonald County -- The Pineville Herald (Newspapers.com), 24 Jan 2021, "Thomas B. Pulley Passes Away," 28 May 1920, online archives (https://www.newspapers.com/image/580691838/ : accessed 24 Jan 2021), p. 5, col. 3.