Floyd William AcuffAge: 83 years1892–1975
- Name
- Floyd William Acuff
- Given names
- Floyd William
- Surname
- Acuff
 Birth | January 1892 25 31 |
 Birth of a brother | Kent Adam Acuff March 1894 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lesa May Acuff February 5, 1896 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Clara Vittitoe May 13, 1898 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a brother | Oard Thomas Acuff October 7, 1899 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas D Acuff Jr. August 15, 1902 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Ada Acuff July 8, 1903 (Age 11 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 25 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 26 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Barnhart May 21, 1921 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 37 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Lesa May Acuff March 4, 1943 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a father | William Sherman Acuff October 10, 1945 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | 1975 (Age 83 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Sherman Acuff Birth: May 10, 1866 43 48 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 10, 1945 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Barnhart Birth: September 25, 1860 — Illinois, United States Death: May 21, 1921 |
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Marriage: June 1, 1889 — La Salle, Illinois, United States |
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3 years himself |
Floyd William Acuff Birth: January 1892 25 31 — Illinois, United States Death: 1975 |
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2 years younger brother |
Kent Adam Acuff Birth: March 1894 27 33 — Illinois, United States Death: March 27, 1985 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Lesa May Acuff Birth: February 5, 1896 29 35 — LaSalle, Illinois, United States Death: March 4, 1943 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Oard Thomas Acuff Birth: October 7, 1899 33 39 — Illinois, United States Death: June 23, 1983 — Amboy, Lee, Illinois, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Ruth Ada Acuff Birth: July 8, 1903 37 42 — LaSalle, Illinois, United States Death: 1989 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
Floyd William Acuff has 32 first cousins recorded
Father's family (32)
Parents Thomas Harvey + Mary “Polly” Acuff
Parents Charles Wesley McAnally + Mary “Polly” Acuff
Parents Stokely Acuff + Mary Harrison
Parents Charles Wesley McAnally + Amanda “Mandy” Acuff
Parents Samuel L Acuff + Hannah McGinnis
Parents John Wesley Acuff + Nancy Ann “Nannie” Talley
Parents John Wesley Acuff + Mary Susan Henshaw
Parents Rev. James Thomas Acuff + Melvina Francis “Fannie” Kidwell
Parents Cannon S Acuff + Ida M Schemerhorn
Parents Millard Filmore Acuff + Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Sherman Acuff - Household
Fall River, LaSalle, Illinois
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Sherman Acuff - Household
Perry, Buchanan, Iowa
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