Lesa May AcuffAge: 47 years1896–1943
- Name
- Lesa May Acuff
- Given names
- Lesa May
- Surname
- Acuff
 Birth | February 5, 1896 29 35 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Clara Vittitoe May 13, 1898 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 3 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas D Acuff Jr. August 15, 1902 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Ada Acuff July 8, 1903 (Age 7 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 33 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 | March 4, 1943 (Age 47 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 elder brother |
Floyd William Acuff Birth: January 1892 25 31 — Illinois, United States Death: 1975 |
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2 years elder 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 herself |
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 |
Lesa May 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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