The Shemwell Family

Ruby Faye AcuffAge: 75 years19121987

Name
Ruby Faye Acuff
Given names
Ruby Faye
Surname
Acuff
Married name
Ruby Faye Campbell
Married name
Ruby Faye Dobyns
Birth October 2, 1912 26 21
MarriageVolney John DobynsView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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/
Census January 9, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins
1925 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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
Census April 9, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Volney Faye “Buster” Dobyns
January 15, 1931 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherMillard Filmore Acuff
August 24, 1932 (Age 19 years)
MarriageWilliam E CampbellView this family
October 16, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Ann Campbell
April 22, 1939 (Age 26 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 sonVolney Faye “Buster” Dobyns
December 31, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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
Death of a fatherRev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff
June 4, 1957 (Age 44 years)
Death of a husbandVolney John Dobyns
1961 (Age 48 years)

Death of a motherMamie Mae Finley
April 23, 1963 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 December 11, 1987 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Rev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff
Birth: August 26, 1886 27 19Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 4, 1957Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
mother
Mamie Mae Finley
Birth: November 4, 1890Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 23, 1963Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
elder sister
Henry Ruth Acuff
Birth: February 5, 1911 24 20Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: August 27, 1990Gurdon, Clark, Arkansas, United States
20 months
herself
brother
Private
Family with William E Campbell - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: October 16, 1932Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
7 years
daughter
Mary Ann Campbell
Birth: April 22, 1939 29 26Arkansas, United States
Death: June 29, 1991Crawford, Arkansas, United States
Family with Volney John Dobyns - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
Volney Faye “Buster” Dobyns
Birth: January 15, 1931 47 18Crawford, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 31, 1950Korea

Ruby Faye Acuff has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff - Household

Upper, Sebastian, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Acuff, ClarenceheadMW53MTNSame place
Acuff, Mayme MayXwifeFW49MARSame placebook bindingbindery
Campbell, RubydaughterFW27MARSame place
Dobyns, VolneygrandsonMW9SARSame place
Campbell, Mary AnngranddaughterFW11mSAR