Rufus M “Bud” HuieAge: 75 years1865–1940
- Name
- Rufus M “Bud” Huie
- Given names
- Rufus M
- Surname
- Huie
- Nickname
- Bud
 Birth | January 11, 1865 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 23 months)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 23 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Vaden Wilkerson — View this family August 9, 1893 (Age 28 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | William Herschel Huie November 29, 1895 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Hubert H Huie December 7, 1897 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | William Herschel Huie — Vera Shemwell — View this family estimated 1920 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Herschel Huie Jr. August 17, 1921 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Herschel Huie — Thelma Ruth Bryant — View this family estimated 1928 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Thomas Gene “Tommy” Huie September 16, 1929 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Ruby Faye Huie August 8, 1937 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | June 29, 1940 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with Vaden Wilkerson |
| himself |
Rufus M “Bud” Huie Birth: January 11, 1865 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: June 29, 1940 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Vaden Wilkerson Birth: November 9, 1869 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: August 9, 1893 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
William Herschel Huie Birth: November 29, 1895 30 26 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: May 26, 1966 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Hubert H Huie Birth: December 7, 1897 32 28 — Graves, Kentucky, United States Death: July 7, 1992 — Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United States |