Ada Acuff1901–
- Name
- Ada Acuff
- Given names
- Ada
- Surname
- Acuff
 Birth | 1901 23 20 |
 Birth of a sister | Vada Acuff 1902 (Age 12 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 28 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 paternal grandfather | Samuel L Acuff December 17, 1932 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a father | John Rankin Acuff February 5, 1937 (Age 36 years) Cause: Gun shot wounds Note: Death certificate says mother was Mary Gordon. -b |
| Death of a mother | Julia E McGinnis February 5, 1943 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 45 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 of a sister | Bessie Acuff September 15, 1983 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a sister | Vada Acuff December 1984 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Rankin Acuff Birth: January 30, 1877 27 22 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1937 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Julia E McGinnis Birth: May 13, 1880 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1943 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 2, 1896 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Bessie Acuff Birth: August 29, 1897 20 17 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: September 15, 1983 — Corryton, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years herself |
Ada Acuff Birth: 1901 23 20 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years younger sister |
Vada Acuff Birth: 1902 24 21 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1984 — Blaine, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |