The Shemwell Family

Rosa MadgettAge: 54 years18851939

Name
Rosa Madgett
Given names
Rosa
Surname
Madgett
Married name
Rosa Acuff
Birth April 1, 1885
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
MarriageWilliam Horace AcuffView this family
about 1909 (Age 23 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Anna Pauline Acuff
February 1, 1914 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 44 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 18, 1930 (Age 45 years)
Death July 10, 1939 (Age 54 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Roseberry Cemetery
Family with William Horace Acuff - View this family
husband
William Horace Acuff
Birth: August 24, 1882 29 18Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 25, 1966Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States
herself
Rosa Madgett
Birth: April 1, 1885Tennessee, United States
Death: July 10, 1939Mascot, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1909
5 years
daughter
Anna Pauline Acuff
Birth: February 1, 1914 31 28Tennessee, United States
Death: February 23, 2008Roan Mountain, Carter, Tennessee, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Horace Acuff - Household

Knox, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Acuff, HoraceheadMW47M26TNTNTNFarmerFarm
Acuff, RosawifeFW45M23TNTNTN
Acuff, PauliinedaughterFW16STNTNTN