The Shemwell Family

William Arthur AcuffAge: 44 years18801925

Name
William Arthur Acuff
Given names
William Arthur
Surname
Acuff
Birth November 19, 1880
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
MarriageJessie May MannView this family
June 29, 1902 (Age 21 years)
Death of a wifeJessie May Mann
December 4, 1910 (Age 30 years)
MarriageEffie Pearl AcuffView this family
September 4, 1915 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#1
Flora R Acuff
June 10, 1917 (Age 36 years)

Associate: Dora N Acuff
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dora N Acuff
June 10, 1917 (Age 36 years)

Associate: Flora R Acuff
Death of a daughterFlora R Acuff
June 10, 1917 (Age 36 years)

Death of a daughterDora N Acuff
June 10, 1917 (Age 36 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 36 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 37 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 March 7, 1925 (Age 44 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
Family with Jessie May Mann - View this family
himself
wife
Jessie May Mann
Birth: August 2, 1887Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1910Knox, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: June 29, 1902Union, Tennessee, United States
Family with Effie Pearl Acuff - View this family
himself
wife
Effie Pearl Acuff
Birth: September 8, 1884 31 20Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 2, 1961Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: September 4, 1915Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
21 months
daughter
daughter

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