The Shemwell Family

Luella Pearl KesslingAge: 72 years18911963

Name
Luella Pearl Kessling
Given names
Luella Pearl
Surname
Kessling
Married name
Luella Pearl Acuff
Birth 1891
MarriageArthur D JonesView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
MarriageJacob Sherman AcuffView this family
August 20, 1913 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Rosalie Acuff
July 16, 1914 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Marjorie Cora Acuff
November 2, 1915 (Age 24 years)
Death of a husbandJacob Sherman Acuff
March 25, 1916 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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 38 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 59 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 55 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 July 1963 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Cemetery
Family with Jacob Sherman Acuff - View this family
husband
Jacob Sherman Acuff
Birth: February 3, 1888 35 23Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 25, 1916Iowa, United States
herself
Marriage: August 20, 1913Hardin, Iowa, United States
11 months
daughter
Rosalie Acuff
Birth: July 16, 1914 26 23Iowa, United States
Death: September 16, 2003Polk, Iowa, United States
16 months
daughter
Marjorie Cora Acuff
Birth: November 2, 1915 27 24Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States
Death: November 10, 1988Hillsborough, Florida, United States
Family with Arthur D Jones - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:

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