The Shemwell Family

Rosalie AcuffAge: 89 years19142003

Name
Rosalie Acuff
Given names
Rosalie
Surname
Acuff
Birth July 16, 1914 26 23
Birth of a sisterMarjorie Cora Acuff
November 2, 1915 (Age 15 months)
Death of a fatherJacob Sherman Acuff
March 25, 1916 (Age 20 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 months)

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 2 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 3 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 15 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 grandfatherJohn Wesley Acuff
March 12, 1932 (Age 17 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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
Death of a motherLuella Pearl Kessling
July 1963 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 husbandRobert E Gabbert
January 23, 1987 (Age 72 years)
Death of a sisterMarjorie Cora Acuff
November 10, 1988 (Age 74 years)
Death September 16, 2003 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens
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father
Jacob Sherman Acuff
Birth: February 3, 1888 35 23Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 25, 1916Iowa, United States
mother
Marriage: August 20, 1913Hardin, Iowa, United States
11 months
herself
Rosalie Acuff
Birth: July 16, 1914 26 23Iowa, United States
Death: September 16, 2003Polk, Iowa, United States
16 months
younger sister
Marjorie Cora Acuff
Birth: November 2, 1915 27 24Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States
Death: November 10, 1988Hillsborough, Florida, United States
Mother’s family with Arthur D Jones - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
Family with Robert E Gabbert - View this family
husband
Robert E Gabbert
Birth: December 27, 1911Kentucky, United States
Death: January 23, 1987Polk, Iowa, United States
herself
Rosalie Acuff
Birth: July 16, 1914 26 23Iowa, United States
Death: September 16, 2003Polk, Iowa, United States
daughter
Private

Rosalie Acuff has 9 first cousins recorded