The Shemwell Family

Louise WoodwardAge: 88 years18961984

Name
Louise Woodward
Given names
Louise
Surname
Woodward
Married name
Louise Buckley
Married name
Louise Acuff
Birth 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 33 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
MarriageWilliam Bruce AcuffView this family
August 17, 1939 (Age 43 years)
Census April 7, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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
MarriageWilliam Bruce AcuffView this family
August 2, 1946 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 husbandWilliam Bruce Acuff
January 1, 1957 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 December 11, 1984 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Edgewood Cemetery
Family with William Bruce Acuff - View this family
husband
herself
Louise Woodward
Birth: 1896Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Death: December 11, 1984North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: August 17, 1939Saline, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: August 2, 1946Saline, Arkansas, United States
Family with Leonard L Buckley - View this family
husband
herself
Louise Woodward
Birth: 1896Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Death: December 11, 1984North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
son
Private
William Bruce Acuff + Evelena “Lena” Williams - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 27, 1910Clark, Arkansas, United States
Divorce: between 1917 and 1919Clark, Arkansas, United States
5 years
step-daughter
Evelyn Louise Acuff
Birth: October 22, 1915 26 19Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 18, 2009Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
William Bruce Acuff + Beulah Hooten - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: August 28, 1924Miller, Arkansas, United States
Divorce: May 4, 1939Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
-3 years
step-son
Admiral Dewey Acuff
Birth: May 25, 1921 31 21Heber Springs, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 18, 2004Pembroke Pines, Broward, Florida, United States

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