Mary Elizabeth BarnhartAge: 60 years1860–1921
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Barnhart
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Barnhart
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Acuff
 Birth | September 25, 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | William Sherman Acuff — View this family June 1, 1889 (Age 28 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Floyd William Acuff January 1892 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Kent Adam Acuff March 1894 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Lesa May Acuff February 5, 1896 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 |
| Birth of a son #4 | Oard Thomas Acuff October 7, 1899 (Age 39 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Ruth Ada Acuff July 8, 1903 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 59 years) |
 Death | May 21, 1921 (Age 60 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Crest Cemetery |
| Family with William Sherman Acuff |
| husband |
William Sherman Acuff Birth: May 10, 1866 43 48 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 10, 1945 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth Barnhart Birth: September 25, 1860 — Illinois, United States Death: May 21, 1921 |
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Marriage: June 1, 1889 — La Salle, Illinois, United States |
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3 years son |
Floyd William Acuff Birth: January 1892 25 31 — Illinois, United States Death: 1975 |
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2 years son |
Kent Adam Acuff Birth: March 1894 27 33 — Illinois, United States Death: March 27, 1985 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Lesa May Acuff Birth: February 5, 1896 29 35 — LaSalle, Illinois, United States Death: March 4, 1943 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
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4 years son |
Oard Thomas Acuff Birth: October 7, 1899 33 39 — Illinois, United States Death: June 23, 1983 — Amboy, Lee, Illinois, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Ruth Ada Acuff Birth: July 8, 1903 37 42 — LaSalle, Illinois, United States Death: 1989 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Sherman Acuff - Household
Fall River, LaSalle, Illinois
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Sherman Acuff - Household
Perry, Buchanan, Iowa
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Sherman Acuff - Household
Perry Township, Buchanan, Iowa
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