The Shemwell Family

Ida Florence CarrAge: 89 years18791969

Name
Ida Florence Carr
Given names
Ida Florence
Surname
Carr
Married name
Ida Florence Acuff
Birth October 21, 1879
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
MarriageRev. Simeon Eddy Neill “Neill” AcuffView this family
September 25, 1898 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Roy Claxton Acuff
September 15, 1903 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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 49 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 husbandRev. Simeon Eddy Neill “Neill” Acuff
April 29, 1943 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 70 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 66 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 September 17, 1969 (Age 89 years)
Family with Rev. Simeon Eddy Neill “Neill” Acuff - View this family
husband
Rev. Simeon Eddy Neill “Neill” Acuff
Birth: April 16, 1877 30 27Union, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 29, 1943Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
herself
Ida Florence Carr
Birth: October 21, 1879Union, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 17, 1969Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: September 25, 1898Union, Tennessee, United States
5 years
son
Roy Claxton Acuff
Birth: September 15, 1903 26 23Maynardville, Union, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 23, 1992Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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