Ruth Ada AcuffAge: 85 years1903–1989
- Name
- Ruth Ada Acuff
- Given names
- Ruth Ada
- Surname
- Acuff
- Married name
- Ruth Ada McClue
- Married name
- Ruth Ada Greene
 Birth | July 8, 1903 37 42 |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 16 years) |
 Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Barnhart May 21, 1921 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Earl McClue — View this family June 14, 1924 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 26 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 sister | Lesa May Acuff March 4, 1943 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 |
| Death of a father | William Sherman Acuff October 10, 1945 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 42 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 brother | Floyd William Acuff 1975 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a brother | Oard Thomas Acuff June 23, 1983 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a brother | Kent Adam Acuff March 27, 1985 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | 1989 (Age 85 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Sherman Acuff Birth: May 10, 1866 43 48 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 10, 1945 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
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 elder brother |
Floyd William Acuff Birth: January 1892 25 31 — Illinois, United States Death: 1975 |
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2 years elder brother |
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 elder sister |
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 elder brother |
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 herself |
Ruth Ada Acuff Birth: July 8, 1903 37 42 — LaSalle, Illinois, United States Death: 1989 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
| Family with Earl McClue |
| husband |
Earl McClue Birth: 1904 — Jesup, Buchanan, Iowa, United States Death: |
| herself |
Ruth Ada Acuff Birth: July 8, 1903 37 42 — LaSalle, Illinois, United States Death: 1989 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: June 14, 1924 — Jesup, Buchanan, Iowa, United States |
| 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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