Almira AcuffAge: 9 years1860–1870
- Name
- Almira Acuff
- Given names
- Almira
- Surname
- Acuff
 Birth | February 1860 37 42 |
 Census | August 23, 1860 (Age 6 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Robert Thornburg Acuff December 1860 (Age 10 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Eula June Acuff 1863 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 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 |
| Birth of a brother | William Sherman Acuff May 10, 1866 (Age 6 years) |
| 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 |
 Death | before 1870 (Age 9 years) Note: Almira is in the 1860 Census-6mo. old then disappears. -b |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas D Acuff Jr. Birth: November 1, 1822 29 42 — Puncheon Camp, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 15, 1902 — Union, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Clara Vittitoe Birth: after 1818 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 13, 1898 — Mill Spring, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 10, 1839 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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6 months elder sister |
Frances Jane “Frankie” Acuff Birth: after 1839 16 21 Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary “Polly” Acuff Birth: September 18, 1841 18 23 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: February 3, 1925 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Stokely Acuff Birth: April 6, 1844 21 26 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1924 — Washburn, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Amanda “Mandy” Acuff Birth: about 1846 23 28 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1877 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Phoebe P Acuff Birth: March 1848 25 30 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: June 24, 1919 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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19 months elder brother |
Samuel L Acuff Birth: October 7, 1849 26 31 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 17, 1932 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
John Wesley Acuff Birth: December 4, 1852 30 34 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1932 — Blainville, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Rev. James Thomas Acuff Birth: April 8, 1855 32 37 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 2, 1915 — Union, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Cannon S Acuff Birth: about 1858 35 40 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: January 2, 1935 — Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States |
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11 months elder brother |
Millard Filmore Acuff Birth: November 25, 1858 36 40 — Rutledge, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 24, 1932 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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15 months herself |
Almira Acuff Birth: February 1860 37 42 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1870 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months younger brother |
Robert Thornburg Acuff Birth: December 1860 38 42 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: July 11, 1931 — Washington, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Eula June Acuff Birth: 1863 40 45 Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
William Sherman Acuff Birth: May 10, 1866 43 48 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 10, 1945 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Thomas D Acuff - Household
Grainger Tennessee
Notes: Thomas & Clara ages off. -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death | Almira is in the 1860 Census-6mo. old then disappears. -b |