The Shemwell Family

Martha S AcuffAge: 59 years18361896

Name
Martha S Acuff
Given names
Martha S
Surname
Acuff
Married name
Martha S Nash
Birth October 6, 1836 18 20
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Mary Sanders
about 1838 (Age 14 months)
Birth of a brotherJames S Acuff
July 1840 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam P Acuff
1844 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherCoram Acuff
August 23, 1846 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 9 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Census October 29, 1850 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterAgnes E “Aggie” Acuff
1851 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterCynthia Acuff
February 16, 1854 (Age 17 years)
Religious marriageThomas NashView this family
February 6, 1855 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 20 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 24 years)

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
Death of a brotherPryor Acuff
1865 (Age 28 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 30 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 30 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 32 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 of a paternal grandfatherThomas D Acuff Sr.
August 13, 1874 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 41 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a motherSusan T Strange
April 8, 1882 (Age 45 years)

Death of a husbandThomas Nash
October 1884 (Age 47 years)
Death of a fatherRev. Simeon Acuff
May 6, 1893 (Age 56 years)
Death August 28, 1896 (Age 59 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1834Grainger, Tennessee, United States
1 year
elder brother
21 months
herself
Martha S Acuff
Birth: October 6, 1836 18 20Puncheon Camp, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 28, 1896Grainger, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger brother
James S Acuff
Birth: July 1840 22 24Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
younger brother
William P Acuff
Birth: 1844 25 27Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 8, 1920Grainger, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
Coram Acuff
Birth: August 23, 1846 28 30Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 30, 1931Maynardville, Union, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Cynthia Acuff
Birth: February 16, 1854 36 37Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 20, 1943Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Family with Thomas Nash - View this family
husband
herself
Martha S Acuff
Birth: October 6, 1836 18 20Puncheon Camp, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 28, 1896Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: February 6, 1855Rutledge, Grainger, Tennessee, United States

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Simeon Acuff - Household

Grainger, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Simeon Acuffhead31MWFarmerTN
Susan Acuffwife32FWTN
Martha Nashdaughter13FWTN
James Acuffson10MWTN
William P Acuffson6MWTN
Coram Acuffson3MWTN
Henry Maples15MW?TN