James S Acuff1840–
- Name
- James S Acuff
- Given names
- James S
- Surname
- Acuff
 Birth | July 1840 22 24 |
 Birth of a brother | William P Acuff 1844 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Coram Acuff August 23, 1846 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 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 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Agnes E “Aggie” Acuff 1851 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Cynthia Acuff February 16, 1854 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 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 20 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 brother | Pryor Acuff 1865 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 26 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 26 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 28 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 grandfather | Thomas D Acuff Sr. August 13, 1874 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 37 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 mother | Susan T Strange April 8, 1882 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | Rev. Simeon Acuff May 6, 1893 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha S Acuff August 28, 1896 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 75 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 76 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 77 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/ |
| Death of a brother | William P Acuff July 8, 1920 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 89 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 brother | Coram Acuff January 30, 1931 (Age 90 years) |
| Death of a sister | Cynthia Acuff July 20, 1943 (Age 103 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 101 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 105 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Rev. Simeon Acuff Birth: February 4, 1818 24 38 — Puncheon Camp, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: May 6, 1893 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Susan T Strange Birth: May 5, 1816 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: April 8, 1882 |
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Marriage: December 24, 1834 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
Pryor Acuff Birth: 1835 16 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1865 |
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21 months elder sister |
Martha S Acuff Birth: October 6, 1836 18 20 — Puncheon Camp, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 28, 1896 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years himself |
James S Acuff Birth: July 1840 22 24 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years younger brother |
William P Acuff Birth: 1844 25 27 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: July 8, 1920 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Coram Acuff Birth: August 23, 1846 28 30 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: January 30, 1931 — Maynardville, Union, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Agnes E “Aggie” Acuff Birth: 1851 32 34 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years younger sister |
Cynthia Acuff Birth: February 16, 1854 36 37 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: July 20, 1943 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
James S Acuff has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (17)
Parents James S “Jim” Acuff + Sarah Elizabeth Harrell
Parents Thomas D Acuff Jr. + Clara Vittitoe
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Simeon Acuff - Household
Grainger, Tennessee
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