Peter Lankford AcuffAge: 79 years1880–1959
- Name
- Peter Lankford Acuff
- Given names
- Peter Lankford
- Surname
- Acuff
 Birth | September 10, 1880 30 26 |
 Marriage of a parent | Samuel L Acuff — Permelia “Melie” McGinnis — View this family November 17, 1888 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Clara Vittitoe May 13, 1898 (Age 17 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 19 years) |
 Marriage | Margaret D Bullen — View this family October 8, 1900 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas D Acuff Jr. August 15, 1902 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a wife | Margaret D Bullen April 24, 1910 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage | Blanch Whitehead — View this family about 1911 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 father | Samuel L Acuff December 17, 1932 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Rankin Acuff February 5, 1937 (Age 56 years) Cause: Gun shot wounds Note: Death certificate says mother was Mary Gordon. -b |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 69 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 65 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 | October 30, 1959 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunrise Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel L Acuff Birth: October 7, 1849 26 31 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 17, 1932 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Hannah McGinnis Birth: July 12, 1854 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: February 5, 1873 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
John Rankin Acuff Birth: January 30, 1877 27 22 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: February 5, 1937 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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-2 years elder sister |
Cymanthia Acuff Birth: about 1874 24 19 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: June 1879 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years himself |
Peter Lankford Acuff Birth: September 10, 1880 30 26 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 30, 1959 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Mary Gordon |
| father |
Samuel L Acuff Birth: October 7, 1849 26 31 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 17, 1932 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Mary Gordon Birth: about 1849 Death: |
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Marriage: — |
| Father’s family with Permelia “Melie” McGinnis |
| father |
Samuel L Acuff Birth: October 7, 1849 26 31 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 17, 1932 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Permelia “Melie” McGinnis Birth: July 12, 1854 — Washburn, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: July 29, 1929 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 17, 1888 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Margaret D Bullen |
| himself |
Peter Lankford Acuff Birth: September 10, 1880 30 26 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 30, 1959 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Margaret D Bullen Birth: September 26, 1881 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1910 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1900 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Blanch Whitehead |
| himself |
Peter Lankford Acuff Birth: September 10, 1880 30 26 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 30, 1959 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Blanch Whitehead Birth: February 23, 1890 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: January 9, 1975 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1911 — |
Peter Lankford Acuff has 34 first cousins recorded
Father's family (34)
Parents Thomas Harvey + Mary “Polly” Acuff
Parents Charles Wesley McAnally + Mary “Polly” Acuff
Parents Stokely Acuff + Mary Harrison
Parents Charles Wesley McAnally + Amanda “Mandy” Acuff
Parents John Wesley Acuff + Nancy Ann “Nannie” Talley
Parents John Wesley Acuff + Mary Susan Henshaw
Parents Rev. James Thomas Acuff + Melvina Francis “Fannie” Kidwell
Parents Cannon S Acuff + Ida M Schemerhorn
Parents Millard Filmore Acuff + Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins
Parents William Sherman Acuff + Mary Elizabeth Barnhart
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel L Acuff - Household
Grainger, Tennessee
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