The Shemwell Family

Effie Pearl AcuffAge: 77 years18841961

Name
Effie Pearl Acuff
Given names
Effie Pearl
Surname
Acuff
Birth September 8, 1884 31 20
Birth of a brotherSamuel Arthur Acuff
February 4, 1886 (Age 16 months)
Birth of a brotherJacob Sherman Acuff
February 3, 1888 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Wesley Acuff
May 10, 1891 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterDora Frances Acuff
November 6, 1892 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherClara Vittitoe
May 13, 1898 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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
Birth of a brotherThomas Floyd Acuff
October 31, 1899 (Age 15 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas D Acuff Jr.
August 15, 1902 (Age 17 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Arthur Acuff
October 23, 1903 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a sisterClara Lillian Acuff
May 11, 1904 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherMary Susan Henshaw
August 3, 1909 (Age 24 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Wesley AcuffNancy Adline PattersonView this family
February 21, 1911 (Age 26 years)

MarriageWilliam Arthur AcuffView this family
September 4, 1915 (Age 30 years)
Death of a brotherJacob Sherman Acuff
March 25, 1916 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a daughter
#1
Flora R Acuff
June 10, 1917 (Age 32 years)

Associate: Dora N Acuff
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dora N Acuff
June 10, 1917 (Age 32 years)

Associate: Flora R Acuff
Death of a daughterFlora R Acuff
June 10, 1917 (Age 32 years)

Death of a daughterDora N Acuff
June 10, 1917 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 32 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 33 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 husbandWilliam Arthur Acuff
March 7, 1925 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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 fatherJohn Wesley Acuff
March 12, 1932 (Age 47 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a brotherJohn Wesley Acuff
January 16, 1938 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 sisterDora Frances Acuff
December 11, 1950 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 65 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
Death of a half-brotherFranklin Pierce “Frank” Acuff
November 15, 1957 (Age 73 years)
Cause: Carcinoma of the face
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 61 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 December 2, 1961 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 8, 1881Grainger, Tennessee, United States
11 months
elder brother
William Horace Acuff
Birth: August 24, 1882 29 18Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 25, 1966Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States
2 years
herself
Effie Pearl Acuff
Birth: September 8, 1884 31 20Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 2, 1961Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
17 months
younger brother
Samuel Arthur Acuff
Birth: February 4, 1886 33 21Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 23, 1903Grainger, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Jacob Sherman Acuff
Birth: February 3, 1888 35 23Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 25, 1916Iowa, United States
3 years
younger brother
John Wesley Acuff
Birth: May 10, 1891 38 27Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 16, 1938Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
18 months
younger sister
Dora Frances Acuff
Birth: November 6, 1892 39 28Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 11, 1950Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
7 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
Clara Lillian Acuff
Birth: May 11, 1904 51 40Lee Springs, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 29, 1988Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Father’s family with Nancy Adline Patterson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: February 21, 1911
Father’s family with Nancy Ann “Nannie” Talley - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: 1875
3 years
half-brother
Franklin Pierce “Frank” Acuff
Birth: December 5, 1877 25 15Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 15, 1957Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States
Family with William Arthur Acuff - View this family
husband
herself
Effie Pearl Acuff
Birth: September 8, 1884 31 20Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 2, 1961Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: September 4, 1915Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
21 months
daughter
daughter
William Arthur Acuff + Jessie May Mann - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Jessie May Mann
Birth: August 2, 1887Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1910Knox, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: June 29, 1902Union, Tennessee, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Acuff - Household

Grainger, Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Acuff, John WheadWMDec185247M19TNTNTNFarmer
Acuff, SusanwifeWFFeb185545M1977TNTNTN
Acuff, William HsonWMAug188217STNTNTNFarm Laborer
Acuff, Effie PdaughterWFSep188415STNTNTN
Acuff, Arthur SsonWMFeb188614STNTNTNFarm Laborer
Acuff, ShermonsonWMFeb188814STNTNTNFarm Laborer
Acuff, JohneysonWMMay18919STNTNTN
Acuff, Francis DdaughterWFNov18927STNTNTN
Acuff, ThomassonWMOct18997mSTNTNTN