The Shemwell Family

Jacob Sherman AcuffAge: 28 years18881916

Name
Jacob Sherman Acuff
Given names
Jacob Sherman
Surname
Acuff
Birth February 3, 1888 35 23
Birth of a brotherJohn Wesley Acuff
May 10, 1891 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterDora Frances Acuff
November 6, 1892 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherClara Vittitoe
May 13, 1898 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 11 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas D Acuff Jr.
August 15, 1902 (Age 14 years)
Death of a brotherSamuel Arthur Acuff
October 23, 1903 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterClara Lillian Acuff
May 11, 1904 (Age 16 years)
Death of a motherMary Susan Henshaw
August 3, 1909 (Age 21 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn Wesley AcuffNancy Adline PattersonView this family
February 21, 1911 (Age 23 years)

MarriageLuella Pearl KesslingView this family
August 20, 1913 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Rosalie Acuff
July 16, 1914 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Marjorie Cora Acuff
November 2, 1915 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death March 25, 1916 (Age 28 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union 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
elder sister
Effie Pearl Acuff
Birth: September 8, 1884 31 20Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 2, 1961Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
17 months
elder brother
Samuel Arthur Acuff
Birth: February 4, 1886 33 21Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 23, 1903Grainger, Tennessee, United States
2 years
himself
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 Luella Pearl Kessling - View this family
himself
Jacob Sherman Acuff
Birth: February 3, 1888 35 23Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 25, 1916Iowa, United States
wife
Marriage: August 20, 1913Hardin, Iowa, United States
11 months
daughter
Rosalie Acuff
Birth: July 16, 1914 26 23Iowa, United States
Death: September 16, 2003Polk, Iowa, United States
16 months
daughter
Marjorie Cora Acuff
Birth: November 2, 1915 27 24Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States
Death: November 10, 1988Hillsborough, Florida, United States
Arthur D Jones + Luella Pearl Kessling - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage:

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