The Shemwell Family

William Bruce AcuffAge: 67 years18891957

Name
William Bruce Acuff
Given names
William Bruce
Surname
Acuff
Birth August 9, 1889 30 22
Birth of a brotherRev. Ernest Hedley Acuff
June 23, 1892 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterAlta Mae “Altie” Acuff
January 31, 1895 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherClara Vittitoe
May 13, 1898 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 sisterLillie Rebecca Acuff
March 12, 1900 (Age 10 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas D Acuff Jr.
August 15, 1902 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Gilbert Acuff
March 3, 1903 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Needham
July 22, 1909 (Age 19 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 20 years)
MarriageEvelena “Lena” WilliamsView this family
December 27, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Adkins
April 12, 1915 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Evelyn Louise Acuff
October 22, 1915 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WWI Draft Registration
May 29, 1917 (Age 27 years)
DivorceEvelena “Lena” WilliamsView this family
between 1917 and 1919 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 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 28 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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Admiral Dewey Acuff
May 25, 1921 (Age 31 years)
MarriageBeulah HootenView this family
August 28, 1924 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherNancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins
1925 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 fatherMillard Filmore Acuff
August 24, 1932 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sandra Lou Weinberg
April 1, 1936 (Age 46 years)
Occupation
fireman on the MoP [Missouri-Pacific?] Railroad
1936 (Age 46 years)

DivorceBeulah HootenView this family
May 4, 1939 (Age 49 years)
MarriageLouise WoodwardView this family
August 17, 1939 (Age 50 years)
Census April 7, 1940 (Age 50 years)
Military
WWII Draft Registration
1942 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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
MarriageLouise WoodwardView this family
August 2, 1946 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph Orville HearnEvelyn Louise AcuffView this family
after 1950 (Age 60 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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 56 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 January 1, 1957 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Edgewood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 28, 1883Grainger, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Rev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff
Birth: August 26, 1886 27 19Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 4, 1957Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States
3 years
himself
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
5 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Jesse Gilbert Acuff
Birth: March 3, 1903 44 36Charleston, Franklin, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1969Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Family with Evelena “Lena” Williams - View this family
himself
ex-wife
Marriage: December 27, 1910Clark, Arkansas, United States
Divorce: between 1917 and 1919Clark, Arkansas, United States
5 years
daughter
Evelyn Louise Acuff
Birth: October 22, 1915 26 19Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 18, 2009Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States
Family with Beulah Hooten - View this family
himself
ex-wife
Marriage: August 28, 1924Miller, Arkansas, United States
Divorce: May 4, 1939Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
-3 years
son
Admiral Dewey Acuff
Birth: May 25, 1921 31 21Heber Springs, Cleburne, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 18, 2004Pembroke Pines, Broward, Florida, United States
Family with Louise Woodward - View this family
himself
wife
Louise Woodward
Birth: 1896Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Death: December 11, 1984North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: August 17, 1939Saline, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: August 2, 1946Saline, Arkansas, United States
William Ernest “Bill” Stackhouse + Evelena “Lena” Williams - View this family
wife’s husband
William Ernest “Bill” Stackhouse
Birth: September 9, 1896 31 26Whiting, Missouri, United States
Death: June 10, 1967Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
ex-wife
Marriage: October 5, 1920Faulkner, Arkansas, United States
6 years
step-son
William E “Billy” Stackhouse
Birth: May 22, 1926 29 30Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 28, 2009Maumelle, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Leonard L Buckley + Louise Woodward - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Louise Woodward
Birth: 1896Grenada, Grenada, Mississippi, United States
Death: December 11, 1984North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
step-son
Private

William Bruce Acuff has 33 first cousins recorded

Father's family (31)

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
1Isadore McAnally18671902
Parents Samuel L Acuff + Hannah McGinnis
1Cymanthia Acuff18741879
2John Rankin Acuff18771937
Parents John Wesley Acuff + Nancy Ann “Nannie” Talley
Parents John Wesley Acuff + Mary Susan Henshaw
2Effie Pearl Acuff18841961
5John Wesley Acuff18911938
6Dora Frances Acuff18921950
7Thomas Floyd Acuff18991972
Parents Rev. James Thomas Acuff + Melvina Francis “Fannie” Kidwell
2Bertha Belle Acuff18801921
Parents Cannon S Acuff + Ida M Schemerhorn
1Guy S Acuff18901956
Parents William Sherman Acuff + Mary Elizabeth Barnhart
2Kent Adam Acuff18941985
3Lesa May Acuff18961943
4Oard Thomas Acuff18991983
5Ruth Ada Acuff19031989
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Millard Filmore Acuff - Household

Grainger Tennessee

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
Millard AcuffheadWMNov 185247M16--TNTNTNFarmer
Nancy AcuffwifeWFMar 186733M1655TNTNTN
Clarence L AcuffsonWMAug 188613S---TNTNTNFarm laborer
William B AcuffsonWMAug 188910S---TNTNTNFarm laborer
Ernest H AcuffsonWMJun 18927S---TNTNTN
Alta M AcuffdaughterWFJan 18955S---TNTNTN
Lillie R AcuffdaughterWFMar 19003mS---TNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Otis P Ingram - Household

Beech Creek Clark AK

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
Otis P IngramHeadMW23S1--AKUNKUNKLaborerSawmill
Maude A IngramwifeFW20S1--AKAKAK
William Bruce AcufflodgerMW22S---TNTNTNFarmerGeneral
Jim EmmettlodgerMW18S---AKAKAKLaborerSawmill

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Brooks Webb - Household

Little Rock, Pulaski, Ak

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
Brooks WebbHeadMW31MAKTNAKFiremanRailroad
Allie Webb wifeW30MAKALAK
Kenneth Webb sonW6SAKAKAK
Mavadine Webb daughterW4-4mSAKAKAK
William Bruce AcufflodgerMW30DTNTNTNFiremanRailroad