The Shemwell Family

Name
Millard Filmore Acuff
Given names
Millard Filmore
Surname
Acuff
Birth November 25, 1858 36 40
Birth of a brotherCannon S Acuff
about 1858
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Birth of a sisterAlmira Acuff
February 1860 (Age 14 months)
Census August 23, 1860 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a brotherRobert Thornburg Acuff
December 1860 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEula June Acuff
1863 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 2 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
Birth of a brotherWilliam Sherman Acuff
May 10, 1866 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 8 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 8 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 10 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 sisterAlmira Acuff
before 1870 (Age 11 years)
Note: Almira is in the 1860 Census-6mo. old then disappears. -b
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas D Acuff Sr.
August 13, 1874 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusannah Dodson
1875 (Age 16 years)
Death of a sisterAmanda “Mandy” Acuff
before 1877 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 19 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 maternal grandfatherThomas Vittitoe
December 1879 (Age 21 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 21 years)
MarriageNancy Adlay “Nan” AdkinsView this family
July 28, 1883 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Rev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff
August 26, 1886 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
William Bruce Acuff
August 9, 1889 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Rev. Ernest Hedley Acuff
June 23, 1892 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Alta Mae “Altie” Acuff
January 31, 1895 (Age 36 years)
Death of a motherClara Vittitoe
May 13, 1898 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 39 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 daughter
#5
Lillie Rebecca Acuff
March 12, 1900 (Age 41 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 41 years)
Death of a fatherThomas D Acuff Jr.
August 15, 1902 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Jesse Gilbert Acuff
March 3, 1903 (Age 44 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Bruce AcuffEvelena “Lena” WilliamsView this family
December 27, 1910 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Henry Ruth Acuff
February 5, 1911 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childRev. Ernest Hedley AcuffNettie William JohnsonView this family
February 22, 1911 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Ruby Faye Acuff
October 2, 1912 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
George Fillmore Acuff
March 26, 1913 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Mable Acuff
1914 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherRev. James Thomas Acuff
August 2, 1915 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Evelyn Louise Acuff
October 22, 1915 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Stanley CoxLillie Rebecca AcuffView this family
December 21, 1916 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 57 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 grandson
#6
Joe D Cox
April 30, 1918 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 58 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 59 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 sisterPhoebe P Acuff
June 24, 1919 (Age 60 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#7
Admiral Dewey Acuff
May 25, 1921 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Bruce AcuffBeulah HootenView this family
August 28, 1924 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherStokely Acuff
November 14, 1924 (Age 65 years)
Death of a wifeNancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins
1925 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterMary “Polly” Acuff
February 3, 1925 (Age 66 years)
Burial of a sisterMary “Polly” Acuff
February 5, 1925 (Age 66 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunrise Baptist Church Cemetery
Birth of a grandson
#8
Charles Ernest Acuff
June 25, 1925 (Age 66 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#9
Wavis Marie Acuff
April 12, 1927 (Age 68 years)
Birth of a grandson
#10
Walter Gene Acuff
November 25, 1928 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 70 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
Census April 1, 1930 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Thornburg Acuff
July 11, 1931 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Wesley Acuff
March 12, 1932 (Age 73 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death August 24, 1932 (Age 73 years)
Burial August 26, 1932 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
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