Nancy Adlay “Nan” AdkinsAge: 57 years1867–1925
- Name
- Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins
- Given names
- Nancy Adlay
- Surname
- Adkins
- Married name
- Nancy Adlay Acuff
- Nickname
- Nan
- Nickname
- Nanny
Note: Not sure about Adlay or if it's correct -b
 Birth | March 3, 1867 27 32 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Birth of a brother | Warham Eastey Adkins July 4, 1869 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 21 months)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 |
 Census | June 4, 1870 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Walter William Adkins May 26, 1874 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a sister | Lillie Rebecca Adkins calculated 1879 (Age 11 years) |
| Census | June 14, 1880 (Age 13 years) |
 Marriage | Millard Filmore Acuff — View this family July 28, 1883 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Millie Rector March 4, 1885 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Rev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff August 26, 1886 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Bruce Acuff August 9, 1889 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Chandler March 1, 1890 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Rev. Ernest Hedley Acuff June 23, 1892 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Alta Mae “Altie” Acuff January 31, 1895 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 33 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Jesse Gilbert Acuff March 3, 1903 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rebecca Needham July 22, 1909 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Bruce Acuff — Evelena “Lena” Williams — View this family December 27, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Henry Ruth Acuff February 5, 1911 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Rev. Ernest Hedley Acuff — Nettie William Johnson — View this family February 22, 1911 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ruby Faye Acuff October 2, 1912 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | George Fillmore Acuff March 26, 1913 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Mable Acuff 1914 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Adkins April 12, 1915 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Evelyn Louise Acuff October 22, 1915 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Stanley Cox — Lillie Rebecca Acuff — View this family December 21, 1916 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 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 51 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 49 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 50 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 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Admiral Dewey Acuff May 25, 1921 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a brother | Zachariah Taylor “Zebb” Adkins September 12, 1922 (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Bruce Acuff — Beulah Hooten — View this family August 28, 1924 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Charles Ernest Acuff June 25, 1925 (Age 58 years) |
 Death | 1925 (Age 57 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Adkins Birth: March 13, 1839 27 25 — Powder Springs, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 1915 — Lincoln Park, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Rebecca Needham Birth: May 30, 1834 43 32 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: July 22, 1909 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1856 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Samuel M Adkins Birth: May 8, 1857 18 22 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 2, 1937 |
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22 months elder brother |
Zachariah Taylor “Zebb” Adkins Birth: February 28, 1859 19 24 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: September 12, 1922 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years elder sister |
Cordelia “Delia” Adkins Birth: calculated 1865 25 30 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: November 26, 1960 — Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States |
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2 years herself |
Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins Birth: March 3, 1867 27 32 — Powder Springs, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: 1925 — Clark, Arkansas, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Warham Eastey Adkins Birth: July 4, 1869 30 35 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: April 16, 1938 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Walter William Adkins Birth: May 26, 1874 35 39 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: May 25, 1942 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Lillie Rebecca Adkins Birth: calculated 1879 39 44 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: after 1935 |
| Family with Millard Filmore Acuff |
| husband |
Millard Filmore Acuff Birth: November 25, 1858 36 40 — Rutledge, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 24, 1932 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins Birth: March 3, 1867 27 32 — Powder Springs, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: 1925 — Clark, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1883 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years son |
Rev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff Birth: August 26, 1886 27 19 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Death: June 4, 1957 — Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years son |
William Bruce Acuff Birth: August 9, 1889 30 22 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1957 — North Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years son |
Rev. Ernest Hedley Acuff Birth: June 23, 1892 33 25 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Death: August 1963 — Arkansas, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Alta Mae “Altie” Acuff Birth: January 31, 1895 36 27 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Death: 1979 |
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5 years daughter |
Lillie Rebecca Acuff Birth: March 12, 1900 41 33 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: November 26, 1971 — Benton, Saline, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years son |
Jesse Gilbert Acuff Birth: March 3, 1903 44 36 — Charleston, Franklin, Arkansas, United States Death: January 3, 1969 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Adkins - Household
Powder Springs Granger, Tennessee
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Adkins - Household
Dist. 14 Granger, Tennessee
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Millard Filmore Acuff - Household
Grainger Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Millard Filmore Acuff - Household
Missouri, Clark AK
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Millard Filmore Acuff - Household
Missouri, Clark AK
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| Name | Not sure about Adlay or if it's correct -b |