Alta Mae “Altie” AcuffAge: 83 years1895–1979
- Name
- Alta Mae “Altie” Acuff
- Given names
- Alta Mae
- Surname
- Acuff
- Married name
- Alta Mae Johnson
- Nickname
- Altie
 Birth | January 31, 1895 36 27 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Clara Vittitoe May 13, 1898 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 sister | Lillie Rebecca Acuff March 12, 1900 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas D Acuff Jr. August 15, 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jesse Gilbert Acuff March 3, 1903 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Rebecca Needham July 22, 1909 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Henry Adkins April 12, 1915 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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 mother | Nancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins 1925 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 34 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 husband | Otis Johnson 1930 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a father | Millard Filmore Acuff August 24, 1932 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 brother | William Bruce Acuff January 1, 1957 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff June 4, 1957 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rev. Ernest Hedley Acuff August 1963 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jesse Gilbert Acuff January 3, 1969 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lillie Rebecca Acuff November 26, 1971 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 | 1979 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Millard Filmore Acuff Birth: November 25, 1858 36 40 — Rutledge, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 24, 1932 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
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 elder brother |
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 elder brother |
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 elder brother |
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 herself |
Alta Mae “Altie” Acuff Birth: January 31, 1895 36 27 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Death: 1979 |
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5 years younger sister |
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 younger brother |
Jesse Gilbert Acuff Birth: March 3, 1903 44 36 — Charleston, Franklin, Arkansas, United States Death: January 3, 1969 — Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with Otis Johnson |
| husband |
Otis Johnson Birth: 1893 Death: 1930 |
| herself |
Alta Mae “Altie” Acuff Birth: January 31, 1895 36 27 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States Death: 1979 |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
Alta Mae “Altie” 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
Parents Samuel L Acuff + Hannah McGinnis
Parents John Wesley Acuff + Nancy Ann “Nannie” Talley
Parents John Wesley Acuff + Mary Susan Henshaw
Parents Rev. James Thomas Acuff + Melvina Francis “Fannie” Kidwell
Parents Cannon S Acuff + Ida M Schemerhorn
Parents William Sherman Acuff + Mary Elizabeth Barnhart
Mother's family (2)
Parents Zachariah Taylor “Zebb” Adkins + Sinda Cynthia Johnson
Parents Willard F Brock + Lillie Rebecca Adkins
| 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
Notes: Last name is Acuell on Census |