The Shemwell Family

Rev. Ernest Hedley AcuffAge: 71 years18921963

Name
Rev. Ernest Hedley Acuff
Name prefix
Rev.
Given names
Ernest Hedley
Surname
Acuff
Birth June 23, 1892 33 25
Birth of a sisterAlta Mae “Altie” Acuff
January 31, 1895 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherClara Vittitoe
May 13, 1898 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 7 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas D Acuff Jr.
August 15, 1902 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJesse Gilbert Acuff
March 3, 1903 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Needham
July 22, 1909 (Age 17 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 17 years)
MarriageNettie William JohnsonView this family
February 22, 1911 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
George Fillmore Acuff
March 26, 1913 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mable Acuff
1914 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Adkins
April 12, 1915 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WW1 Draft
June 5, 1917 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 25 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 March 12, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Address: Burne Township
Birth of a son
#3
Charles Ernest Acuff
June 25, 1925 (Age 33 years)
Death of a motherNancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins
1925 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Wavis Marie Acuff
April 12, 1927 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Walter Gene Acuff
November 25, 1928 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 30, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Death of a wifeNettie William Johnson
February 18, 1932 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherMillard Filmore Acuff
August 24, 1932 (Age 40 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 47 years)
Death of a daughterMable Acuff
1943 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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
Census April 1, 1950 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Czarina Belinda Acuff
January 19, 1951 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 brotherWilliam Bruce Acuff
January 1, 1957 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherRev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff
June 4, 1957 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 August 1963 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View 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
elder brother
3 years
himself
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 Nettie William Johnson - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: February 22, 1911Clark, Arkansas, United States
2 years
son
George Fillmore Acuff
Birth: March 26, 1913 20 22Clark, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 16, 1993Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States
21 months
daughter
Mable Acuff
Birth: 1914 21 23Clark, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1943Arkansas, United States
12 years
son
Charles Ernest Acuff
Birth: June 25, 1925 33 34Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 10, 2004Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States
22 months
daughter
Wavis Marie Acuff
Birth: April 12, 1927 34 36Arkansas, United States
Death: June 15, 1983Harris, Texas, United States
19 months
son
Walter Gene Acuff
Birth: November 25, 1928 36 37Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 7, 1990Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States

Rev. Ernest Hedley 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 - Millard Filmore Acuff - Household

Missouri, Clark AK

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
Millard F AcuffheadMW52M18--TNTNTNFarmerGeneral
Nancy AcuffwifeFW43M18--TNTNTN
Ernest AcuffsonMW17S---TNTNTN
Alta AcuffdaughterFW15S---TNTNTN
Lillie AcuffdaughterFW10S---ARTNTN
Jesse AcuffsonMW7S---ARTNTN

Notes: Last name is Acuell on Census

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Ernest Hedley Acuff - Household

Burne, Clark, AK

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPFBPMBPOccupationIndEmp
Ernest AcuffheadMW27MTNTNTNTeachSchool
Nettie AcuffwifeFW28MARARAR
George AcuffsonMW7SARARAR
Mable AcuffdaughterMW5SARARAR

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Ernest Hedley Acuff - Household

Lester, Craighead, AK

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ernest AcuffheadMW38M18TNTNTN
Nettie AcuffwifeFW38M19AKAKAK
George AcuffsonMW17SARTNAK
Mable AcuffdaughterFW15SARTNAK
Charles E AcuffsonMW4SARTNAK
Marie AcuffdaughterFW2SARTNAK
Walter AcuffsonMW1SARTNAK

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Ernest Hedley Acuff - Household

Marshall, Searcy, AK

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Rev. E H AcuffheadMW47WdTNClarmore, Rogers, OKMinister - TeacherChurch - Public School
George AcuffsonMW27SARClarmore, Rogers, OKLaborMineral suring?
Charles AcuffsonMW14SARClarmore, Rogers, OK
Mavis AcuffdaughterFW13SARClarmore, Rogers, OK
Walter AcuffsonMW11SARClarmore, Rogers, OK