The Shemwell Family

Jesse Gilbert AcuffAge: 65 years19031969

Name
Jesse Gilbert Acuff
Given names
Jesse Gilbert
Surname
Acuff
Birth March 3, 1903 44 36
Death of a maternal grandmotherRebecca Needham
July 22, 1909 (Age 6 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Adkins
April 12, 1915 (Age 12 years)
No Children
No Known Biological Children

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 16 years)
Death of a motherNancy Adlay “Nan” Adkins
1925 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 27 years)
Death of a fatherMillard Filmore Acuff
August 24, 1932 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 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 53 years)
Death of a brotherRev. Clarence Lafayette “Fate” Acuff
June 4, 1957 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherRev. Ernest Hedley Acuff
August 1963 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 3, 1969 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
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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
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
5 years
elder sister
3 years
himself
Jesse Gilbert Acuff
Birth: March 3, 1903 44 36Charleston, Franklin, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1969Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

Jesse Gilbert 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
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 - Millard Filmore Acuff - Household

Missouri, Clark AK

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
Millard AcuffheadMW51MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Nancy AcuffwifeFW53MTNTNTN
Jesse AcuffsonMW17SARTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Millard Filmore Acuff - Household

Missouri, Clark AK

NameRelationAssetsSexRaceAgeMCAgMEduBPFBPMBPNLYOIN/AEng?OccupationIndustryEmployVetWar
Millard F AcuffheadMW71W21TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Jesse G AcuffsonMW28S-ARTNTNLaborerFarm