The Shemwell Family

Frances Jane “Frankie” Acuff1839

Name
Frances Jane “Frankie” Acuff
Given names
Frances Jane
Surname
Acuff
Nickname
Frankie
Birth after 1839 16 21

Birth of a sisterMary “Polly” Acuff
September 18, 1841 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherStokely Acuff
April 6, 1844 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterAmanda “Mandy” Acuff
about 1846 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterPhoebe P Acuff
March 1848 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a brotherSamuel L Acuff
October 7, 1849 (Age 10 years)
Census October 21, 1850 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Wesley Acuff
December 4, 1852 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherRev. James Thomas Acuff
April 8, 1855 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a brotherCannon S Acuff
about 1858 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a brotherMillard Filmore Acuff
November 25, 1858 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years)

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 21 years)
Census August 23, 1860 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Thornburg Acuff
December 1860 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a sisterEula June Acuff
1863 (Age 24 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 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 27 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 28 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 28 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 30 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 31 years)
Note: Almira is in the 1860 Census-6mo. old then disappears. -b
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 31 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas D Acuff Sr.
August 13, 1874 (Age 35 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusannah Dodson
1875 (Age 36 years)
Death of a sisterAmanda “Mandy” Acuff
before 1877 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 39 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 40 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 41 years)
Death of a motherClara Vittitoe
May 13, 1898 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 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
Death of a fatherThomas D Acuff Jr.
August 15, 1902 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherRev. James Thomas Acuff
August 2, 1915 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 77 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 78 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 79 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 80 years)
Death of a brotherStokely Acuff
November 14, 1924 (Age 85 years)
Death of a sisterMary “Polly” Acuff
February 3, 1925 (Age 86 years)
Burial of a sisterMary “Polly” Acuff
February 5, 1925 (Age 86 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunrise Baptist Church Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 90 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 brotherRobert Thornburg Acuff
July 11, 1931 (Age 92 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Wesley Acuff
March 12, 1932 (Age 93 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a brotherMillard Filmore Acuff
August 24, 1932 (Age 93 years)
Burial of a brotherMillard Filmore Acuff
August 26, 1932 (Age 93 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Death of a brotherSamuel L Acuff
December 17, 1932 (Age 93 years)
Burial of a brotherSamuel L Acuff
December 18, 1932 (Age 93 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunrise Baptist Church Cemetery
Death of a brotherCannon S Acuff
January 2, 1935 (Age 96 years)
Cause: Senile dementia
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 102 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
Death of a brotherWilliam Sherman Acuff
October 10, 1945 (Age 106 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 107 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
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father
mother
Marriage: July 10, 1839Grainger, Tennessee, United States
6 months
herself
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Stokely Acuff
Birth: April 6, 1844 21 26Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 14, 1924Washburn, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
Phoebe P Acuff
Birth: March 1848 25 30Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 24, 1919Knox, Tennessee, United States
19 months
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
4 years
younger brother
Cannon S Acuff
Birth: about 1858 35 40Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 2, 1935Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States
11 months
younger brother
15 months
younger sister
Almira Acuff
Birth: February 1860 37 42Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1870Grainger, Tennessee, United States
11 months
younger brother
Robert Thornburg Acuff
Birth: December 1860 38 42Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 11, 1931Washington, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother

Frances Jane “Frankie” Acuff has 10 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Thomas D Acuff - Household

Grainger Tennessee

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceMmthEduInfirm
Thomas Acuff29MWFarmerTN
Clara Acuff29FWTN
Franky Acuff10FW-
Mary Acuff9FWTN
Stokely Acuff6MWTN
Amanda Acuff4FWTN
Phoebe Acuff2FWTN
Samuel Acuff7mMWTN

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Thomas D Acuff - Household

Grainger Tennessee

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceMmthEduInfirm
Thomas D Acuff46MWFarmerTN
Clary C Acuff47FWTN
Frances Acuff18FWTN
Stokely Acuff15MWTN
Amanda Acuff12FWTN
Samuel Acuff10MWTN
Phoebe Acuff11FWTN
Wesley Acuff9MWTN
Thomas Acuff5MWTN
Kennon Acuff4MWTN
Millard F Acuff1MWTN
Almira Acuff6mFWTN

Notes: Thomas & Clara ages off. -b

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas D. Acuff - Household

Thorn Hill, Granger Tn.

NameAgeSexRaceOccupationAssetsBirthplaceParBmthMmthEduInfirm
Thomas Acuff49MWFarmerTN
Clara Acuff47FWKeeping HouseTN
Frances Acuff28FWWithout Occupation-
Mary Acuff27FWFarm LabororTN
Stokely Acuff26MWFarm LabororTN
Phoeby Acuff22FWWithout OccupationTN
Samuel L. Acuff20MWFarm LabororTN
Wesley Acuff17MWFarm LabororTN
Thomas J. Acuff15MWFarm LabororTN
Cannon Acuff12MWFarm LabororTN
Millard F. Acuff11MWFarm LabororTN
Robert T. Acuff9MWTN
Eula J. Acuff7FW-
William S. Acuff4MWTN
Elinora Acuff2FW-

Notes: A Mary Acuff-32, with children living next door

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas D Acuff - Household

Grainger Tn

NameRaceSexAgeBmthRelationMCYrsMOccupationHealthMnsUEduEng?BPFBPMBP
Thomas D AcuffWM58headM40FarmerTNTNVA
Clara AcuffWF56wifeM40Keeping houseTNNCNC
Frances AcuffWF40daughterS-helps at homeTNTNTN
Millard AcuffWM20sonS-Works on farmTNTNTN
Robert T AcuffWM17sonS-Works on farmTNTNTN
Eula June AcuffWF15daughterS-at homeTNTNTN
Wm S AcuffWM14sonS-Works on farmTNTNTN
Francis E AcuffWF11grand daughterS-at homeTNTNTN

Notes: Census says Francis E Acuff is grand-daughter?