John Wesley AcuffAge: 79 years1852–1932
- Name
- John Wesley Acuff
- Given names
- John Wesley
- Surname
- Acuff
 Birth | December 4, 1852 30 34 |
 Birth of a brother | Rev. James Thomas Acuff April 8, 1855 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Cannon S Acuff about 1858 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Millard Filmore Acuff November 25, 1858 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 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 sister | Almira Acuff February 1860 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | August 23, 1860 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Thornburg Acuff December 1860 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Eula June Acuff 1863 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 brother | William Sherman Acuff May 10, 1866 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 14 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 14 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 16 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 sister | Almira Acuff before 1870 (Age 17 years) Note: Almira is in the 1860 Census-6mo. old then disappears. -b |
| Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas D Acuff Sr. August 13, 1874 (Age 21 years) |
 Marriage | Nancy Ann “Nannie” Talley — View this family 1875 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susannah Dodson 1875 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a sister | Amanda “Mandy” Acuff before 1877 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Franklin Pierce “Frank” Acuff December 5, 1877 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 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 grandfather | Thomas Vittitoe December 1879 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | June 22, 1880 (Age 27 years) |
| Marriage | Mary Susan Henshaw — View this family September 8, 1881 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Horace Acuff August 24, 1882 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Effie Pearl Acuff September 8, 1884 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Samuel Arthur Acuff February 4, 1886 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Jacob Sherman Acuff February 3, 1888 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | John Wesley Acuff May 10, 1891 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Dora Frances Acuff November 6, 1892 (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Franklin Pierce “Frank” Acuff — Mayme Florence Frost — View this family about 1896 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a mother | Clara Vittitoe May 13, 1898 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 son #8 | Thomas Floyd Acuff October 31, 1899 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas D Acuff Jr. August 15, 1902 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a son | Samuel Arthur Acuff October 23, 1903 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Clara Lillian Acuff May 11, 1904 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Horace Acuff — Rosa Madgett — View this family about 1909 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Susan Henshaw August 3, 1909 (Age 56 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1910 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage | Nancy Adline Patterson — View this family February 21, 1911 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a wife | Nancy Ann “Nannie” Talley October 5, 1912 (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Jacob Sherman Acuff — Luella Pearl Kessling — View this family August 20, 1913 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Anna Pauline Acuff February 1, 1914 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Rosalie Acuff July 16, 1914 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rev. James Thomas Acuff August 2, 1915 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Arthur Acuff — Effie Pearl Acuff — View this family September 4, 1915 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Marjorie Cora Acuff November 2, 1915 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a son | Jacob Sherman Acuff March 25, 1916 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Wesley Acuff — Della Magdelena Krantz — View this family April 22, 1916 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Floramye Dora Acuff November 3, 1916 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 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 granddaughter #5 | Flora R Acuff June 10, 1917 (Age 64 years) Associate: Dora N Acuff
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| Birth of a granddaughter #6 | Dora N Acuff June 10, 1917 (Age 64 years) Associate: Flora R Acuff
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| Death of a granddaughter | Flora R Acuff June 10, 1917 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Dora N Acuff June 10, 1917 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Franklin Pierce “Frank” Acuff — Lou “Lulu” Waugh — View this family August 17, 1917 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 64 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 65 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 sister | Phoebe P Acuff June 24, 1919 (Age 66 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Floyd Acuff — Vada Acuff — View this family October 14, 1920 (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Parlin Branson — Clara Lillian Acuff — View this family April 4, 1921 (Age 68 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Floyd Sherman Acuff August 29, 1922 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a brother | Stokely Acuff November 14, 1924 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary “Polly” Acuff February 3, 1925 (Age 72 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Mary “Polly” Acuff February 5, 1925 (Age 72 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunrise Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | Glen Charles Acuff March 21, 1929 (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Paul Wesley Roach — Clara Lillian Acuff — View this family about 1929 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 76 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | John Williams Acuff August 11, 1930 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert Thornburg Acuff July 11, 1931 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | March 12, 1932 (Age 79 years) Cause of death: Pneumonia |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McKinney Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas D Acuff Jr. Birth: November 1, 1822 29 42 — Puncheon Camp, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 15, 1902 — Union, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Clara Vittitoe Birth: after 1818 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 13, 1898 — Mill Spring, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: July 10, 1839 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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6 months elder sister |
Frances Jane “Frankie” Acuff Birth: after 1839 16 21 Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary “Polly” Acuff Birth: September 18, 1841 18 23 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: February 3, 1925 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Stokely Acuff Birth: April 6, 1844 21 26 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: November 14, 1924 — Washburn, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Amanda “Mandy” Acuff Birth: about 1846 23 28 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1877 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Phoebe P Acuff Birth: March 1848 25 30 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: June 24, 1919 — Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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19 months elder brother |
Samuel L Acuff Birth: October 7, 1849 26 31 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 17, 1932 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years himself |
John Wesley Acuff Birth: December 4, 1852 30 34 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1932 — Blainville, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Rev. James Thomas Acuff Birth: April 8, 1855 32 37 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 2, 1915 — Union, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Cannon S Acuff Birth: about 1858 35 40 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: January 2, 1935 — Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States |
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11 months younger brother |
Millard Filmore Acuff Birth: November 25, 1858 36 40 — Rutledge, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 24, 1932 — Pulaski, Arkansas, United States |
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15 months younger sister |
Almira Acuff Birth: February 1860 37 42 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1870 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months younger brother |
Robert Thornburg Acuff Birth: December 1860 38 42 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: July 11, 1931 — Washington, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Eula June Acuff Birth: 1863 40 45 Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
William Sherman Acuff Birth: May 10, 1866 43 48 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 10, 1945 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
| Family with Mary Susan Henshaw |
| himself |
John Wesley Acuff Birth: December 4, 1852 30 34 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1932 — Blainville, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Mary Susan Henshaw Birth: April 17, 1864 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: August 3, 1909 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: September 8, 1881 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months son |
William Horace Acuff Birth: August 24, 1882 29 18 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 25, 1966 — Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Effie Pearl Acuff Birth: September 8, 1884 31 20 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 2, 1961 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months son |
Samuel Arthur Acuff Birth: February 4, 1886 33 21 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: October 23, 1903 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years son |
Jacob Sherman Acuff Birth: February 3, 1888 35 23 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: March 25, 1916 — Iowa, United States |
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3 years son |
John Wesley Acuff Birth: May 10, 1891 38 27 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: January 16, 1938 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
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18 months daughter |
Dora Frances Acuff Birth: November 6, 1892 39 28 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: December 11, 1950 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years son |
Thomas Floyd Acuff Birth: October 31, 1899 46 35 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 3, 1972 — Blaine, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Clara Lillian Acuff Birth: May 11, 1904 51 40 — Lee Springs, Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: January 29, 1988 — Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Nancy Adline Patterson |
| himself |
John Wesley Acuff Birth: December 4, 1852 30 34 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1932 — Blainville, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Adline Patterson Birth: May 14, 1860 Death: |
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Marriage: February 21, 1911 — |
| Family with Nancy Ann “Nannie” Talley |
| himself |
John Wesley Acuff Birth: December 4, 1852 30 34 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1932 — Blainville, Grainger, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Nancy Ann “Nannie” Talley Birth: March 1, 1862 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 5, 1912 |
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Marriage: 1875 — |
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3 years son |
Franklin Pierce “Frank” Acuff Birth: December 5, 1877 25 15 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: November 15, 1957 — Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States |
John Wesley Acuff has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (10)
Parents James S “Jim” Acuff + Sarah Elizabeth Harrell
Parents Rev. Simeon Acuff + Susan T Strange
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Thomas D Acuff - Household
Grainger Tennessee
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas D. Acuff - Household
Thorn Hill, Granger Tn.
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Acuff - Household
Grainger, Tennessee
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Acuff - Household
Grainger, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Wesley Acuff - Household
Grainger, Tennessee
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