The Shemwell Family

Cannon S AcuffAge: 77 years18581935

Name
Cannon S Acuff
Given names
Cannon S
Surname
Acuff
Birth about 1858 35 40
Birth of a brotherMillard Filmore Acuff
November 25, 1858
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859

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 2 years)
Census August 23, 1860 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Thornburg Acuff
December 1860 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEula June Acuff
1863 (Age 5 years)

Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 8 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 9 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 9 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 11 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 12 years)
Note: Almira is in the 1860 Census-6mo. old then disappears. -b
Census June 1, 1870 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas D Acuff Sr.
August 13, 1874 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSusannah Dodson
1875 (Age 17 years)
Death of a sisterAmanda “Mandy” Acuff
before 1877 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 20 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 21 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 22 years)
MarriageIda M SchemerhornView this family
February 25, 1885 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Guy S Acuff
1890 (Age 32 years)

Death of a motherClara Vittitoe
May 13, 1898 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 44 years)
Census 1905 (Age 47 years)
Death of a brotherRev. James Thomas Acuff
August 2, 1915 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childGuy S AcuffChristiana K “Thena” RommelView this family
October 6, 1915 (Age 57 years)
Census 1915 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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 61 years)
Death of a brotherStokely Acuff
November 14, 1924 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterMary “Polly” Acuff
February 3, 1925 (Age 67 years)
Burial of a sisterMary “Polly” Acuff
February 5, 1925 (Age 67 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunrise Baptist Church Cemetery
Census 1925 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 71 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 73 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Wesley Acuff
March 12, 1932 (Age 74 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a brotherMillard Filmore Acuff
August 24, 1932 (Age 74 years)
Burial of a brotherMillard Filmore Acuff
August 26, 1932 (Age 74 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery
Death of a brotherSamuel L Acuff
December 17, 1932 (Age 74 years)
Burial of a brotherSamuel L Acuff
December 18, 1932 (Age 74 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunrise Baptist Church Cemetery
Death January 2, 1935 (Age 77 years)
Cause of death: Senile dementia
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 10, 1839Grainger, Tennessee, United States
6 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Stokely Acuff
Birth: April 6, 1844 21 26Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 14, 1924Washburn, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
Phoebe P Acuff
Birth: March 1848 25 30Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 24, 1919Knox, Tennessee, United States
19 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
4 years
himself
Cannon S Acuff
Birth: about 1858 35 40Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 2, 1935Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States
11 months
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
Family with Ida M Schemerhorn - View this family
himself
Cannon S Acuff
Birth: about 1858 35 40Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 2, 1935Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States
wife
Marriage: February 25, 1885La Salle, Illinois, United States
6 years
son

Cannon S Acuff has 10 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

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