Robert Thornburg AcuffAge: 70 years1860–1931
- Name
- Robert Thornburg Acuff
- Given names
- Robert Thornburg
- Surname
- Acuff
 Birth | December 1860 38 42 |
 Birth of a sister | Eula June Acuff 1863 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 months)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 5 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 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 6 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 8 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 9 years) Note: Almira is in the 1860 Census-6mo. old then disappears. -b |
 Census | June 1, 1870 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas D Acuff Sr. August 13, 1874 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susannah Dodson 1875 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a sister | Amanda “Mandy” Acuff before 1877 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 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 19 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 19 years) |
 Marriage | Fannie O … — View this family before 1888 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a mother | Clara Vittitoe May 13, 1898 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 father | Thomas D Acuff Jr. August 15, 1902 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rev. James Thomas Acuff August 2, 1915 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Stokely Acuff November 14, 1924 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary “Polly” Acuff February 3, 1925 (Age 64 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Mary “Polly” Acuff February 5, 1925 (Age 64 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunrise Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 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 69 years) |
 Death | July 11, 1931 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lincoln 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 elder brother |
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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 himself |
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 Fannie O … |
| himself |
Robert Thornburg Acuff Birth: December 1860 38 42 — Grainger, Tennessee, United States Death: July 11, 1931 — Washington, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Fannie O … Birth: August 1861 — Illinois, United States Death: |
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Marriage: before 1888 — |
Robert Thornburg 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 | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Thomas D. Acuff - Household
Thorn Hill, Granger Tn.
Notes: A Mary Acuff-32, with children living next door | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas D Acuff - Household
Grainger Tn
Notes: Census says Francis E Acuff is grand-daughter? |