The Shemwell Family

Coram AcuffAge: 84 years18461931

Name
Coram Acuff
Given names
Coram
Surname
Acuff
Birth August 23, 1846 28 30
MarriageNancy Ellen ClappView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
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
Census October 29, 1850 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterAgnes E “Aggie” Acuff
1851 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterCynthia Acuff
February 16, 1854 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 10 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 14 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
Death of a brotherPryor Acuff
1865 (Age 18 years)

Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 20 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 20 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 22 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 paternal grandfatherThomas D Acuff Sr.
August 13, 1874 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Rev. Simeon Eddy Neill “Neill” Acuff
April 16, 1877 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 31 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 motherSusan T Strange
April 8, 1882 (Age 35 years)

Death of a fatherRev. Simeon Acuff
May 6, 1893 (Age 46 years)
Death of a sisterMartha S Acuff
August 28, 1896 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 51 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
Marriage of a childRev. Simeon Eddy Neill “Neill” AcuffIda Florence CarrView this family
September 25, 1898 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Roy Claxton Acuff
September 15, 1903 (Age 57 years)
Death of a wifeNancy Ellen Clapp
January 17, 1908 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 69 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 70 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 71 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 brotherWilliam P Acuff
July 8, 1920 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 83 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 January 30, 1931 (Age 84 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1834Grainger, Tennessee, United States
1 year
elder brother
21 months
elder sister
Martha S Acuff
Birth: October 6, 1836 18 20Puncheon Camp, Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 28, 1896Grainger, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
James S Acuff
Birth: July 1840 22 24Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
elder brother
William P Acuff
Birth: 1844 25 27Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 8, 1920Grainger, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
Coram Acuff
Birth: August 23, 1846 28 30Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 30, 1931Maynardville, Union, Tennessee, United States
5 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Cynthia Acuff
Birth: February 16, 1854 36 37Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 20, 1943Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Family with Nancy Ellen Clapp - View this family
himself
Coram Acuff
Birth: August 23, 1846 28 30Grainger, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 30, 1931Maynardville, Union, Tennessee, United States
wife
Nancy Ellen Clapp
Birth: October 23, 1849Union, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 17, 1908Union, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
son
Rev. Simeon Eddy Neill “Neill” Acuff
Birth: April 16, 1877 30 27Union, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 29, 1943Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

Coram Acuff has 17 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - Rev. Simeon Acuff - Household

Grainger, Tennessee

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Simeon Acuffhead31MWFarmerTN
Susan Acuffwife32FWTN
Martha Nashdaughter13FWTN
James Acuffson10MWTN
William P Acuffson6MWTN
Coram Acuffson3MWTN
Henry Maples15MW?TN