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1020. Nancy Ellen CLAPP314 was born on 23 October 1849 in Knox Co., TN.162,167,315 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Union Co., TN.162 Nancy E. 10, F, W, TN She appeared in the census in 1870 in District 1, Union Co., TN. Nancy E., 20, F, W, TN Nancy died on 17 July 1908 in Union Co., TN.167,315 Buried in Carr Cemetery, Union Co., TN. She was buried in July 1908 in Carr Cemetery, Maynardville, Union Co., TN.315 Birth date from Calvin Clapp Bible. Birth date and death date on stone in Carr Cemetery, located south of Maynardsville, TN on old Hwy. 33. After Corum died Nancy moved to Fountain City to live near her mother and stepfather. Nancy Ellen CLAPP and Coram ACUFF were married on 23 June 1870 in Union Co., TN.167,296,316,317 J. C. Baker, J.P. They167,296,316,317 appeared in the census in 1880 in Maynardville, Union Co., TN.318 Coram ACUFF Self M M W 33 TN Occ: Co. Clerk Fa: TN Mo: TN
Nancy E. ACUFF Wife F M W 29 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Charley B. ACUFF Son M S W 8 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Pryor F. ACUFF Son M S W 6 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
Simeon E.N. ACUFF Son M S W 3 TN Fa: TN Mo: TN
They318 appeared in the census in 1900 in District 1, Union Co., TN. Page 138 B, line 57, dwelling 178, family 178
Acuff, Coram, head, W, M, Aug 1846, 53, M, 30, TN, TN, TN, lawyer
Nancy, wife, W, F, Oct 1849, 50, M, 30, 5, 5, TN, TN, TN
Frank, son, W, M, Mar 1874, 26, S, TN, TN, TN, works at sawmill
Ella, daughter, W, F, Aug 1884, 15, S, TN, TN, TN, at school
Sevier, son, W, M, Mar 1889, 11, S, TN, TN, TN, at school
Married in Union County, TN by J. C. Baker, J.P. Coram ACUFF319 was born on 23 August 1846 in Grainger Co., TN.315,318 He appeared in the census in 1870 in District 12, Grainger Co., TN. Coram, 24, M, W, farmer, 200, 450, TN
Between 1874 and 1886 he was a County Clerk in Maynardville, Union Co., TN.219,318 In 1887 Coram was a lawyer in Union Co., TN.320 Between 12 June 1900 and 1903 he was a Postmaster in Maynardville, Union Co., TN.321 Between 1910 and 1930 he was an Attorney in Grainger Co., TN. Coram appeared in the census in 1910 in District 1, Union Co., TN. Page 89 A, Sheet 9A, line 29, dwelling 159, family 159, taken 11 May 1910.
Acuff, Corum, head, M, W, 63, Wd, TN, TN, TN, lawyer
Frank, son, M, W, 36, M, 3, TN, TN, TN, farmer
Rubie, daughter-in-law, F, W, 26, M, 3, 1, 1, TN, TN, TN
Sevier, son, M, W, 21, S, TN, TN, TN
William, grandson, M, W, 12/12, TN, TN, TN
He died on 30 January 1931 in Maynardville, Union Co., TN.315 Stomach disease- war injury. He was buried in 1931 in Carr Cemetery, Maynardville, Union Co., TN.315 Grandparents of Roy Acuff. 4th of 8 children. Joined Federal Army, taken prisoner, soon taken to Rutledge, where his father's family physician, Dr. J.L. Legg, helped procure his parole. Father of 4 children in 1887. Information from "Acuff Family History' by Judd Acuff, Knoxville, TN. Hon. Coram Acuff, lawyer, was born in Grainger County August 23, 1846, the son of Simeon and Susan, (nee Strange) Acuff, the former of German origin, born in this country in 1818, still living, and a minister of the Missionary Baptist Church. He entered the ministry about 1840. The mother was born in 1816, and died in 1882, a member of said church. Our subject, the fourth of eight children, received a fair education, finishing at Walnut Grove, Knox County, after he was married. In July, 1862, he joined Company D, First Tennessee Federal Infantry. He was at one time taken prisoner, but soon taken to Rutledge, Tenn., where his old teacher, Ben Peck, and his father's family physician, Dr. J. P. Legg, procured his parole; he soon returned, and served until June, 1865. He farmed, taught and attended school until in 1874, when he was elected county court clerk of Union County, and was twice re-elected, serving twelve years. In 1886 he was admitted to the bar, having read and learned of the law during his clerkship. He was a representative of two counties in the Legislature in 1887-88. He was married to Nancy Ellen Clapp, of Maynardville, June 23, 1870, where they have since resided. They have three sons and one daughter, viz.: Charles B., Frank P., S. E. Neill and Ella Zell. He and his wife are Missionary Baptists. and he is an influential Republican. He is devoting his time to his profession as a lawyer.
Nancy Ellen CLAPP and Coram ACUFF had the following children: |