Twelfth Generation


13573. Roy Claxton ACUFF was born on 15 September 1903 in Maynardville, Union Co., TN. He appeared in the census in 1910 in District 1, Union Co., TN. Roy, Son, M, W, 6, TN, TN, TN
He appeared in the census in 1920 in District 1, Union Co., TN. Roy C., son, M, W, 16, S, TN, TN, TN
Roy died on 23 November 1992 at the age of 89 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN. Grand Ole Opry Star - Famous as a fiddle player and such songs as "The Wabash Cannonball" earned him the title "The King of Country Music". Died of congestive heart failure at the Baptist Hospital in Nashville, TN. Roy joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938.

Roy Claxton ACUFF and Mildred Louise DOUGLAS were married on 25 December 1936 in TN. Mildred Louise DOUGLAS was born in 1914 in TN. She died in 1981 at the age of 67 in TN.

Roy Claxton ACUFF and Mildred Louise DOUGLAS had the following children:

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Roy Neill ACUFF Jr..

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Thelma ACUFF.