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Note for: Mary Magdalene Talley, -
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Nickname: Mollie
Individual Note: FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K. U. by Marie McCready: "The Acuffs came from Texas shortly before the birth of Arthur, who was born in the thatched cottage on the river bank. Mollie, who had apparently been something of a beauty in her younger days, abandoned the family, including Arthur, and left before long. Maude was one of those who died during the typhoid epidemic."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Mollie Acuff.
Individual Notes
Note for: Flora J. Akers, MAR 1850 -
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Event: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Type: Census/1900
Date: 13 JUN 1900
Event: (Joined Thomas P. Gay group in Ft. Myers, FL)
Type: Left K. U.
Date: AFT 1908
Individual Note: THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Flora J. Akers (from Moline, Illinois).
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: Flora Ackers;
"Flora, after many years in the Unity, left with "The Gay Group." Although Mary visited with her baby daughter, sometimes, I do not believe that she ever lived there. Newell, unmarried, did."
FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K.U. by Marie McCready: (Listed under Thomas P. Gay)--"A tall man with a soft southern accent. Eventually formed an offshoot religious group (after Doctor's death) and they left. Flora Ackers was one of them."
THE FLAMING SWORD; Community Current Events by Alafae Stephens; December 1933: "Mrs. Flora Ackers and daughter, Mrs. O. W. Iden, of Maysville, Missouri, are visiting with Mrs. Lillian Rugg. Mrs. Ackers is well known here, having been a member of the Unity about twenty-five years ago."
1900 U. S. Federal Census; Calument Township; Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Film Roll No. 285; Page No. 285; SD No. 1; ED No. 986; Sheet No. 12; Ward of City: 31; Enumeration Date: 13 June 1900; Enumerator: Ernest E. Ellington; Transcribed by Joyce Nelle Ratliff, 24 May 1999; Koreshan Unity: Flora Akers; Residence: 99th Street; Dwelling 133; Relation to head of family: Boarder; Color, white; Sex, female; Month of birth: March; Year of birth: 1850: Age at last birthday: 50; Married; No. of years married: 1*; Mother of how many children: 2; Number of these children living: 2; Place of birth: Michigan; Place of birth of father: Michigan; Place of birth of mother: Michigan; Occupation: Nothing listed; Can read, yes; Can write, yes; Can speak English, yes. (*Except for 5 married residents, all married residents living in this dwelling listed their number of years married as 1.)
Individual Notes
Note for: Clara Acuff, ABT 1891 -
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Nickname: Fannie
Individual Note: FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K. U. by Marie McCready; "The Acuffs came from Texas shortly before the birth of Arthur, who was born in the thatched cottage on the river bank. Mollie, who had apparently been something of a beauty in her younger days, abandoned the family, including Arthur, and left before long. Maude was one of those who died during the typhoid epidemic."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Clara Acuff.
1910 U. S. Federal Census; State: Florida; County: Gadsden; Precinct G, Chattahoochee; Name of Institution: Florida Hospital for the Insane. Name: Clara Acuff; Sex: Female; Color: white; Age: 18; Marital Status: single; Place of birth: None listed; Speaks English: yes; Can read and write: no.
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Note for: Maude Acuff, ABT 1887 -
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Individual Note: FOLKS WE KNEW WHILE IN THE K. U. by Marie McCready: Maude Acuff; "The Acuffs came from Texas shortly before the birth of Arthur, who was born in the thatched cottage on the river bank. Mollie, who had apparently been something of a beauty in her younger days, abandoned the family, including Arthur, and left before long. Maude was one of those who died during the typhoid epidemic."
THE KORESHAN UNITY MEMBERSHIP LIST by Claude J. Rahn: Mabel* Acuff. (Listed as Maude Acuff on McCready Membership List and THE EFFECT OF THE KORESHAN UNITY ON ONE FAMILY by Coleene Acuff Huddlestun.)
MEMORIES, MEMORIES--DAYS OF LONG AGO chronicled by Marie McCready with participation by Lovelle McCready: "Maude Acuff was very sick in the room at the head of the stairs. Doctor Ruth, who had come home meantime, said Maude's symptoms were more those of yellow fever than typhoid."--Page 70