Title:
The Acuff Family
Accession#:
1996.01.00
Pubication Date:
1984
Object ID:
AC—0180
Collection:
KSHS Articles and Clippings
Additional Notes & Full Text:
One view: 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."
An opposing view:
When the youngest child, Arthur, was old enough to sit up--six to eight months--my grandmother wanted to gather her family and leave the Unity. She only managed to take Baby Arthur with her to Fort Myers. She worked as a cook in a small downtown restaurant. As long as Arthur was content to stay near her in his box in the kitchen, she would get by, but when he started walking, she had to take him back to the Koreshan Unity in Estero so that he could be cared for. She divorced my grandfather. It was an almost unheard of thing to do.
She met and married a man by the name of Mayfield. Mayfield was a deputy sheriff. He was in an altercation with an influential Fort Myers man and killed him in self-defense. Law and order was of a more primitive kind, and Mayfield and my grandmother left Fort Myers and moved to Texas. She was not allowed to take any of her children, and she never had any more of her own.
An opposing view:
When the youngest child, Arthur, was old enough to sit up--six to eight months--my grandmother wanted to gather her family and leave the Unity. She only managed to take Baby Arthur with her to Fort Myers. She worked as a cook in a small downtown restaurant. As long as Arthur was content to stay near her in his box in the kitchen, she would get by, but when he started walking, she had to take him back to the Koreshan Unity in Estero so that he could be cared for. She divorced my grandfather. It was an almost unheard of thing to do.
She met and married a man by the name of Mayfield. Mayfield was a deputy sheriff. He was in an altercation with an influential Fort Myers man and killed him in self-defense. Law and order was of a more primitive kind, and Mayfield and my grandmother left Fort Myers and moved to Texas. She was not allowed to take any of her children, and she never had any more of her own.
Author:
Various
Summary:
This is a collection of articles relating to the Acuff Family. They come from various sources and were concatenated in the Genealogy portion of the collection. They deal with the expulsion or departure of the Mary Talley Acuff Mayfield as well as the case of a runaway child. There is also an article from the website, "Find A Grave" which located Mary Acuff's burial site.
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Object Name:
Article (Published or Non—Published)
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Phys Desc:
8.5 x 11 in. printed copies.
Publisher:
[n.p.]
Publication Place:
various
Subjects:
Koreshan Unity——History
Koreshan living
Acuff Family
Koreshan living
Acuff Family
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