Biographical Sketch of Jeremiah Acuff, Walnut Grove Township, Greene County, Missouri >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Mr. Acuff was born in Granger County, Tennessee, March 14, 1806. Was educated in his native county, and followed the vocation of farming there till 1836, when he moved to Polk County, this State. His parents were John and Nancy (Watson) Acuff, the former a native of Virginia, who died in Granger County, Tenn., shortly after the civil war, and the mother, a native of same State, and died in same county as her husband, in 1856. Jeremiah followed blacksmithing in Missouri, and, in 1837, bought a "claim" which he kept and improved. He went into the govern- ment land office in 1839, and entered a tract of 160 acres, whereon he resided till 1864. After some other trades and removals, he finally traded for the store house at Walnut Grove, now occupied by his son, and himself, son and Chithim opened a general store, to which B. J. Acuff is successor and sole proprietor. Mr. Acuff was married December 12, 1826 to Rebecca Cates, who died in Walnut Grove, January 27, 1882. Mr. Acuff and wife had seven children, six now living, four sons and two daughters. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================