d/o Thomas & Rebecca (?) Figg

w/o Barton Warren Acuff (m. 26 January 1854, Monroe County Indiana)

m/o Emma Acuff, Laura Acuff, Louella (Acuff) Chambers, John Thomas Acuff, Chelsey Warren Acuff, Leota Belle (Acuff) May, Anna Lorene (Acuff) Corr, Elizabeth B. (Acuff) Ridge
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Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Morning World, Nov 28, 1899, Clipping file (envelopes), Genealogy Library, Monroe County Historical Society, Bloomington, Indiana.

MRS. ACUFF DEAD
A Good and Noble Soul Passed to Its Reward

Mrs. Sarah Acuff, wife of Barton Acuff of Ellettsville, died at 8:30 Sunday morning after an illness of three weeks. Mrs. Acuff became ill three weeks ago with double pneumonia which developed into typhoid fever. She was 60 years old and her maiden name was Figg. She was born in Kentucky but has spent the greater part of her life in this country.

Mrs. Acuff was a woman of true Christian character, much loved by all her friends. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and always went about doing good. She reared a family of eight children, all of whom are living, and this is the first death in the circle. Her children are: Emma, Laura, Louella Chambers, Belle, Anna Corr, Lizzie, Thomas and Warren. Her husband, who survives, is 75 years old and was a veteran of the Mexican war.

The funeral occurred at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the Presbyterian Church in Ellettsville and was largely attended. The services were conducted by Rev. M. G. Allison, and the remains were laid to rest in the C. P. Cemetery.

Among those who attended the funeral from this city were Mr.and Mrs. Charles Corr, Hon. and Mrs. Edwin Corr, Hon. and Mrs. J. E. Edmondson, Misses Gillaspy and Emma Edmondson.
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Bloomington (Monroe County) Republican Progress, December 1, 1899, clipping file (envelopes), Genealogy Library, Monroe County Historical Society, Bloomington, Indiana.

MRS. BARTON ACUFF

Mrs. Barton Acuff, one of the widely known ladies of Monroe County, died at her home in Ellettsville yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. Death was due to lung fever, a disease she was stricken with less than two weeks ago. Decedent was a faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church with which denomination she affiliated in girlhood. She was born in 1830 and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Figg, pioneer residents of Monroe county. She was married in 1854 to Barton Acuff and as a result of this union eight children were born, six daughters and two sons, all of whom, including the father and husband, survive her. Mrs. Acuff was an estimable lady held in highest esteem by her acquaintances and noted for her Christian and charitable acts. She was a kind mother and devoted wife and the blow falls heaviest upon the broken family circle. Her youngest son, Warren, is lying at the point of death with the same disease. The funeral occurred from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Ellettsville this afternoon at 2 o'clock and was largely attended, the services being in charge of Rev. Henry Steen of Carrol, Indiana.