Lytton Glynn Acree Sr (1866 - 1945)

Born 23 Dec 1866 in Stewart, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Katie Mae (Ford) Acree Sr. — married 8 Mar 1892 in Stewart, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1945 at age 78 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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Disambiguation

There is repeated inter-generational use of the same first names.

Lytton

Our subject is Lytton Glynn Acree Sr. (1866-1945).

Our subject had a son named Lytton Glynn Acree Jr. (1904-1991)..

Our subject's brother Nathan had a son named Lytton Grady Acree (1900-1979).

Nathan

Our subject's father was Nathan C. Acree Sr. (1831-1890).

Our subject has a brother named Dr. Nathan C. Acree (1864-1931).

Our subject had a son named Nathan Edward Acree Sr. (1917-2002).

It is implied (not researched) from the above name that there was a Nathan Edward Acree Jr.

Stay calm and do not confuse your Nathans and your Lyttons.

Biography

Lytton Glynn^[1][2] Acree Sr. was born 23 Dec 1866^[1] in Model, Stewart County, Tennessee^[1] to Nathan Curtis Acree Sr.^[1] (1831-1890) and Sara (Marberry) Acree^[1][3][4]. Lytton was a successful farmer^[4][5][6][7] but he seems to have pursued this vocation as a background activity. He was a magistrate in Stewart County^[1], a representative in the state legislature for 6 years^[1], a merchant in Model for 25 years^[1][8][9], a teacher in Model^[1], and a postmaster for 10 years^[10][1]. Lytton and his family lived most of his life in the home of his ancestors (on a low hill overlooking the Cumberland River on its western side) about 7 km northwest of Bumpus Mills, Tennessee. Much of the productive farm land of this homestead would, in the late 1930s be covered by Lake Barkley when the Tennessee Valley Authority dammed the river. Sometime between 23 July, 1914 and 24 March, 1917 Lytton built a new 'steamboat style' home closer to Model, Tennessee and up the hill from the old Great Western iron ore furnace. Lytton's youngest child Edward was born in this latter home. Both of these homes were razed when the whole of the 'Land-Between-the Rivers' was forcibly appropriated by the Federal government in the 1960s^[2].

Lytton married Katie Mae^[2] Ford on 8 Mar 1992 in Stewart County, Tennessee^[11]. The couple had at least 6 children : Ruby^[12], Bertram Vivian^[13], Lytton Glynn Jr., Katie May Jr., Sarah Louise and Edward^{[5][6][7][8][9]}. A seventh child, Lucy, who died young is indicated on the gravestone^[14].

Lytton died on 9 July 1945 in a hospital in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee^[10][1].

Research Notes

1. In the 1930 census^[8] the family name has been misindexed. If the page image is examined, the family name is written "Acree" and the Father's name is written "Lytam".
2. In the 1880 census^[4] the family name has been misindexed. If the page image is examined, the family name is written "Acree".
3. It is unclear why children Sarah Louise and Edward do not appear in the 1920 census^[7].

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} A scan of an obituary from the Stewart Houston Times, July 12, 1945 is attached to the FindAGrave source. Salient facts from this are that L. G. Acree, retired postmaster and merchant of Model, Tennessee died at age 78 on Monday, 9 Jul 1945 of a heart attack. Funeral services were conducted in the home of L. H. Pogue in Murray, Kentucky on 11 July and burial was in the family cemetery.
   He was born 23 Dec 1866 son of Nathan and Sara Marberry Acree and has spent his entire lifetime in Model. He married Miss Kate Ford on 8 Mar 1891. He was survived by his wife and two daughters (Mrs. O. C. E. Steel of Model and Mrs. Edwin Fentress of Howell, Kentucky), 3 sons (Bertram Acree of Nashville, L. O. Acree Jr. of San Diego, California and Lt. Edward Acree of the U. S. Navy now stationed in Iwo Jima), two sisters (Mr. John Jones of Oregon and Mrs. Print Byrd of Oklahoma), one brother (A. A. Acree of Model) and 13 grandchildren.
   The deceased was a teacher in Model, postmaster of Model for 10 years (retiring in 1940), in the mercantile business for 25 years, served as representative in the legislature (from 1903-1907 and 1913-1915), was magistrate of Stewart County District 8 at intervals for 50 years and a prosperous farmer for many years.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} According to an email received 3 Jul 2021, from a daughter of Louise (Acree) Fentress and granddaughter of Lytton Acree. A copy is in the possession of David Fentress.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States Census, 1870 database with images, FamilySearch (29 May 2021), Nathan Acre, 1870. This was enumerated on 23 Jul 1870 in District 08, Stewart County, Tennessee and shows :

   "Nathan Acre" (Male, age 39, born Tennessee, occupation farmer)

   "Sarah Acre" (Female, age 31, born Tennessee)

   "Frank Acre" (Male, age 13, born Tennessee, occupation farm hand)

   "Charley Acre" (Male, age 10, born Tennessee)

   "Ella Acre" (Female, age 8, born Tennessee)

   "Nathan Acre" (Male, age 6, born Tennessee)

   "Lytton Acre" (Male, age 3, born Tennessee)

   "Amos Acre" (Male, age 1, born Tennessee).

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} United States Census, 1880 database with images, FamilySearch (20 February 2021), Levy G Acree in household of N C Acree, Great Western Furnace, Stewart, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 158, sheet 298D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,281. This was enumerated in Jun 1880 and shows :

   "N C Acree" (Self, Male, age 49, born Tennessee, parents born Tennessee, occupation farming)

   "Sallie J Acree" (Wife, age 41, born Tennessee, parents born Tennessee)

   "Frank M Acree" (Son, age 23, born Tennessee, occupation keeping school)

   "Charlie E Acree" (Son, age 20, born Tennessee, occupation farming)

   "Mary E Acree" (Daughter, age 18, born Tennessee)

   "N C Acree" (Son, age 15, born Tennessee, occupation farming)

   "Levy G Acree" (Son, age 13, born Tennessee, occupation farming)

   "Amos A Acree" (Son, age 11, born Tennessee, occupation farming)

   "Salone R Acree" (Son, age 9, born Tennessee)

   "Mertie V Acree" (Daughter, age 5, born Tennessee)

   "Plyney J Acree" (Daughter, age 2, born Tennessee).

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} United States Census, 1900 database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 July 2021), Lytton G Acsee, Civil District 8, Stewart, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 66, sheet 4A, family 57, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,600. This was enumerated on 9 Jun 1900 and shows :

   "Lytton G Acsee" (Head, Male, age 34, married 8 years, born Dec 1866 in Tennessee, parents born Tennessee, occupation farmer)

   "Kate M Acsee" (Wife, age 26, married 8 years, mother of 2 children - both still alive, born Oct 1874 in Tennessee, father born Kentucky, mother born Tennessee)

   "Ruby Acsee" (Daughter, age 6, born Tennessee)

   "Bertram V Acsee" (Son, age 2, born Tennessee)

   "Lucy E Ford" (Mother-in-law, age 44, widowed, mother of 5 children - all still alive, born April 1856 in Tennessee, parents born Virginia)

   "Harold H Ford" (Brother-in-law, age 12, born Tennessee, parents born Tennessee).

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} United States Census, 1910 database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 2 July 2021), L G Acree, Civil District 8, Stewart, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 174, sheet 6B, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1522; FHL microfilm 1,375,535. This was enumerated on 26=27 April 1910 and shows :

   "L G Acree" (Head, Male, age 43, married 18 years, born Tennessee, parents born Tennessee, occupation farmer)

   "Katie Acree" (Wife, age 35, married 18 years, born Tennessee, parents born Tennessee)

   "Rubie Acree" (Daughter, age 15, single, born Tennessee)

   "Bertram V Acree" (Son, age 11, born Tennessee)

   "L G Acree Jr." (Son, age 5, born Tennessee)

   "Katie Mai Acree" (Daughter, age 1, born Tennessee).

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} United States Census, 1920 database with images, FamilySearch (3 February 2021), Lytton G Acree, 1920. This was enumerated on 16 Jan 1920 in Model, Stewart County, Tennessee and shows the family living on Dover and Eddyville Road :

   "Lytton G Acree" (Head, Male, age 53, married, born Tennessee, parents born Tennessee, occupation farmer)

   "Kate Acree" (Wife, age 44, married, born Tennessee, parents born Tennessee)

   "Ruby Acree" (Daughter, age 24, born Tennessee, occupation school teacher)

   "Burtraim Acree" (Son, age 21, born Tennessee, occupation R.F.D. mail at post office)

   "Glen Acree" (Son, age 15, born Tennessee)

   "Kate Acree" (Daughter, age 11, born Tennessee).

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} United States Census, 1930 database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 30 June 2021), Louise Alree in household of Lytain G Alree, District 08, Stewart, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 5B, line 80, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2280; FHL microfilm 2,342,014. This was enumerated on 7 April 1930 and shows the family living on :

   "Lytain G Alree" (Head, Male, age 63, married, first married at age 30, born Tennessee, parents born Tennessee, occupation retail merchant)

   "Kate Alree" (Wife, age 54, married, first married at age 21, born Tennessee, parents born Tennessee)

   "Louise Alree" (Daughter, age 15, born Tennessee)

   "Eward Alree" (Son, age 13, born Tennessee).

9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} United States Census, 1940 database with images, FamilySearch (11 January 2021), Edward Acree in household of Lyton G Acree, Civil District 8, Stewart, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 81-10, sheet 13A, line 23, family 215, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3937. This was enumerated on 5 Apr 1940 and shows :

   "Lyton G Acree" (Head, Male, age 73, married, born Tennessee, lived in same house as in 1935, occupation retail merchant)

   "Katie May Acree" (Wife, age 65, married, born Tennessee, lived in same house as in 1935)

   "Edward Acree" (Son, age 23, single, born Tennessee, lived in same house as in 1935, occupation public School teacher)

   "Mary Lucille McDermont" (Granddaughter, age 16, born Tennessee, lived in Caloway, Kentucky in 1935).

10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966 database with images, FamilySearch (1 March 2021), Lytton Glynn Acree, 9 Jul 1945; Death, Stewart, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. This shows that "Lytton Glynn Acree Sr." (age 78, born 23 Dec 1866 in Stewart County, Tennessee, residence Model, rural Stewart County, Tennessee for 78 years, retired postmaster, married, father="Nathan C. Acree" - born Stewart County, Tennessee, mother="Sally Marberry" - born Tennessee, spouse="Katie Ford Acree" - age 70) died on 9 Jul 1945 in Stewart County, Tennessee. Cause of death Coronary Thrombosis. Informant Bertram Acree of 1613 Franklin Ave., Nashville, Tennessee. Buried on 11 Jul in Jamison Cemetery, Stewart County, Tennessee.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950 database, FamilySearch (16 March 2020), L. G. Acree, 1892. This shows that "L. G. Acree" married Katie Ford on 8 Mar 1892 in Stewart County, Tennessee. The image # of the record is 690 on the filmstrip. Celebrant was N. L. Watson J. P.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966 database with images, FamilySearch (1 March 2021), L. G. Acree in entry for Ruby Mcdermatt, 28 Jun 1933; Death, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. This shows that "Ruby McDermatt" (age 40, born 10 Nov 1892, residence Model, Tennessee, married, father="L. G. Acree" - born Tennessee, mother="Kate Ford" - born Tennessee, spouse="Arthur B. McDermatt") died on 28 Jun 1933 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee. Cause of death brain tumor. Informant "B. V. Acree of 305 Foster Street. Burial on 29 Jun 1933 in Model, Tennessee.
    Note that this is the death record for Ruby, child of Lytton and Kate.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966 database with images, FamilySearch (1 March 2021), L Glenn Acree in entry for Bertram Vivian Acree, 11 Mar 1956; Death, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville. This shows that "Bertram Vivian Acree" (age 57, born 30 Jun 1898, resident at 1613 Franklin Street, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, retired Superintendent of Mails at the U.S. Post office, married, father="L Glenn Acree", mother="Kate Ford", spouse="Jimmie Graham Acree") died on 11 Mar 1956 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. Cause of death cerebral Hemorrhage. Informant Mrs. Bertram Acree, same address. Burial 12 Mar 1955 in Spring Hill Cemetery, Madison, Tennessee.
    Note that this is the death record for Bertram, child of Lytton and Kate.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #7002850 for Lytton Glynn Acree Sr. (accessed 1 July 2021).
    The gravestone is depicted and reads "ACREE, KATIE, 1874-1956, LYTTON, 1866-1945, RUBY, 1894-1933, LUCY, 1908-1903".
    The entry says "Lytton Glynn Acree Sr., Birth 23 Dec 1866, Stewart County, Tennessee, Death 9 Jul 1945 (aged 78), Stewart County, Tennessee, Burial Acree Cemetery, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA, Plot 13".
    Links to memorials for both parents, spouse, seven siblings and four children are provided.
    Additional text reads: "He died in Model, Stewart County, Tennessee." There is also a scan of a newspaper obituary from the Stewart Houston Times, July 12, 1945 depicted. Salient facts from this are listed in a separate source. There is also an image of his death certificate attached - see separate source.