Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen was an American lawyer, planter, and veteran of the Texas Revolution, best known as the second husband of Adelicia Hayes Franklin Acklen Cheatham, and the father of U. S.
Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen
Residence of Col. Acklen near Nashville (1860)
Belmont Mansion (Tennessee)
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Belmont Mansion, also known as Acklen Hall, and originally known as Belle Monte, Belle Mont or Belmont, is a historic mansion located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was built with the profits of slavery
Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen
…Acklen resided primarily at the Louisiana estates that she inherited from her first husband, Isaac Franklin, however, they also built a summer home, the Belmont Mansion, completed in 1853. Acklen and Adelicia has six children, including U. S. Representative Joseph H. Acklen. While being an enslaver, Acklen advocated…
Belmont Mansion
Adelicia with her horse Bucephalus.
The library with Union uniforms on some chairs (as in 1864)