Biographical Index to Tennessee Women
Adelicia Acklen
(1817-1877)
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Internet Source

Belmont Mansion [http://www.belmont.edu/about/mansion.cfm]
This site includes a portrait of Acklen, interior and exterior images of Acklen's Belmont Mansion, and an account of the key events in Acklen's life.

Print Sources

In The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture, edited by Carroll Van West. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998.

Brown, Mark. "Acklen, Adelicia (1817-1887)."

Dykeman, Tennessee Women, Past and Present, p.8.

Kaplan, Carol Farrar, and Livy I. Simpson. Remember the Ladies: Women of Mount Olivet Cemetery. Nashville, Tenn.: C. Kaplan & L. Simpson, 1995.

Tennessee Historical Society, Distinctive Women of Tennessee: An Exhibition. Nashville, Tenn.: The Society, 1985. 24; portrait, 73.

Wardin, Albert W., Jr. Belmont Mansion: The Home of Joseph and Adelicia Acklen. Nashville, Tenn.: Belmont Mansion Association, 1989.


Biographical Index to Women in Tennessee History
Ken Middleton kmiddlet@frank.mtsu.edu
Todd Library, Middle Tennessee State University