Miles Osburn Abernathy (1789 - 1871)

Born 1789 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Rockett) Abernathy — married after 12 Dec 1809 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1871 at about age 82 in Catawaba County, North Carolina, United States

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Note: This is not the same person as Miles B. Abernathy

Biography

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Miles Abernathy was born in 1789 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, the son of Robert Abernathy III and Sarah Ann (Nichols) Abernathy. He was the brother of:

1. Louisa Edecia Abernathy,
2. William Abernathy,
3. Shadrach Abernathy,
4. Robert Abernathy,
5. Joseph Abernathy,
6. Berryman Abernathy,
7. Turner T Abernathy and
8. Catherine Anna (Abernathy) Shuford

Miles had only one wife, Nancy Rockett, who he married after December 12, 1809 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. They had the following children:

1. Sarah Abernathy Baker
2. Mary "Polly" Abernathy Whisenhunt
3. Eliza Abernathy,
4. Carline Abernathy,
5. Sterling Osborne Abernathy,
6. Albert Franklin Abernathy
7. Elizabeth Ann Adeline (Abernathy) Lockett

Miles died on December 1, 1871 in Catawaba County, North Carolina, United States. He was buried at Mount Grove Church Cemetery in Hickory, North Carolina. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave Miles Abernathy

• North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 database with images, FamilySearch, Miles Abernathy and Nancy Rochet, 12 Dec 1809; citing Lincoln, North Carolina, United States, county courthouses, North Carolina; FHL microfilm 1,760,461.

• United States Census, 1850 database with images, FamilySearch, Miles Abernathy, Catawba county, part of, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing family 1057, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• United States Census, 1860 database, FamilySearch, Miles Abernathy, , Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 7, household ID 56, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,891.

• United States Census, 1870 database with images, FamilySearch, Sterling Abernathy, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 31, family 229, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,627.

• Find A Grave Miles Abernathy, Memorial# 99687456.