David Abner (1826 - 1902)

Born 1826 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, United States

Husband of Mary (Price) Abner — married 22 Apr 1879 in Marion, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 1902 at about age 76 in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States

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Biography

David Abner is Notable.

David Abner (senior), born into slavery in Selma, Alabama :

• Was appointed to the executive committee of the first Colored Men's State Convention (1873)
• Was elected treasurer for Harrison County
• Was an African-American state representative from Texas
• Was elected to the legislature for Harrison and Rusk counties (1874)
• Served in the Fourteenth Texas Legislature for District 5 and sat on the Education Committee
• Was a delegate to the 1875 Texas Constitutional Convention
• Was the vice president of the Republican State Convention in 1876
• Helped establish Bishop College (1881), and served as one of its first trustees
• Helped to organize Bethesda Baptist Church (Harrison County), and became one of its first deacons

David married firstly Louisa (last name unknown, but later given by her youngest son as "Kilworth"), place and date unknown; and secondly Mollie Price, on 22 April 1879, in Marion County, Texas.^[1]

David Abner — educator, politician, farmer, Pioneer for people of color, Voice for the formerly enslaved, father, grandfather, uncle, husband, man of faith — passed from the adventure called life, into the next greatest adventure beyond death in 1902, in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, aged about 76 years. He was buried in the Powder Mill Cemetery (once occupied by a Confederate gun powder factory, hence the name), Marshall.^[2] David's first wife, Louisa, is also buried at Powder Mill, the oldest known marked burial (although the commemorative plaque mis-names her as "Millie", even though the grave marker clearly says "Louisa").

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-715M : 10 December 2017), David Abner and Mollie Price, 22 Apr 1879; citing Marriage, citing Marion, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,481,607.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 June 2020), memorial page for David Abner, Sr (1826–1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #7737787, citing Powder Mill Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Lou & Jackie (contributor 46905847).

• "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8Y-GBYS : 10 December 2017), David Abner and Mollie Price, 22 Apr 1879; citing Marion, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,481,607.
• "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2MD-TVB : 22 January 2020), David Abner, 1879.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNJ-BD3 : 14 November 2020), Dave Abner, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 46, sheet 431B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,309.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GL-N6R : accessed 7 June 2020), David Abner, Justice Precinct 3 (election precincts 11-12), Harrison, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 2B, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,643.

See also :

• Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia , The Free Encyclopedia, "David Abner" (accessed June 7, 2020).
• Wikidata: Item Q16030541, en:Wikipedia

• Texas State Library and Archives Commission