Eleanor (Abernathy) Abernethy (abt. 1809 - abt. 1855)

Born about 1809 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel V Abernethy — married 18 Aug 1825 in Jefferson County, Alabama, USA

Descendants

Died about 1855 at about age 46 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, USA

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Biography

BIRTH

Eleanor Abernathy

Eleanor's maiden name is assumed Abernathy, based on marriage record.

Notice that husband has the same surname.

Birth estimated about 1809, based on the following:

1) born between 1801-1810, per census in 1830, age 20-29

2) born between 1801-1810, per census in 1840, age 30-39

3) born 1809 NC, per census in 1850, age 42

Place of Birth: assume Lincoln Co. NC, based on the following:

1) Eleanor's 1850 census says born NC

2) It appears all Abernathy families 1830-1840 Jefferson Co. AL, originated NC.

3) The majority of Abernathy families in 1800-1830 NC, are in Lincoln Co.

DEATH

Death: between 1850-1860 census (average = 1855)

Place of death: assume Pontotoc Co. MS, based on the following:

1) Last known location: 1850 Pontotoc Co. Mississippi

2) Widowed husband, still in Pontotoc Co. MS in 1860

Find A Grave Memorial# 50506831 (no picture, no source)

Assume the dates on find-a-grave are estimated from census data.

Burial: Abernethy - Larkin Cemetery, Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Source: Cemeteries of Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Author: Peggy A. Young, Pontotoc County Historical Society (Miss.)

Publisher: Express Printing, 1999

Note: The name Eleanor Abernathy appears in this book as wife of Samuel, but there is no birth/death dates. It is unclear if there is an actual headstone in this cemetery.

PARENTAGE

Eleanor Abernathy, possible daughter of William Abernathy.

Evidence to determine Eleanor's father is somewhat vague.

1) In 1830, Eleanor and husband Samuel, were living between William Abernathy (assumed father of Eleanor), and David Abernathy (assumed father of Samuel).

2) Eleanor's move from Jackson Co. AL, to Pontotoc Co. MS is consistent with the family group of William Abernathy.

Eleanor and her husband moved during the same time period (1840-1850) as other Abernathy families. These "other" families appear to be Abernathy siblings (children of William Abernathy). The assumption of siblings is based on their extremely close proximity to each other on 1850 census. Even though Eleanor and husband were not close to the Abernathy siblings in 1850, their move to Pontotoc Co. MS is consistent with this family group.

3) William's 1810 census indicates a daughter of Eleanor's age.

Note: there are 3 different William Abernathy in 1810 Lincoln Co. NC.

It is not clear which one is the potential father of Eleanor, but all 3 Williams only have one daughter, which is the age of Eleanor.

MARRIAGE

Ancestry.com. Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969

Name: Eleanor Abernathy

Spouse: Samuel Abernathy

Marriage Date: 18 Aug 1825

County: Jefferson

State: Alabama

Performed By Title: MG

Performed by Name: Hosea Holcomb

Source information: Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research

It appears Eleanor and Samuel are related; probably 1st or 2nd cousins.

Both sets of parents are assumed, so it is not entirely clear their relationship.

LAND

Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907

Also found on http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

Name: Samuel V Abernathy <---------- [husband of Eleanor]

Issue Date: 20 Feb 1828

Acres: 79.78

Meridian: Huntsville

County, State: Jefferson, Alabama

Township: 19-S

Range: 4-W

Section: 24

Land Office: Tuscaloosa

Document Number: 6162

CENSUS / TIMELINE

1825: marriage of Eleanor and Samuel Abernathy, Jefferson Co. AL

1828: purchased on 80 acres, in Jefferson County, AL

1830 Census: Jefferson, Alabama, p.15

Name: Saml Abanathy

1 - Males - 20 thru 29: ....... [SAMUEL]

2 - Females - Under 5: ....... [Mary and Lavinia]

1 - Females - 20 thru 29: ... [ELEANOR] <--------

Total Free White Persons: 4

1830 Census Notes:

Living next to William Abernathy, age 40's (assumed father of Eleanor)

Living next to David Abernathy, age 50's (assumed father of Samuel)

1840 Census: Jefferson, Alabama, p.18

Name: Saml A Almonthy

2 - Males - 5 thru 9: ........... [Marion and Samuel]

1 - Males - 30 thru 39: ....... [SAMUEL]

2 - Females - Under 5: ....... [Jerusha and Lucretia]

2 - Females - 5 thru 9: ....... [Lavinia and Eliza]

1 - Females - 10 thru 14: ... [Mary

1 - Females - 30 thru 39: ... [ELEANOR] <-------

Total Free White Persons: 9

1850 Census: Pontotoc, Mississippi, family#91

Samuel Abernathy .... 44 ... NC ... farmer, real estate $400

Ellinor Abernathy ...... 42 ... NC

Mary Abernathy ........ 21 ... AL

Lavinia Abernathy ..... 20 ... AL

Marion Abernathy .... 18 ... AL ... attends school

Eliza Abernathy ......... 16 ... AL

Samuel Abernathy .... 13 ... AL ... attends school

Jerusha Abernathy .... 12 ... AL ... attends school

Lucretia Abernathy ... 11 ... AL ... attends school

Caroline Abernathy ... 8 ... MS ... attends school

Larkin Abernathy ....... 5 ... MS

Robert Abernathy ...... 2 ... MS

1850-1860: death of Eleanor

1860 Census: Redland, Pontotoc, Mississippi, family#1335

Saml B Abernathy ........ 58 ... NC ... farmer, real estate $600, personal $450

Lucretia S Abernathy ... 21 ... AL

Caroline Abernathy ..... 18 ... MS

Larkin Abernathy ......... 14 ... MS ... attends school

Robert Abernathy ........ 13 ... MS ... attends school

Living next to family#1334: son: Saml C Abernathy age 25, Elizabeth 22

Living close to family#1343: Thos [James] T Abernathy age 41 (son of William)

1870: cannot locate Samuel

CHILDREN

MARY:

1860 marriage: Mary Abernathy, Miles O. Abernathy, 3 Jan 1860, Pontotoc MS

1860 census: Mary Abernathy 34 AL, Miles 46 NC, Pontotoc, Mississippi

........ all children belong to Miles's 1st marriage to Frances

Note: Husband: 1850 census in Catawba Co, NC, Miles C Abernathy 37 NC

1870 census: ???

1880 census: ???

LAVINIA:

1850 census: Lavinia Idrington 19 AL, William 21 SC, Pontotoc, Mississippi

........ living close to parents... also shows up on parents census

1860 census: Lavinia Edrington 30 AL, Wm R 32 SC, Pontotoc, Mississippi

1863 death of husband: William R Edrington (1828-1863) CO A, 31 MISS CAV

headstone picture: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5656960/person/6985113147

1870 census:Lurene Edington 40 AL (widowed), Pontotoc, Mississippi

1880 census: Luvenia Edington 50 AL,NC,NC (border), Pontotoc, Mississippi

1880 child: William living with W.L. Abernathy (uncle, the brother of Lavinia)

1940 child's death record: Ellen Josephine Ponder, parents Laurine Abbernathy & Eddington

MARION:

1851 marriage: Marion Y. Abernathy, Martha Wilson, 23 Nov 1851, Pontotoc MS

1860 census: Marion Abernathy 28 AL, Martha 24 SC, Chickasaw, Mississippi

1870 census: M E Abernathie 37 AL, Martha 34 SC, Chickasaw, Mississippi

1880 census: Marion Abernatha 48 AL,NC,NC, Martha 44 SC, Clay, Mississippi

1899 burial: Marion Ezekial Abernethy(1832-1899) - Find A Grave# 26928445

1900 wife: Martha Abernathy 64 SC,SC,SC (widowed), Chickasaw, Mississippi

1901 wife: Martha Ann Wilson Abernethy(1836-1901) - Find A Grave# 26928490

ELIZA:

1854 marriage: Eliza E. Abernathy, Henry Brown, 21 Dec 1854, Pontotoc Co. MS

*** CENSUS DATA NOT VERIFIED -- Name is too common ***

1860 census: Eliza Brown 27 AL, Henry 27 NC, Monroe, Arkansas

1870 census: Ellen E Brown 38 AL, Henry 38 NC, Lawrence, Arkansas

1880 mortality schedule: Eliza E Brown, b.1832 AL, d. Aug-1879 Lawrence AR

1880 husband: Henry Brown 48 NC (widowed), Lawrence, Arkansas

SAMUEL:

1855 marriage: Samuel McAbernathey, Elizabeth A. Stegall, 15 Nov 1855, Pontotoc Co. MS

........ FamilySearch has space between Mc and Abernathey, but not Ancestry

1860 census: Saml C Abernathey 25 AL, Elizabeth 22 GA, Pontotoc, Mississippi

........ living next to father

1862 possible death: reference Civil Wars notes below

WIFE:

1867 marriage(2nd): Elizabeth A. Abernathy, J. B. Bullard, 5 August 1867 Lee MS

1870 ???

1880 census: E. A. Bullard 42 GA, J. B. Bullard 47, Pontotoc, Mississippi

1898: husband(2nd): Joseph B Bullard(1833-1898) - Find A Grave# 55685018

1900 census: Elizabeth A Bullard 62 GA,NC,NC (widowed), Coleman, Texas

........ living in household with son Theophelius

1910 census: Elizabeth A Bullard 72 GA,NC,SC (widowed), Coleman, Texas

1920 census: Elizabeth A Bullard 82 GA,NC,SC (widowed), Coleman, Texas

1925 wife: Elizabeth A Stegall Bullard (1837-1925) - Find A Grave# 55685068

1921 child's death record: Theo Alonzo Bullard,

........ parents listed as: J B Bullard & Elizabeth Stigall.

1941 ??? child's death record: Eleanor Jane Reavers

........ parents listed as John Abernathy & Elizabeth Stegall

........ Reavers should be "B"eavers, and notice father is John (not Samuel).

........ one of the Beavers children says mother’s maiden is McAbernathy.

It is likely that Samuel enlisted in Civil War under name S. McCain Abernathy.

The Civil War records on Fold3.com shows:

Enlisted: 12 May 1862 at Saltillo, Mississippi [Lee County]

Service: Pvt, Co. A, 31 Reg't, Miss. Vols., Col. J.A. Orr

Death: Jackson Mississippi, 31 Oct 1862 of pneumonia

Birth: Age 28 [born about 1834], in Jefferson County, Alabama

Fold3 includes muster cards, and handwritten statement for final payment after death. The administrator for his Civil War death statement is S.J. Stegall (probably father-in-law).

Other notes:

Abernathy's in same unit are Harvey A Abernathy age 22, J.T. Abernathy age 27.

Harvey A Abernathy is 1st cousin - the son of Richard. Who is J.T Abernathy?

The middle name McCain similar to his marriage record: Samuel Mc Abernathy.

Samuel's brother William has son Richard McCAIN Abernethy.

The Lee Co. MS (enlistment place), is where wife remarried to 2nd husband.

1866 probate: S M C Abernathy, Admin S G Stegall, widow Elizabeth Ann Abernathy, minor child Eliza Jane Allen Abernathy

........ Pontotoc Co. MS: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-31017-24782-21

MARTHA:

1858 marriage: M. J. Abernathy, R. H. Pogue, 10 Jan 1858, Pontotoc Co. MS

1860 census: Jerusha M Pogue 23 AL, Robert H 21 AL, Pontotoc, Mississippi

1870 ???

1880 census: Martha J. Pogue 42 AL,NC,NC, Robert H 40 AL, Van Buren, AR

1900 census: Martha J Pogue 62 AL,NC,NC, Robert H 60 AL, Burnet, Texas

1904 huband: Robert Haynes Pogue(1839-1904) - Find A Grave# 10981540

1910 census: Martha J Pogue 73 AL,NC,NC, (widowed), Burnet, Texas

1910 census: Gerusha Pogue 74 AL,AL,AL, (widowed) Burnet, Texas

........ duplicated census; aparently living among multiple children

1920 census: Martha J Pogue 82 AL,AL,AL (widowed) Burnet, Texas

1921 burial: Martha J Abernathy Pogue(1837-1921) - Find Grave# 10981534

1935 child's death record: Ollie Mema Datson,

........ parents listed asL Robert Pogue & Abernathy

1940 child's death record: S A Pogue, parents R H Pogue & Abernathy

1953 child's death record: Martha Era Jones,

........ parents listed as: Robert H Pogue, Martha J Abernathy

LUCRETIA:

 ??? 1870 census ???: Lucretia Abernathey 30 AL, Pontotoc, Mississippi

........ James appears to be duplicated with Caroline's sister Lucretia in 1870

1880 census: L. Z. Abernathey 37 AL (living w/sister Caroline), Pontotoc, MS

1910 ???

CAROLINE:

 ??? 1870 census ???: Caroline Abernathey 25 MS, Pontotoc, Mississippi

........ close to James Abernathy 51 NC (son of William), Emaline 35

........ James appears to be duplicated with Caroline's sister Lucretia in 1870

1873 marriage, Callie Abernathy, Eugene Henderson, 24 Nov 1873 Pontotoc MS

1880 census: A. C. Henderson 35 MS,SC,SC, E Henderson 31, Pontotoc, MS

1900 census: Caroline Henderson 44 MS,NC,NC, Eugene 50 SC, Pontotoc, MS

1910 census: Callie Henderson 63 MS,NC,NC, Eugene 60 SC, Pontotoc, MS

1920 census: Ocline Henderson 70 MS,NC,NC, Eugene 70 SC, Pontotoc, MS

1922 burial: Caroline Abernethy Henderson(1842-1922) Find Grave# 21074078

1926 husband: Eugene Henderson(1850-1926) - Find A Grave# 21074066

WILLIAM LARKIN:

1870 ???

1880 Census: W. L. Abernathey 38 MS, wife 32 MS, Pontotoc, Mississippi

1891 wife: Frances J. Savely Abernethy(1847-1891) - Find A Grave# 50506844

189x marriage to 2nd wife Dora

1900 census: Larkin Abernathey 54 MS,NC,NC, Dora 41 AL, Calhoun, MS

1910 census: W L Abernathy 65 MS,NC,NC, Dora 40, Chickasaw, Mississippi

1920 census: Will Abanathy 75 MS,AL,AL, Dora 51, Chickasaw, Mississippi

1925 burial: William Larkin Abernethy(1845-1925) - Find A Grave# 44792842

JOHN ROBERT:

1870 census: ???

1871: mariage, J. R. Abernathy, Callie Walden, 9 Mar 1871, Pontotoc Co. MS

1880 census: ???

1900 census: John O Abernathy 53 MS,SC,SC, N Caroline 50 MS, Pontotoc, MS

1905 wife: Nancy Waldon Abernethy(1849-1905) - Find A Grave# 50535226

1910 census: ??? cannot locate John (widowed)

........ children in Pontotoc MS, Anna O Eubanks 34, Luster B Abernathy 29

1930 census: Abernathy 81 MS,MS,MS (widowed, w/dau Anna), Pontotoc, MS

........ living 3 doors from son, Luster B Abernathy age 49

1931 burial: John Robert Abernethy(1848-1931) - Find A Grave# 50531987

Not to be confused with John Abernathy and Mollie in Lee Co. MS

........ Reference census years 1880,1900,1930

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