__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | |__ | _George ABERNATHY ___| | (1810 - 1874) m 1831| | | __ | | | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| | (1770 - 1838) | | |__ | | |--James Milton ABERNATHY | (1844 - ....) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Dorcas SLATER ______| (1810 - 1875) m 1831| | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
Cemetery record notes Co. H, 13th Iowa Infantry, Civil War. 1895 census listing, Roscoe Tp., Davis Co., IA, says born in Van Buren Co. (For the 1895 census, they are living adjacent to the Hale family.) The Van Buren Co. death register erroneously shows the date of death as 24 may 1901, even though the cemetery record and the Civil War pension file indicate 1900. The death register includes the 1901 date in a group of entries "reported June, 1900".
_Hugh ABERNATHY _____ | (1740 - 1826) _James ABERNATHY ____| | (1783 - 1853) | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______ | (1770 - 1838) _Richard B. ABERNATHY _| | (1817 - 1860) m 1839 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| | (.... - 1835) | | |_____________________ | | |--James Thomas ABERNATHY | (1842 - 1900) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Lucinda Ann CASSADY __| (1821 - 1860) m 1839 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Jane ABERNATHY | (1792 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| (1770 - 1838) | | __ | | |__| | |__
_Hugh ABERNATHY _____ | (1740 - 1826) _James ABERNATHY ____| | (1783 - 1853) | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______ | (1770 - 1838) _Richard B. ABERNATHY _| | (1817 - 1860) m 1839 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| | (.... - 1835) | | |_____________________ | | |--Jasper ABERNATHY | (1846 - 1860) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Lucinda Ann CASSADY __| (1821 - 1860) m 1839 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_Richard B. ABERNATHY _+ | (1817 - 1860) m 1839 _William M. ABERNATHY _| | (1843 - 1920) m 1868 | | |_Lucinda Ann CASSADY __ | (1821 - 1860) m 1839 _Asa Frank ABERNATHY _| | (1870 - ....) | | | _Asa BLANCHARD ________ | | | (1804 - 1881) | |_Lucy L. BLANCHARD ____| | (1850 - 1913) m 1868 | | |_______________________ | | |--Jessie L. ABERNATHY | (1893 - ....) | _______________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |_______________________ | | |_Jamba _____ _________| (1874 - ....) | | _______________________ | | |_______________________| | |_______________________
Purchased federal land in Cheyenne Co., CO in T 15 S, R 44 W. In that county 1910 (p. 170) and 1920 (p. 234B), not yet found in 1900. 1916: mentioned living at Arapahoe, Co.
_Hugh ABERNATHY _____ | (1740 - 1826) _James ABERNATHY ____| | (1783 - 1853) | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______ | (1770 - 1838) _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1814 - 1894) m 1835| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| | (.... - 1835) | | |_____________________ | | |--Joel Smith ABERNATHY | (1856 - 1920) | _Reuben SMITH _______ | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788 | _John B. SMITH ______| | | (1792 - 1849) m 1815| | | |_Sarah Beach CLARK __ | | (1773 - 1834) m 1788 |_Rebecca SMITH ______| (1816 - 1905) m 1835| | _John CHAPMAN _______ | | (1763 - 1850) m 1788 |_Elizabeth CHAPMAN __| (1797 - 1853) m 1815| |_Rebecca PEACE ______ (1767 - ....) m 1788
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--John ABERNATHY | (1774 - 1848) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| (1770 - 1838) | | __ | | |__| | |__
_James ABERNATHY ____+ | (1783 - 1853) _Richard B. ABERNATHY _| | (1817 - 1860) m 1839 | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____ | (.... - 1835) _Ira W. ABERNATHY ___| | (1849 - ....) m 1871| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Lucinda Ann CASSADY __| | (1821 - 1860) m 1839 | | |_____________________ | | |--John ABERNATHY | (1875 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _Lower HALE ___________| | | (1807 - 1853) m 1830 | | | |_____________________ | | |_Armilda HALE _______| (1845 - 1913) m 1871| | _____________________ | | |_Lucinda WEBB _________| m 1830 | |_____________________
__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | |__ | _George ABERNATHY ___| | (1810 - 1874) m 1831| | | __ | | | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| | (1770 - 1838) | | |__ | | |--John Flax ABERNATHY | (1838 - ....) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Dorcas SLATER ______| (1810 - 1875) m 1831| | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
1880: Grant Tp., Clark Co., MO, p. 231A. Middle initial from his marriage record. 1870: Prairie Tp., Davis Co., IA, p. 132, with wife Eve, no children at this date.
_Hugh ABERNATHY _____ | (1740 - 1826) _James ABERNATHY ____| | (1783 - 1853) | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______ | (1770 - 1838) _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1814 - 1894) m 1835| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| | (.... - 1835) | | |_____________________ | | |--John S. ABERNATHY | (1846 - 1916) | _Reuben SMITH _______ | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788 | _John B. SMITH ______| | | (1792 - 1849) m 1815| | | |_Sarah Beach CLARK __ | | (1773 - 1834) m 1788 |_Rebecca SMITH ______| (1816 - 1905) m 1835| | _John CHAPMAN _______ | | (1763 - 1850) m 1788 |_Elizabeth CHAPMAN __| (1797 - 1853) m 1815| |_Rebecca PEACE ______ (1767 - ....) m 1788
Evidently he had reached the age of majority by the time his father prepared his will, 20 jan 1825, because the next two sons, George and Samuel, were singled out as being underage.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Kellam ABERNATHY | (1803 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| (1770 - 1838) | | __ | | |__| | |__
_James ABERNATHY ____+ | (1783 - 1853) _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1814 - 1894) m 1835| | |_Elizabeth _____ ____ | (.... - 1835) _John S. ABERNATHY _____| | (1846 - 1916) m 1869 | | | _John B. SMITH ______+ | | | (1792 - 1849) m 1815 | |_Rebecca SMITH ______| | (1816 - 1905) m 1835| | |_Elizabeth CHAPMAN __+ | (1797 - 1853) m 1815 | |--Lavina "Vina" ABERNATHY | (1872 - 1960) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Eva Catherine CHRISTY _| (1851 - 1948) m 1869 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_James ABERNATHY ____+ | (1783 - 1853) _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1814 - 1894) m 1835| | |_Elizabeth _____ ____ | (.... - 1835) _Joel Smith ABERNATHY _| | (1856 - 1920) m 1881 | | | _John B. SMITH ______+ | | | (1792 - 1849) m 1815 | |_Rebecca SMITH ______| | (1816 - 1905) m 1835| | |_Elizabeth CHAPMAN __+ | (1797 - 1853) m 1815 | |--Luella M. ABERNATHY | (1890 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Ella E. TIBBS ________| (1864 - ....) m 1881 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
Middle initial could be Y? In 1870, he is a farm hand with the John Q. Hairgrove family in Jackson Tp., Van Buren Co., IA (p. 285).
_Hugh ABERNATHY _____ | (1740 - 1826) _James ABERNATHY ____| | (1783 - 1853) | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______ | (1770 - 1838) _William T. ABERNATHY _| | (1830 - ....) m 1851 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| | (.... - 1835) | | |_____________________ | | |--Madison L. ABERNATHY | (1852 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Eliza Ann STUBBS _____| (1830 - 1860) m 1851 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
Apparently dead by 1825, although some genealogists say she survived until 1852. There is a bequest to her son William Burns in the will of Hugh Abernathy, but not one directly for her, implying that she had already died.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Mary ABERNATHY | (1805 - 1825) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| (1770 - 1838) | | __ | | |__| | |__
The first wife of Reuben Peace Smith, named as Mary Smith in the deed of 1849 in which Reuben Smith sells back to his father 50 acres of land in Prairie Tp., Davis Co., IA which he had purchased in 1847 from his father. Her probable identity as Mary, daughter of James Abernathy, is deduced from her residence with James Abernathy in the 1850 census, but no probate or land records have yet been located to confirm this hypothesis.
__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | |__ | _James ABERNATHY ____| | (1783 - 1853) | | | __ | | | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| | (1770 - 1838) | | |__ | | |--Mary ABERNATHY | (1824 - 1856) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| (.... - 1835) | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | |__ | _George ABERNATHY ___| | (1810 - 1874) m 1831| | | __ | | | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| | (1770 - 1838) | | |__ | | |--Mary Ann ABERNATHY | (1830 - ....) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Dorcas SLATER ______| (1810 - 1875) m 1831| | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
_Hugh ABERNATHY _____ | (1740 - 1826) _James ABERNATHY ____| | (1783 - 1853) | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______ | (1770 - 1838) _William T. ABERNATHY _| | (1830 - ....) m 1851 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| | (.... - 1835) | | |_____________________ | | |--Mary E. ABERNATHY | (1860 - 1860) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Eliza Ann STUBBS _____| (1830 - 1860) m 1851 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
[5248] Age at death was listed as 2 months.
_James ABERNATHY ____+ | (1783 - 1853) _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1814 - 1894) m 1835| | |_Elizabeth _____ ____ | (.... - 1835) _Oliver H. ABERNATHY _| | (1849 - 1925) m 1871 | | | _John B. SMITH ______+ | | | (1792 - 1849) m 1815 | |_Rebecca SMITH ______| | (1816 - 1905) m 1835| | |_Elizabeth CHAPMAN __+ | (1797 - 1853) m 1815 | |--Minar ABERNATHY | (1883 - 1884) | _____________________ | | | _Jonas UPP __________| | | (1816 - ....) | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mary I. UPP _________| (1852 - 1893) m 1871 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Moses ABERNATHY | (1801 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| (1770 - 1838) | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Nancy ABERNATHY | (1790 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| (1770 - 1838) | | __ | | |__| | |__
1880: Folker Tp., Clark Co., MO. 1900: same place, p. 12.
_Hugh ABERNATHY _____ | (1740 - 1826) _James ABERNATHY ____| | (1783 - 1853) | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______ | (1770 - 1838) _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1814 - 1894) m 1835| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| | (.... - 1835) | | |_____________________ | | |--Oliver H. ABERNATHY | (1849 - 1925) | _Reuben SMITH _______ | | (1767 - 1840) m 1788 | _John B. SMITH ______| | | (1792 - 1849) m 1815| | | |_Sarah Beach CLARK __ | | (1773 - 1834) m 1788 |_Rebecca SMITH ______| (1816 - 1905) m 1835| | _John CHAPMAN _______ | | (1763 - 1850) m 1788 |_Elizabeth CHAPMAN __| (1797 - 1853) m 1815| |_Rebecca PEACE ______ (1767 - ....) m 1788
__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | |__ | _George ABERNATHY ___| | (1810 - 1874) m 1831| | | __ | | | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| | (1770 - 1838) | | |__ | | |--Rebecca Jane ABERNATHY | (1847 - ....) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Dorcas SLATER ______| (1810 - 1875) m 1831| | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
Were Thomas and Richard Abernathy twins? Thomas' birthdate is estimated from his tombstone, and Richard's from census records. Richard is in Rush Co., IN in 1850 with wife Rebecca.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Richard ABERNATHY | (1799 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| (1770 - 1838) | | __ | | |__| | |__
Apparently the son of James, who settled very close to him in the 1840's along the line between Davis and Van Buren Counties, IA. He could not be a son of George Abernathy and Dorcas Slater, who were in the area in the 1840's, because George (1810-1874) and Dorcas were not married until 1831. Likewise, he is too old to be a son of Richard Abernathy (brother of James) because he did not marry until 1820 and his family remained in Indiana.
He entered land in the E 1/2 NE 1/4 Sec. 17, T 68N, R 11 E, in Van Buren Co., IA, March 20, 1840.
__ | _Hugh ABERNATHY _____| | (1740 - 1826) | | |__ | _James ABERNATHY ____| | (1783 - 1853) | | | __ | | | | |_Mary HAMILTON ______| | (1770 - 1838) | | |__ | | |--Richard B. ABERNATHY | (1817 - 1860) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Elizabeth _____ ____| (.... - 1835) | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__