Clarissa Jane ABNEY
F, b. 23 November 1819, d. 17 April 1890
- Relationship
- 3rd cousin 3 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Clarissa Jane ABNEY, daughter of Lark ABNEY and Martha REARDON, was born on 23 November 1819 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. She was also known as Claricy Jean.
Clarissa Jane ABNEY was named an heir in the will of Lark ABNEY dated 6 August 1822 in Monroe County, Alabama.1
She was probably one of the two females age 10 to 15 listed in the household of her mother, Martha ABNEY, in the 1830 Federal Census of Monroe County, Alabama.
Clarissa married Hugh Rankin in 1833 in Monroe County, Alabama.
Hugh died on 31 January 1865 in Monroe County, Alabama, leaving Clarissa Jane ABNEY as a widow with seven children.
Clarissa Jane ABNEY died on 17 April 1890 in Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama, at age 70.
Her obituary appeared 2 May 1890 in the The Monroe Journal, published in Claiborne, Alabama. Mrs. Clarissa Jane Rankin, nee Abney, was born Nov. 23, 1819, and died at her home in Monroeville, April 17, 1890, aged 70 years, 4 months, and 24 days.
The following history of the subject of this notice has been obtained from record of the family.
Clarissa Jane was the daughter of Capt. Lark and Martha Abney. In her14th year she was married to Hugh Rankin.
She professed religion and joined the Bethany Baptist Church at Burnt Corn before she was twenty years of age, and continued in the same communion until her death.
January 31, 1865 she became a widow with seven children-- five daughters and two sons. In 1879 her oldest son was killed, and in 1883 the other died of yellow fever in Brewton, Ala. The three score and ten years through which she lived afford a history that indicates the struggles necessary to survive the changes wrought. [Remainder omiited as no useful information]
Clarissa Jane ABNEY was named an heir in the will of Lark ABNEY dated 6 August 1822 in Monroe County, Alabama.1
She was probably one of the two females age 10 to 15 listed in the household of her mother, Martha ABNEY, in the 1830 Federal Census of Monroe County, Alabama.
Clarissa married Hugh Rankin in 1833 in Monroe County, Alabama.
Hugh died on 31 January 1865 in Monroe County, Alabama, leaving Clarissa Jane ABNEY as a widow with seven children.
Clarissa Jane ABNEY died on 17 April 1890 in Monroeville, Monroe County, Alabama, at age 70.
Her obituary appeared 2 May 1890 in the The Monroe Journal, published in Claiborne, Alabama. Mrs. Clarissa Jane Rankin, nee Abney, was born Nov. 23, 1819, and died at her home in Monroeville, April 17, 1890, aged 70 years, 4 months, and 24 days.
The following history of the subject of this notice has been obtained from record of the family.
Clarissa Jane was the daughter of Capt. Lark and Martha Abney. In her14th year she was married to Hugh Rankin.
She professed religion and joined the Bethany Baptist Church at Burnt Corn before she was twenty years of age, and continued in the same communion until her death.
January 31, 1865 she became a widow with seven children-- five daughters and two sons. In 1879 her oldest son was killed, and in 1883 the other died of yellow fever in Brewton, Ala. The three score and ten years through which she lived afford a history that indicates the struggles necessary to survive the changes wrought. [Remainder omiited as no useful information]
Last Edited=13 Jan 2019
Citations
- [S175] ADAH Surnames Files;, Will recorded Monroe Co., AL Will Book C, pg. 112-114, 184.
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