Estelle ABNEY

F, b. 12 August 1876, d. 6 July 1928
Pedigree
Relationship
Grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Estelle Abney McMillan
     Estelle ABNEY, daughter of Samuel ABNEY IV and Martha Anne WALKER, was born on 12 August 1876 at the Abney Plantation in Chilton County, Alabama.1

Estelle ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 2 June 1880, in the household of her parents Samuel ABNEY IV and Martha Anne WALKER in Beat 7, Chilton County, Alabama. She was recorded as daughter Estelle Abney, age 3, born Alabama.

Estelle ABNEY was attended the in Alabama Girls' Industrial School, Montevallo, Alabama, between 1899 and 1900. The school had been founded in 1896 and at this time would have had about 400 students.2,3

Estelle ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 18 June 1900, in the household of her parents Samuel ABNEY IV and Martha Anne WALKER in Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama. She was 21 years old.4

Estelle married Benjamin Swanson McMILLAN on 17 June 1919 at the Abney Plantation in Chilton County, Alabama. He was a widower and a store manager in Brewton. They did not have any children.1

Estelle operated a millinery business in Birmingham and Anniston.

Estelle ABNEY died on 6 July 1928 in York, Sumter County, Alabama, at age 51.5 She was buried in Abney Cemetery, Chilton County, Alabama.
Last Edited=28 Jun 2023

Citations

  1. [S276] Edgefield Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, ABCDs of Edgefield, Samuel Abney IV Bible, pg. 114.
  2. [S591] Amy D. Minor, "Enrollment Records," e-mail to John K. Brown, 14 August 2006.
  3. [S1155] "AGIS Bulletin 1907" , 1907, Vol. 1 No. 2, pg. 19.
  4. [S103] 1900 U. S. Census, Chilton County, Alabama, Sam Abney household #173, pg. 128A, Maplesville, Precinct 7, Vol. 10, ED 31, Sheet 10, Line 19.
  5. [S805] Abney Hintgen Brewer, Legacy of Samuel Abney, pg. 60.

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