Samuel Houston ABNEY
M, b. 21 August 1873, d. 23 May 1965
- Relationship
- 1st cousin 2 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Samuel Houston ABNEY, son of Zachariah ABNEY and Alexandria Victoria DOSTER, was born on 21 August 1873 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama.1 He was also known as Bud.
With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. Samuel filled out a draft card on 12 September 1918 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. He was listed as a 45-year-old Prattville farmer. He was discribed as medium height and build, with gray eyes and brown hair.1
Samuel Houston ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 7 April 1930, in the household of his sister Lina Cecil ABNEY in Robinson Springs, Elmore County, Alabama. He was listed as a 57-year-old farm laborer.2
Samuel Houston ABNEY died on 23 May 1965 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, at age 91.3 He was buried in Robinson Springs Cemetery, Elmore County. His grave is unmarked, but probably near the graves of his sister Lina C. Robinson and her husband, Walter F. Robinson.
His obituary appeared 27 May 1965 in the an unknown place , published in an unknown place , an unknown place . The Prattville Progress. Samuel Houston Abney, age 91, died Sunday (May 23) at his home Shady Hill Farms - buried Robinson Springs Cemetery.4
With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. Samuel filled out a draft card on 12 September 1918 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama. He was listed as a 45-year-old Prattville farmer. He was discribed as medium height and build, with gray eyes and brown hair.1
Samuel Houston ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 7 April 1930, in the household of his sister Lina Cecil ABNEY in Robinson Springs, Elmore County, Alabama. He was listed as a 57-year-old farm laborer.2
Samuel Houston ABNEY died on 23 May 1965 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, at age 91.3 He was buried in Robinson Springs Cemetery, Elmore County. His grave is unmarked, but probably near the graves of his sister Lina C. Robinson and her husband, Walter F. Robinson.
His obituary appeared 27 May 1965 in the an unknown place , published in an unknown place , an unknown place . The Prattville Progress. Samuel Houston Abney, age 91, died Sunday (May 23) at his home Shady Hill Farms - buried Robinson Springs Cemetery.4
Last Edited=20 Sep 2022
Citations
- [S166] WWI Draft Registration, online http://www.ancestry.com, Sam Houston Abney, Roll: 1509347.
- [S602] 1930 U. S. Census, Elmore County, Alabama, Lina Robinson household 39, Roll: 13; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 17; Image: 958.0; FHL microfilm: 2339748.
- [S878] "Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1908-1974", FHL Film Number: 1909077.
- [S160] Autauga Ancestry, Vol. 24 No. 2 (2015) pg. 27.
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