James R. Abernathy

Birth Date

c1829

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Lyon County, Kentucky, minister and soldier. Fayette County, Kentucky, native. Married to Mary Elizabeth Abernathy Abernathy in Christian County, Kentucky, on May 6, 1852. Father of Ashley W. Abernathy, Thomas Lewis Abernathy, James Luther Abernathy, Mollie Abernathy, and Emma Abernathy. Methodist minister in Lyon County in 1860. Resident of Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1862. Served in the 80th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a sergeant and first lieutenant from August 25, 1862, to March 8, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lyon County, p. 721.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Marion County, Centralia Ward 3, p. 38A.
"Abernathy, James R," Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Detail Report, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL, https://apps.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do.
Index to Complied Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Illinois, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M539, Roll 0001.
"James R. Abernathy (1829-1922)," Find A Grave, Memorial #54992183, accessed October 5, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54992183.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Christian County Marriages, Film #000465562, p. 215.

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