Perrin's History: "James C. Abney was born 25 Aug 1832 in the south part of LaRue County and is the eldest child of Robert M and Catharine P. (Smith) Abney, parents of 8 sons and 2 daughters. Robert M. Abney was born on the banks of the Green River, Green County. 5 Jan 1808 and while yet single moved to and settled on the south fork of Nolen Creek, where he died Nov 1879 a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a son of John Abney of Virginia who married Tamer McClannahan and came to Green Co. Kentucky about 1800.
JAMES C. ABNEY was born August 25, 1832, in the south part of La Rue County, and is the eldest child of Robert M. and Catharine P. (Smith) Abney, parents of eight sons and two daughters. Robert M. Abney was born on the banks of the Green River, Green County, January 5, 1808, and while yet single moved to and settled on the south fork of Nolin Creek, where he died in November, 1879, a member of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a son of John Abney, of Virginia, who married Hamer McClannahan, and came to Green County, Ky., about 1800. Mrs. Catharine (Smith) Abney was born in Danville, Ky., and was a daughter of Aaron Smith, who married Rebecca Fry, an aunt of Gen. Fry. James C. Abney, who was reared a farmer, at twenty commenced for himself on rented land, and at twenty-one purchased his first farm. At twenty-two he started a grocery at Nelson Furnace, near his present home. He soon quit the grocery and bought 202 acres two miles south of his present place, the most of which he improved, November 13, 1856, he married Sophia N. Slaughter, daughter of John S. and Mildred F. (Cash) Slaughter.. natives of Hardin and Grayson Counties, respectively. Mrs. Mildred F. Slaughter was a granddaughter of Rev. Warren Cash, a soldier of the Revolution for seven years. John S. Slaughter was a son of Thomas K. Slaughter, of Virginia. In 1878 J. C. Abney moved to Buffaloto educate his children, and in June, 1881, located where he now resides on twenty acres, which he has improved with residence and store. As far back as 1875 he had had a stroke of paralysis, which led to his entering into mercantile life. Mr. Abney had three brothers in Company F, Fifteenth Kentucky Regiment, of whom two were killed at Perryville and one at Atlanta. Of his four children, John Robert and William A. are deceased; Josie A. married H. Gardner, and Charles N., business partner with his father, married Nora Beavers, daughter of B. G. Beavers, of Magnolia. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Abney are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Mr. Abney is a Mason, and was formerly a Whig, having cast his first presidential vote for Millard Fillmore.
In the 1900 LaRue County Census, Magnolia district, James C. Abney was family 7. He was 67 years old and married 43 years to Sphiia W., 65, mother of 4, 2 living children. They lived alone with a servant, Nancy Price, 28.
(added by Russell Perkins)
JAMES C. ABNEY was born August 25, 1832, in the south part of La Rue County, and is the eldest child of Robert M. and Catharine P. (Smith) Abney, parents of eight sons and two daughters. Robert M. Abney was born on the banks of the Green River, Green County, January 5, 1808, and while yet single moved to and settled on the south fork of Nolin Creek, where he died in November, 1879, a member of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a son of John Abney, of Virginia, who married Hamer McClannahan, and came to Green County, Ky., about 1800. Mrs. Catharine (Smith) Abney was born in Danville, Ky., and was a daughter of Aaron Smith, who married Rebecca Fry, an aunt of Gen. Fry. James C. Abney, who was reared a farmer, at twenty commenced for himself on rented land, and at twenty-one purchased his first farm. At twenty-two he started a grocery at Nelson Furnace, near his present home. He soon quit the grocery and bought 202 acres two miles south of his present place, the most of which he improved, November 13, 1856, he married Sophia N. Slaughter, daughter of John S. and Mildred F. (Cash) Slaughter.. natives of Hardin and Grayson Counties, respectively. Mrs. Mildred F. Slaughter was a granddaughter of Rev. Warren Cash, a soldier of the Revolution for seven years. John S. Slaughter was a son of Thomas K. Slaughter, of Virginia. In 1878 J. C. Abney moved to Buffaloto educate his children, and in June, 1881, located where he now resides on twenty acres, which he has improved with residence and store. As far back as 1875 he had had a stroke of paralysis, which led to his entering into mercantile life. Mr. Abney had three brothers in Company F, Fifteenth Kentucky Regiment, of whom two were killed at Perryville and one at Atlanta. Of his four children, John Robert and William A. are deceased; Josie A. married H. Gardner, and Charles N., business partner with his father, married Nora Beavers, daughter of B. G. Beavers, of Magnolia. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Abney are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Mr. Abney is a Mason, and was formerly a Whig, having cast his first presidential vote for Millard Fillmore.
In the 1900 LaRue County Census, Magnolia district, James C. Abney was family 7. He was 67 years old and married 43 years to Sphiia W., 65, mother of 4, 2 living children. They lived alone with a servant, Nancy Price, 28.
(added by Russell Perkins)
Perrin's History: "James C. Abney was born 25 Aug 1832 in the south part of LaRue County and is the eldest child of Robert M and Catharine P. (Smith) Abney, parents of 8 sons and 2 daughters. Robert M. Abney was born on the banks of the Green River, Green County. 5 Jan 1808 and while yet single moved to and settled on the south fork of Nolen Creek, where he died Nov 1879 a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a son of John Abney of Virginia who married Tamer McClannahan and came to Green Co. Kentucky about 1800.
JAMES C. ABNEY was born August 25, 1832, in the south part of La Rue County, and is the eldest child of Robert M. and Catharine P. (Smith) Abney, parents of eight sons and two daughters. Robert M. Abney was born on the banks of the Green River, Green County, January 5, 1808, and while yet single moved to and settled on the south fork of Nolin Creek, where he died in November, 1879, a member of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a son of John Abney, of Virginia, who married Hamer McClannahan, and came to Green County, Ky., about 1800. Mrs. Catharine (Smith) Abney was born in Danville, Ky., and was a daughter of Aaron Smith, who married Rebecca Fry, an aunt of Gen. Fry. James C. Abney, who was reared a farmer, at twenty commenced for himself on rented land, and at twenty-one purchased his first farm. At twenty-two he started a grocery at Nelson Furnace, near his present home. He soon quit the grocery and bought 202 acres two miles south of his present place, the most of which he improved, November 13, 1856, he married Sophia N. Slaughter, daughter of John S. and Mildred F. (Cash) Slaughter.. natives of Hardin and Grayson Counties, respectively. Mrs. Mildred F. Slaughter was a granddaughter of Rev. Warren Cash, a soldier of the Revolution for seven years. John S. Slaughter was a son of Thomas K. Slaughter, of Virginia. In 1878 J. C. Abney moved to Buffaloto educate his children, and in June, 1881, located where he now resides on twenty acres, which he has improved with residence and store. As far back as 1875 he had had a stroke of paralysis, which led to his entering into mercantile life. Mr. Abney had three brothers in Company F, Fifteenth Kentucky Regiment, of whom two were killed at Perryville and one at Atlanta. Of his four children, John Robert and William A. are deceased; Josie A. married H. Gardner, and Charles N., business partner with his father, married Nora Beavers, daughter of B. G. Beavers, of Magnolia. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Abney are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Mr. Abney is a Mason, and was formerly a Whig, having cast his first presidential vote for Millard Fillmore.
In the 1900 LaRue County Census, Magnolia district, James C. Abney was family 7. He was 67 years old and married 43 years to Sphiia W., 65, mother of 4, 2 living children. They lived alone with a servant, Nancy Price, 28.
(added by Russell Perkins)
JAMES C. ABNEY was born August 25, 1832, in the south part of La Rue County, and is the eldest child of Robert M. and Catharine P. (Smith) Abney, parents of eight sons and two daughters. Robert M. Abney was born on the banks of the Green River, Green County, January 5, 1808, and while yet single moved to and settled on the south fork of Nolin Creek, where he died in November, 1879, a member of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a son of John Abney, of Virginia, who married Hamer McClannahan, and came to Green County, Ky., about 1800. Mrs. Catharine (Smith) Abney was born in Danville, Ky., and was a daughter of Aaron Smith, who married Rebecca Fry, an aunt of Gen. Fry. James C. Abney, who was reared a farmer, at twenty commenced for himself on rented land, and at twenty-one purchased his first farm. At twenty-two he started a grocery at Nelson Furnace, near his present home. He soon quit the grocery and bought 202 acres two miles south of his present place, the most of which he improved, November 13, 1856, he married Sophia N. Slaughter, daughter of John S. and Mildred F. (Cash) Slaughter.. natives of Hardin and Grayson Counties, respectively. Mrs. Mildred F. Slaughter was a granddaughter of Rev. Warren Cash, a soldier of the Revolution for seven years. John S. Slaughter was a son of Thomas K. Slaughter, of Virginia. In 1878 J. C. Abney moved to Buffaloto educate his children, and in June, 1881, located where he now resides on twenty acres, which he has improved with residence and store. As far back as 1875 he had had a stroke of paralysis, which led to his entering into mercantile life. Mr. Abney had three brothers in Company F, Fifteenth Kentucky Regiment, of whom two were killed at Perryville and one at Atlanta. Of his four children, John Robert and William A. are deceased; Josie A. married H. Gardner, and Charles N., business partner with his father, married Nora Beavers, daughter of B. G. Beavers, of Magnolia. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Abney are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Mr. Abney is a Mason, and was formerly a Whig, having cast his first presidential vote for Millard Fillmore.
In the 1900 LaRue County Census, Magnolia district, James C. Abney was family 7. He was 67 years old and married 43 years to Sphiia W., 65, mother of 4, 2 living children. They lived alone with a servant, Nancy Price, 28.
(added by Russell Perkins)
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