In Honor of Dad’s Birthday – [Photo Collection of: C A Abernathy] (2017 Update)

This post is in HONOR of my Dad, GERALD LEE ABERNATHY, and his birthday today.

Here is what can be seen online about him (via a Google search):

“Gerald Lee Abernathy” View Results/CLICK HERE

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Here are some of my fond memories of Dad […more to be add later…]
— C A Abernathy

[NOTE: Minor edit, adjustments made: 4 September 2017]

William Reese Owsley III – Obituary | Anniston Star – Monday, 3 May 2010 [Excerpt/LINK] (2017)

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William Reese Owsley III Obituary: View William Owsley’s Obituary by The Anniston Star

William Reese Owsley III

[Photo on source site]

Funeral services for William Reese Owsley III, 44, of Franklin, Tenn., formerly of Anniston, will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at Parker Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Mack Amis, the Rev. Kevin Garrett and the Rev. Jim Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery with K. L. Brown Memory Chapel directing services.

[…more on source site — SEE: ABOVE LINK]

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NOTE:
Will (Bill) Owsley is a very distant cousin of mine.
I met him while he was playing guitar for a band based out of Anniston, Alabama — known as THE CHANGE.
He (Bill Owsley) was about 17 years old at the time…

For further genealogy details, I need to follow-up on several paternal and maternal family lines — I hope to do this in the (near) future.
— C A Abernathy

Group One: Very Tightly Related [LINK/Lead] – (2017)

Group One: Very Tightly Related

via <!—a href=”http://bellsouthpwp.net/n/s/nss8660/DNA/Ko.html”>K0 — LINK May be dead…

“Browse All Photos” [C A Abernathy’s site and Photo Collection] (2017)

“Abernathycat Family Tree”

— via: Browse All Photos.

History of Rutherford College, (Burke County) North Carolina – [Excerpt/LINK/LEAD] (2017)

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NOTE: He is to some degree my kin.

Will need to review data to find the details.

— C A Abernathy

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William Ellis Abernethy Biography

William Ellis Abernethy, educator, was born at Rutherford College, N.C., May 28, 1860; Son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Labon and Mary Ann (Hayes) Abernethy. His first ancestor in America, Robert Abernethy, came from Scotland, settled in North Carolina, and was a prominent member of the Halifax state constitutional convention of 1776. William Ellis was graduated at Rutherford college, of which his father was president, in 1877. He studied law under Col. George N. Folk, of Lanier, N.C., in 1880; was county superintendent of public instruction 1890-’93; twice declined the nomination of the dominant party for state senator; and served as professor of law and English literature in Rutherford college, 1881-’94, and succeeded to the presidency of the college on the death of his father in 1894.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

via History of Rutherford College, (Burke County) North Carolina United States of America.

History of Rutherford College, (Burke County) North Carolina – [LINK/Lead/Excerpt] (2017)

[EXCERPT]

NOTE: He is to some degree my kin.

Will need to review data to find the details.

— C A Abernathy

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Robert Labon Abernethy Biography

Robert Labon Abernethy, educator, was born in Lincoln county, N.C., April 3, 1822; son of Turner and Fannie (Wedner) Abernethy. His father was a farmer and his first ancestor in America was John Abernethy, a near kinsman of the eminent English surgeon. He was brought up on the farm and had no school privileges. He gained a knowledge of English grammar from a second-hand textbook, and taught children in the neighborhood, extending his teaching as he gained further knowledge from such books as he could obtain. He became a minister in the Methodist church in 1840, preaching in the South Carolina conference, 1840-’43. In 1850 John Rutherford founded Rutherford college in Burke county, N.C., and the young Methodist preacher was made its first president.

via History of Rutherford College, (Burke County) North Carolina United States of America.

Biography-William Ellis ABERNETHY, Born: 1860 NC – Halifax – Message [EXcerpt/LINK/Lead] (2017)

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NOTE: He is to some degree my kin.

Will need to review data to find the details.

— C A Abernathy
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Biography-William Ellis ABERNETHY, Born: 1860 NC New

DelorisWilliams87 (View posts) Posted: 17 Apr 2005 3:47AM GMT

Classification: Biography

Surnames: ABERNETHY, HAYES

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume I

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Acheson, Alexander Wilson

ABERNETHY, William Ellis, educator, was born at Rutherford College, N.C., May 28, 1860; Son of the Rev. Dr. Robert Labon and Mary Ann (Hayes) Abernethy. His first ancestor in America, Robert Abernethy, came from Scotland, settled in North Carolina, and was a prominent member of the Halifax state constitutional convention of 1776. William Ellis was graduated at Rutherford college, of which his father was president, in 1877. He studied law under Col. George N. Folk, of Lanier, N.C., in 1880; was county superintendent of public instruction 1890-’93; twice declined the nomination of the dominant party for state senator; and served as professor of law and English literature in Rutherford college, 1881-’94, and succeeded to the presidency of the college on the death of his father in 1894.

via Biography-William Ellis ABERNETHY, Born: 1860 NC – Halifax – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com.