880. Edward Randolph ABERNATHY
was born about 1837 in Brunswick Co., VA. He Enlisted on 16 Apr 1863 in
?. enl. 4/18/1863 age 19 in Neblett's Heavy Artillery (later called Coleman's)
- discharged due to severe cough; conscripted later in war and assigned
Co.E, 56th VA; admitted Chimborazo 2/25/1865 with bronchitis - returned
to duty 4/4/1865; POW Farmville 4/6/1865 - took oath and released
from Pt. Lookout 6/22/1865; brown hair, hazel eyes, light complexion,
5'10 1/2", b. about 1844 to Benjamin and Ann E. Pritchett Abernathy;
brother of Percival Smith and William Mormon Abernathy; farmer before
and after war in Brunswick; m. Lucy Frances Delbridge 12/13/1865 -
6 children; member Bethel Methodist Church; died 1879 - buried Oakwood
Cemetery - Lawrenceville, Brunswick Co. He died on 1 Dec 1879 in Brunswick Co.,
VA. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lawrenceville, VA. He is/was Farmer.
He was described as Age: 42. Civil War
Poss. b. abt 1844
He was married to Lucy Frances DELBRIDGE on 13 Dec 1865 in
Bruswick Co., VA. Lucy Frances DELBRIDGE was born
about 1837 in Brunswick Co., VA. She died in 1894 in Totaro Township, VA. She
was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lawrenceville, VA. She was described as Age:
57. Edward Randolph ABERNATHY and Lucy Frances DELBRIDGE had the following children:
+1402 i.
Charles Pickett ABERNATHY.
1403 ii.
Edmund H ABERNATHY II was born on 28 Apr 1868 in Brunswick Co., VA. He
died in Brunswick Co., VA. He was described as Age: 129.
+1404 iii.
Thomas Benjamin ABERNATHY.
+1405 iv.
Sidney Jones ABERNATHY.
+1406 v.
Walton James ABERNATHY.
+1407 vi.
Lucy Ella ABERNATHY.
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