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Melissa Anne Abernathy 1846 – 1886 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Jan 1846

Birth Location: Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA

Death Date: 30 Jul 1886

Death Location: Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA

Father: Joseph Abernathy

Mother: Sarah Mobley

Spouse(s): Ealon Duke

Children(s): Emaria Duke, Viola Duke

Melissa Anne Abernathy was born in 1846 in Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA, the child of Joseph Thomas Abernathy and Sarah Elizabeth Mobley. Melissa Anne Abernathy married Ealon Duke, and had children including Emaria Cornelia Duke, Viola Missouri Duke. Melissa Anne Abernathy passed away in 1886 in Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA.

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Biography

  • Melissa Anne Abernathy was born in 1846 in Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA, the child of Joseph Thomas Abernathy and Sarah Elizabeth Mobley.
  • Melissa Anne Abernathy married Ealon Duke, and had children including Emaria Cornelia Duke, Viola Missouri Duke.
  • Melissa Anne Abernathy passed away in 1886 in Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Abernathy
1824 – 1859
Birth Location: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
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Sarah Mobley
1826 – 1860
Birth Location: Macon, Alabama, USA
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Spouses(s)

Ealon Duke
1845 – 1904
Birth Location: Coosa, Alabama, USA
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Children(s)

Emaria Duke
1870 – 1948
Birth Location: Coosa, Alabama, USA
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Viola Duke
1867 – 1910
Birth Location: Alabama, USA
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Melissa Abernathy's Ancestors

Self
Melissa Abernathy
1846 – 1886
Birth Place: Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA
Parents
Joseph Thomas Abernathy
1824 – 1859
Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Sarah (Elizabeth) Mobley
1826 – 1860
Macon, Alabama, USA
Grandparents
Thomas (Jefferson) Mobley
1803 – 1863
Jones, Georgia, USA
Nancy (M) Segrest
1804 – 1870
Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Segrest
1777 – 1850
Rachel Munger
1778 – 1808
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Melissa Abernathy's Descendants

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Melissa (Anne) Abernathy (3 Jan 1846 – 30 Jul 1886) m. Ealon Duke (12 Dec 1845 – 30 May 1904)
  1. 1. Emaria (Cornelia) Duke (31 Jul 1870 – 20 Jun 1948) m. Miniard (J) Dunlap (16 Jun 1871 – 29 Nov 1929)
    1. 1. William (Edward) Dunlap (9 Oct 1890 – 9 Dec 1963) m. Olivia Newman (19 Jun 1893 – 7 Nov 1931)
      1. 1. William (Lowell) Dunlap (23 Oct 1912 – 11 Jun 1992) m. Pauline Hicks (28 Apr 1915 – 25 Nov 1992)
      2. 2. Robert (Lincoln) Dunlap (19 Oct 1917 – Jan 1981) m. Macke Rawls (1922 – 4 Sep 2001)
      3. 3. Newman (K) Dunlap (24 Nov 1927 – 22 May 1990)
  2. 2. Viola (Missouri) Duke (1 Nov 1867 – 13 Nov 1910)

Melissa Abernathy's Timeline

2 Records

1846
3 Jan 1846
Birth of Melissa Anne Abernathy in Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA
Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA
1886
30 Jul 1886
Age 40
Death of Melissa Anne Abernathy in Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA
Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Jan 1846
    Event Place: Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jul 1886
    Event Place: Hanover, Coosa, Alabama, USA
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