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Sterling Abernathy 1811–1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Nov 1811

Birth Location: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 2 Apr 1879

Death Location: Giles, Tennessee

Father: James Abernathy

Mother: Mary Jennings

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Sterling Abernathy was born in 1811 in Brunswick County, Virginia, USA, the child of James Burwell Abernathy And Mary Frances Jennings. Sterling Abernathy passed away in 1879 in Giles, Tennessee.

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Biography

  • Sterling Abernathy was born in 1811 in Brunswick County, Virginia, USA, the child of James Burwell Abernathy And Mary Frances Jennings.
  • Sterling Abernathy passed away in 1879 in Giles, Tennessee.

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Sterling Abernathy's Ancestors

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Sterling Abernathy
1811–1879
Birth Place: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
Parents
James Burwell Abernathy
1780–1838
Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America
Mary (Frances) Jennings
1783–1850
Brunswick, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Buckner Abernathy
1745–1850
Bristol Parish, Brunswick, Virginia, United States
Hulda Rivers
1763–1835
Albemarle Parish, Sussex, Virginia, USA
Benjamin Jennings
1760–1820
Rebecca Jennings
1760–
Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Abernathy
1722–1812
Lucy Harwell
1723–1813
John Sr
1736–1774
Martha HARPER
1739–1765
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sterling Abernathy's Timeline

2 Records

1811
20 Nov 1811
Birth of Sterling Abernathy in Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
1879
2 Apr 1879
Age 68
Death of Sterling Abernathy in Giles, Tennessee
Giles, Tennessee

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Nov 1811
    Event Place: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Apr 1879
    Event Place: Giles, Tennessee

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