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Augusta ABNEY

F, b. 15 October 1871, d. 25 May 1950
Augusta ABNEY|b. 15 Oct 1871\nd. 25 May 1950|p26.htm|Samuel ABNEY IV|b. 10 Sep 1835\nd. 12 Feb 1917|p24.htm|Martha Anne WALKER|b. 25 Oct 1845\nd. 25 May 1922|p25.htm|Thomas H. ABNEY|b. 1795\nd. 17 Jan 1870|p39.htm|Mary A. Gosden|b. 30 Mar 1793\nd. 3 Apr 1848|p40.htm|William WALKER|b. 3 Mar 1812\nd. 28 Jan 1891|p35.htm|Sarah V. SHELTON|b. 7 Mar 1827\nd. 20 Sep 1874|p36.htm|

Relationship=Grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
     
     Augusta ABNEY was born on 15 October 1871 in Chilton County, Alabama, daughter of Samuel ABNEY IV and Martha Anne WALKER.1 Augusta ABNEY also went by the name of Gussie.
     No proof has been found, but it is believed within the family that Gussie was educated at Randolph Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. George Brown said that the Walker's financed her education.
     Augusta married first Jacob KNUPP on 1 February 1900 in Abney House, Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama.1
     Augusta KNUPP appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1900, in the household of Samuel ABNEY IV and Martha Anne WALKER in Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama.2
     Augusta married second George A. Knight before 1935.3
     Augusta ABNEY died on 25 May 1950 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, at age 78.3

Last Edited=20 May 2008

Citations

  1. [S276] Edgefield Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, ABCDs of Edgefield, Samuel Abney IV Bible, pg. 114.
  2. [S103] 1900 U. S. Census, Chilton County, Alabama, Sam Abney household #173, pg. 128A, Maplesville, Precinct 7, Vol. 10, ED 31, Sheet 10, Line 19.
  3. [S544] Sun-Commercial, 26 May 1950, page one.

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