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Evelyn Lilly ABNEY

F, b. 15 December 1883, d. 24 March 1911
Evelyn Lilly ABNEY|b. 15 Dec 1883\nd. 24 Mar 1911|p32.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.
Evelyn Lilly Abney, tombstone
     
     Evelyn Lilly ABNEY was born on 15 December 1883 in the Abney House "Trail's End", near Randolph, Chilton County, Alabama, daughter of Samuel ABNEY IV and Martha Anne WALKER.1
     Evelyn Lilly ABNEY 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
     Evelyn Lilly ABNEY was educated in Alabama Girls' Industrial School, Montevallo, between 1901 and 1903.3
     Evelyn Lilly ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 15 April 1910, in the household of Samuel ABNEY IV in Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama.4 On 22 July 1910, as part of the pageantry of the unveiling and dedication of the Confederate monument in Centreville, a parade was held before 4,000 visitors. The chief attraction of the parade was provided by the twelve most popular young women, each representing a Southern state and each seated by an escort in a buggy decorated with confetti. Evelyn Abney symbolized South Carolina; Nell Steele, Mississippi; Olivia Wallace, Alabama; Annie Weaver, Georgia; Emma Love Riley, Louisiana; Margaret H. Hogan, Texas; Ray Stewart, Virginia; Beulah Avery, Arkansas; Dorothy Smith, North Carolina; Jessie Fondren, Tennessee; Delia James; Missouri; and Pearl Oglesby, Kentucky. More than 100 Confederate Veterans also participated, including Evelyn's proud father, Sam Abney. Capt. Zach Abney, Lt. Phil Vance, and Jacob Dennis Mayberry were there from Co. F 11th Alabama Infantry. Mary Mayberry, UDC president, unveiled the statue.5 Evelyn never married. She was engaged, but died of typhoid fever before the wedding.6 She died on 24 March 1911 in the Abney House, Maplesville, Chilton County, Alabama, at age 27. She was said to have been a very beautiful girl ("the prettiest of the lot") with lots of beaux and her father was very grieved over her death.7,1 She was buried in the Abney Family Cemetery.7,8

Last Edited=24 Jun 2008

Citations

  1. [S276] Edgefield Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, ABCDs of Edgefield, Samuel Abney 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. [S591] Amy D. Minor, "Enrollment Records," e-mail to John K. Brown, 14 August 2006.
  4. [S262] 1910 U. S. Census, Chilton County, Alabama, Samuel Abney household #125, Vol. 16, ED 48.
  5. [S187] Rhoda Coleman Ellison, Bibb County, Alabama, pg. 217-219.
  6. [S199] Abney Hintgen Brewer, "Abney Research," e-mail to John K. Brown.
  7. [S72] Abney Hintgen Brewer. "Abney Family History", (Unpublished manuscript), 1993 Author's Personal Collection.
  8. [S5] Howard F. McCord, Cemeteries of Bibb County, Alabama 1817-1974.

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