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Nellie Peck Abney

F, b. 19 December 1888, d. 27 May 1970
Nellie Peck Abney|b. 19 Dec 1888\nd. 27 May 1970|p34.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.
Nell Abney
     
     Nellie Peck Abney was born on 19 December 1888 in Randolph, Chilton County, Alabama, daughter of Samuel ABNEY IV and Martha Anne WALKER.1 She was also known as Nelle.
     Nellie Peck 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
     Nelle Abney was a student between 1904 and 1907 in the Alabama Girls' Industrial School, Montevallo, Alabama. Founded in 1896, this school would later become the University of Montevallo. In 1907 the school's first yearbook, The Chiaroscuro, listed Nell in the freshman class. She apparently left after her freshman year because she did not appear in later yearbooks.3,4
     Nellie married Erasmus Hurt Alley on 25 November 1908 in the parlor of the Abney House, Chilton County, Alabama.1
     Nellie Peck Abney and Erasmus Hurt Alley appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 9 January 1920 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. The household was listed as Erasmus H. Alley, 39, a timber purchaser, born in Alabama and his wife Nell Alley, 30. Their children were Evelyn R., 9, Mamie Nell, 7, Edwin, 4 4/12, born Georgia, and William S., 4 months old, born in Tennessee. The two older girls were born in Alabama. Also living with the family were Erasmus' brother, Robert E. Alley, 23, a time keeper for a manufacturer, and his sister, Mamie, 37, a clerk for an express company.Their parents were born in Tennessee.5
     Nellie Peck Abney and Erasmus Hurt Alley appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 3 April 1930 in Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama. The household was listed as E. H. Alley, 49, superintendent of a saw mill, and his wife, Nell Abney Alley, 38. Their children were Evelyn, 19; Mamie, 17; Edwin H., 14; William S., 11; Gray H., 5; and Forrest C., 7 months old. They lived at Saw Mill Junction and the Auburn Road.6
     Nellie Peck Abney died on 27 May 1970 in Duval County, Florida, at age 81.7 She was buried in the Abney Cemetery, Chilton County, Alabama.

Last Edited=25 Jul 2007

Children of Nellie Peck Abney and Erasmus Hurt Alley

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. [S583] The Chioroscuro,1907, pg. 39 [source: Alabama Department of Archives and History, LPR 158, Box 15].
  4. [S591] Amy D. Minor, "Enrollment Records," e-mail to John K. Brown, 14 August 2006.
  5. [S585] 1920 U.S. Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee, Chattanooga, Ward 9, ED 189, pg. 17A, dwelling 302.
  6. [S586] 1930 U. S. Census, Macon County, Alabama, Tuskegee, ED 4, pg. 2-B, dwelling 44.
  7. [S584] Florida Death Index, 1877-1998, for death of Nelle A. Alley.

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