 1865 - 1948 (83 years)
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| Name |
Harry Thomas Abernathy |
| Born |
23 May 1865 |
Leavenworth County, Kansas  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
15 Sep 1948 |
Missouri |
| Buried |
Mt Washington Cemetery Independence, Jackson County, Missouri |
| Person ID |
I12660561095 |
Abernathy, William and Sarah Samuels |
| Last Modified |
3 Dec 2013 |
| Father |
James Logan Abernathy, b. 20 Mar 1833, Warren County, Ohio , d. 16 Dec 1902, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Martin, b. 21 Sep 1835, Hamilton County, Ohio , d. 21 Sep 1926, Leavenworth County, Kansas (Age 91 years) |
| Married |
4 Apr 1840 |
Parke County, Indiana |
| Family ID |
F517754617 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 1 |
Mary Stevenson, b. Oct 1865, Missouri , d. 1919, Jackson County, Missouri (Age ~ 53 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. James Logan Abernathy, b. 8 Feb 1891, Jackson County, Missouri , d. 29 Jul 1980, Riverside County, California (Age 89 years) |
| + | 2. Taylor S Abernathy, b. 29 Mar 1892, Jackson County, Missouri , d. Jul 1987, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (Age 95 years) |
| | 3. Mary Abernathy, b. Abt 1901, Jackson County, Missouri |
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| Last Modified |
3 Dec 2013 |
| Family ID |
F7557276508 |
Group Sheet |
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| Notes |
- 1880 Census Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas as Harry ABERNATHY
1900 Census Kansas City Ward 7, Jackson, Missouri as Harry ABERNATHY
1910 Census Kansas Ward 4, Jackson, Missouri as Harry K ABERNATHY
1920 Census Kansas City Ward 3, Jackson, Missouri as Harry T ABERNATHY
1930 Census Washington, Jackson, Missouri as Harry J ABERNATHY
1940 Census Washington, Jackson, Missouri as Harry T ABERNATHY
- From:
Rolls of Members
Society Sons of the Revolution
State of Missouri
Elected 1903
Abernathy, Harry Thomas, Kansas City.
Great-great-great- grandson of James Moore, Captain 4th Pennsylvania Battalion, 5th January, 1776; Captain 5th Pennsylvania, December 1776, to rank from 5th January 1776; Major 1st Pennsylvania 20th September 1777; trandferred to 2nd Pennsylvania, 1st January 1783 and served to Novemeber 1783, before the end of his service his rank was Brigade-Major.
Great-great- grandson of James Marshall , Captain 13th Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Walter Stewart 1776.
Great-great- grandson of William PcPheeters, a soldier in the Augusta County, Virginia Militia 1776
Harry T. Abernathy was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, May 23, 1865, the son of Col. James L. Abernathy, the pioneer furniture manufacturer of the West.
Harry came to Kansas City and became cashier of the company. He held the position for eight years, and in 1895 was given the place of assistant cashier of the First National Bank. He was the treasurer of Park College for four years.
He was married in 1890 to Miss Stevenson, of Leavenworth, and they had three children, two boys and a girl.
Harry's father Mr. Abernathy had taken a strong attitude against the pro-slavery factions and had voted for Abraham Lincoln. It is believed that he recruited the second Kansas company for the war and later he was commissioned captain of Company K Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and was in command of his company on its forced march from Fort Scott, in the dead of winter, to the beleagued, isolated post of Fort Kearney, in Western Nebraska. Still later he served all through the Cumberland Valley campaign, and was a participant in the Battle of Chickamauga. When peace was declared he laid aside the sword and again resumed the peaceful pursuits of commerce at Leavenworth.
While his brother was serving his country, William Abernathy had become interested in a wholesale and retail furniture business at Kansas City, under the firm name of Woods & Abernathy, and Colonel Abernathy became connected with this concern, and in 1869, upon his brother's death, succeeded to his interest. About this time he also became associated in the firm of Abernathy, North & Orrison, and later, as a silent partner, in its successor, the firm of North, Orrison & Co. For business reasons, and to separate the wholesale from the retail trade, other affiliated concerns grew up, such as the J. H. North Furniture & Carpet Company, and its successor, the Duff & Repp Furniture Company. The manufacturing and jobbing departments at Leavenworth, in the meantime, had grown to gigantic proportions and expansion continued.
Colonel Abernathy was active and seemingly untiring in many directions. He was gifted with a keen business acumen which was the potent reason for the wonderful success that attended his various investments. As time passed he became connected with numerous enterprises at Leavenworth. His abundant, tireless energy prevented him from taking life easy and found relief in many useful ways. In 1886 he was one of the organizers of the First National Bank of Kansas City, of which he was director, vice president and president. He served as mayor of Leavenworth for three years, having been elected in 1873, on the citizens' ticket. As a commissioner of the metropolitan police board, by appointment of Governor Humphrey, he was one of the first to attempt the enforcement of the new prohibition liquor laws. He was interested financially, officially or otherwise, in many enterprises in and about Leavenworth, all contributive to her growth and progress and to the furthering of her good name, of which he was jealously proud. After the close of the Civil war he was one of the commissioners named to locate the Kansas soldier's monument in Chickamauga Park.
In 1859 Colonel Abernathy was married to Elizabeth Martin, and a family of six children was born to them, namely: Frank, who died in infancy; William M., Walter L., Harry T., Omar and Cora, who is the wife of Dr. A. G. Hull. Colonel Abernathy died December 16, 1902- U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 about Harry T Abernathy
Name: Harry T Abernathy
Birth Date: 23 May 1865
Birth Place: Leavenworth, Kansas
Age: 56
Passport Issue Date: 11 Jun 1921
Passport Includes a Photo: Yes
Residence: Kansas City, Missouri
Father Name: James L Abernathy
Father's Birth Location: Ohio
Father's Residence: Deceased
States wife is Bessie C Abernathy
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