Dr James Samuel Abernethy, Sr

1852 - 1925  (73 years)

• Name	James Samuel Abernethy  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18]
  Title	Dr
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	1 Jun 1852	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LVX8-897
  Occupation	Physician  [13]
  Residence	1860	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [3]
  	Western Division
  Residence	1870	Paw Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA   [4]
  Residence	1880	Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA   [13]
  Residence	1900	Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA   [14]
  Residence	1910	Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA   [9]
  Residence	1920	Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA   [11]
  Burial	1925	Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA   [6, 10, 15, 18]
  Death	12 Jun 1925	Montreat, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA   [2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18]
  		Abernathy, James Samuel (1852-1925)
  Person ID	I44469	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	John Connelly Abernethy,   b. 15 Sep 1821, Paw Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA d. 13 May 1911, Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Johnson Blythe,   b. 2 Dec 1825, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 5 Apr 1877, Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F11637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rebecca Lenora Potts,   b. 1 Feb 1856, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 15 Apr 1898, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1878	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
  Children	1. John Graham Abernethy,   b. 12 May 1880, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA d. 12 Sep 1905, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Francis Monroe Abernethy,   b. 7 Jun 1882, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA d. 23 Sep 1884, North Carolina, USA (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Samuel Abernethy, Jr,   b. 16 Apr 1885, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA d. 7 Nov 1965, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Nancy Rebecca Abernethy,   b. 18 Feb 1887, Wade, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA d. 21 Jan 1981, Wade, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 5. Mary Belle Abernethy,   b. 20 May 1888, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA d. 28 Feb 1914, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Kate Potts Abernethy,   b. Oct 1889, North Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Walter Irwin Abernethy,   b. 6 Oct 1891, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 17 Jan 1966, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Minnie Abernethy,   b. May 1893, North Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Elizabeth Annie Abernethy,   b. Oct 1895, North Carolina, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F19067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Hattie Baxter Davidson,   b. 27 Sep 1871, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 1 Nov 1933, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1904	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA   [7]
  Children	> 1. Infant Daughter Abernethy,   b. 27 Nov 1905, North Carolina, USA d. 27 Nov 1905, North Carolina, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Margaret Caldwell Abernethy,   b. 10 Oct 1907, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 1 Feb 1919, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA (Age 11 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Sarah Harper Abernethy,   b. 17 Sep 1909, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA d. 17 Aug 2004, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Infant Daughter Abernethy,   b. 13 Sep 1911, North Carolina, USA d. 13 Sep 1911, North Carolina, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F16933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1 Jun 1852 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Residence - Western Division - 1860 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1870 - Paw Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Marriage - 18 Dec 1878 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1880 - Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1900 - Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Marriage - 22 Jun 1904 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1910 - Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Residence - 1920 - Long Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Burial - 1925 - Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Death - 12 Jun 1925 - Montreat, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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Record for May Bell Heirnetby https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60090&h=1656880&indiv=try [S615] Sommerville, Charles William, History of Hopewell Presbyterian Church, (Name: Hopewell Presbyterian Church; Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA; Date: 1939;), Abernethy, James Samuel Sr (1852-1925) Page 287 https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/?count=50&f-F00032DB=287, NCR 285.1756 M43 H791 S. Available on ancestry.com. Has many interesting biographies of members https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/ https://archive.org/details/historyofhopewel01somm https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10497/?count=50&f-F00032DB=287