Parents of Willie Leola Abernathy were not named on her Tennessee death certificate, and their first names or initials are not readable on the attached photograph of her tombstone.
She lived at South College Street, Nashville, at the time of her death from consumption at age 8 months. Year of birth also not readable in photograph, but was confirmed by her death records.
Adjacent burial is Rhoda Simpkins Duke. A review of Tennessee marriage licenses reveals that Mrs. Duke's daughter, Rhoda Ann Duke, married W T Abernathy on 9 Nov 1875, in Davidson County, Tennessee. Another daughter, Ermine Ann Duke married James B Abernathy (who appears to be W T's brother) on 11 Jan 1883, then married John A Simpkins on 25 Dec 1889. She died in 1892.
Since this child is buried adjacent to someone who would appear to be her maternal grandmother, and since Rhoda Duke Abernathy reported having had only one child (daughter Estelle) on the 1900 census, Willie Leola was more likely, instead, daughter of Ermine Ann Duke and James Abernathy.
She lived at South College Street, Nashville, at the time of her death from consumption at age 8 months. Year of birth also not readable in photograph, but was confirmed by her death records.
Adjacent burial is Rhoda Simpkins Duke. A review of Tennessee marriage licenses reveals that Mrs. Duke's daughter, Rhoda Ann Duke, married W T Abernathy on 9 Nov 1875, in Davidson County, Tennessee. Another daughter, Ermine Ann Duke married James B Abernathy (who appears to be W T's brother) on 11 Jan 1883, then married John A Simpkins on 25 Dec 1889. She died in 1892.
Since this child is buried adjacent to someone who would appear to be her maternal grandmother, and since Rhoda Duke Abernathy reported having had only one child (daughter Estelle) on the 1900 census, Willie Leola was more likely, instead, daughter of Ermine Ann Duke and James Abernathy.
Parents of Willie Leola Abernathy were not named on her Tennessee death certificate, and their first names or initials are not readable on the attached photograph of her tombstone.
She lived at South College Street, Nashville, at the time of her death from consumption at age 8 months. Year of birth also not readable in photograph, but was confirmed by her death records.
Adjacent burial is Rhoda Simpkins Duke. A review of Tennessee marriage licenses reveals that Mrs. Duke's daughter, Rhoda Ann Duke, married W T Abernathy on 9 Nov 1875, in Davidson County, Tennessee. Another daughter, Ermine Ann Duke married James B Abernathy (who appears to be W T's brother) on 11 Jan 1883, then married John A Simpkins on 25 Dec 1889. She died in 1892.
Since this child is buried adjacent to someone who would appear to be her maternal grandmother, and since Rhoda Duke Abernathy reported having had only one child (daughter Estelle) on the 1900 census, Willie Leola was more likely, instead, daughter of Ermine Ann Duke and James Abernathy.
She lived at South College Street, Nashville, at the time of her death from consumption at age 8 months. Year of birth also not readable in photograph, but was confirmed by her death records.
Adjacent burial is Rhoda Simpkins Duke. A review of Tennessee marriage licenses reveals that Mrs. Duke's daughter, Rhoda Ann Duke, married W T Abernathy on 9 Nov 1875, in Davidson County, Tennessee. Another daughter, Ermine Ann Duke married James B Abernathy (who appears to be W T's brother) on 11 Jan 1883, then married John A Simpkins on 25 Dec 1889. She died in 1892.
Since this child is buried adjacent to someone who would appear to be her maternal grandmother, and since Rhoda Duke Abernathy reported having had only one child (daughter Estelle) on the 1900 census, Willie Leola was more likely, instead, daughter of Ermine Ann Duke and James Abernathy.
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