Information for this memorial was submitted by Rita Osborne #47817349
He was the oldest of his siblings. His mother passed in 1907 3 months after the birth of the last sibling.
Children of Louis and Laura
1. Laura V Abernathy 1923 –
2. Mary Jo Abernathy 1926 –
3. Patricia Abernathy 1936 –
The following submitted by Bertha Avery-Hood #46546576
Louis Van "Bud" Abernathy (December 17, 1899 March 6, 1979) and Temple Reeves "Temp" Abernathy (March 25, 1904 December 10, 1986) were children from Oklahoma who without adult supervision took several cross-country trips. On one trip they rode on horseback from Oklahoma to Manhattan in 1910 when they were 10 and 6 years old.
Louis (sometimes styled Louie) Abernathy was born in Texas in 1899 and Temple Abernathy was born in 1904 in Tipton, Oklahoma. Their father was cowboy and U.S.Marshal John "Jack" Abernathy.
In 1909 the boys rode by horseback from Frederick, Oklahoma, to Santa Fe, New
Mexico, and back. Louis was nine, and Temple was five.[2]
When the boys completed their Santa Fe journey, they began planning a cross-country horseback ride to New York City, again by themselves, to meet Theodore Roosevelt when he returned from his trip to Africa and Europe. They made that trip in 1910. They were greeted as celebrities, and rode their horses in a ticker-tape parade just behind the car carrying Roosevelt. While in New York, the boys purchased a small Brush Motor Car, which they drove, again by themselves, back to Oklahoma, shipping their horses home by train.
In 1911, they accepted a challenge to ride horseback from New York to San Francisco in 60 days or less. They agreed not to eat or sleep indoors at any point of the journey. They would collect a $10,000 prize if they succeeded.
After a long trip, they arrived in San Francisco in 62 days, thereby losing the prize but setting a record for the time elapsed for the trip.
In 1913, the boys purchased an Indian motorcycle, and with their stepbrother, Anton, journeyed by motorcycle from Oklahoma to New York City. This was their last documented adventure.
He was the oldest of his siblings. His mother passed in 1907 3 months after the birth of the last sibling.
Children of Louis and Laura
1. Laura V Abernathy 1923 –
2. Mary Jo Abernathy 1926 –
3. Patricia Abernathy 1936 –
The following submitted by Bertha Avery-Hood #46546576
Louis Van "Bud" Abernathy (December 17, 1899 March 6, 1979) and Temple Reeves "Temp" Abernathy (March 25, 1904 December 10, 1986) were children from Oklahoma who without adult supervision took several cross-country trips. On one trip they rode on horseback from Oklahoma to Manhattan in 1910 when they were 10 and 6 years old.
Louis (sometimes styled Louie) Abernathy was born in Texas in 1899 and Temple Abernathy was born in 1904 in Tipton, Oklahoma. Their father was cowboy and U.S.Marshal John "Jack" Abernathy.
In 1909 the boys rode by horseback from Frederick, Oklahoma, to Santa Fe, New
Mexico, and back. Louis was nine, and Temple was five.[2]
When the boys completed their Santa Fe journey, they began planning a cross-country horseback ride to New York City, again by themselves, to meet Theodore Roosevelt when he returned from his trip to Africa and Europe. They made that trip in 1910. They were greeted as celebrities, and rode their horses in a ticker-tape parade just behind the car carrying Roosevelt. While in New York, the boys purchased a small Brush Motor Car, which they drove, again by themselves, back to Oklahoma, shipping their horses home by train.
In 1911, they accepted a challenge to ride horseback from New York to San Francisco in 60 days or less. They agreed not to eat or sleep indoors at any point of the journey. They would collect a $10,000 prize if they succeeded.
After a long trip, they arrived in San Francisco in 62 days, thereby losing the prize but setting a record for the time elapsed for the trip.
In 1913, the boys purchased an Indian motorcycle, and with their stepbrother, Anton, journeyed by motorcycle from Oklahoma to New York City. This was their last documented adventure.
Information for this memorial was submitted by Rita Osborne #47817349
He was the oldest of his siblings. His mother passed in 1907 3 months after the birth of the last sibling.
Children of Louis and Laura
1. Laura V Abernathy 1923 –
2. Mary Jo Abernathy 1926 –
3. Patricia Abernathy 1936 –
The following submitted by Bertha Avery-Hood #46546576
Louis Van "Bud" Abernathy (December 17, 1899 March 6, 1979) and Temple Reeves "Temp" Abernathy (March 25, 1904 December 10, 1986) were children from Oklahoma who without adult supervision took several cross-country trips. On one trip they rode on horseback from Oklahoma to Manhattan in 1910 when they were 10 and 6 years old.
Louis (sometimes styled Louie) Abernathy was born in Texas in 1899 and Temple Abernathy was born in 1904 in Tipton, Oklahoma. Their father was cowboy and U.S.Marshal John "Jack" Abernathy.
In 1909 the boys rode by horseback from Frederick, Oklahoma, to Santa Fe, New
Mexico, and back. Louis was nine, and Temple was five.[2]
When the boys completed their Santa Fe journey, they began planning a cross-country horseback ride to New York City, again by themselves, to meet Theodore Roosevelt when he returned from his trip to Africa and Europe. They made that trip in 1910. They were greeted as celebrities, and rode their horses in a ticker-tape parade just behind the car carrying Roosevelt. While in New York, the boys purchased a small Brush Motor Car, which they drove, again by themselves, back to Oklahoma, shipping their horses home by train.
In 1911, they accepted a challenge to ride horseback from New York to San Francisco in 60 days or less. They agreed not to eat or sleep indoors at any point of the journey. They would collect a $10,000 prize if they succeeded.
After a long trip, they arrived in San Francisco in 62 days, thereby losing the prize but setting a record for the time elapsed for the trip.
In 1913, the boys purchased an Indian motorcycle, and with their stepbrother, Anton, journeyed by motorcycle from Oklahoma to New York City. This was their last documented adventure.
He was the oldest of his siblings. His mother passed in 1907 3 months after the birth of the last sibling.
Children of Louis and Laura
1. Laura V Abernathy 1923 –
2. Mary Jo Abernathy 1926 –
3. Patricia Abernathy 1936 –
The following submitted by Bertha Avery-Hood #46546576
Louis Van "Bud" Abernathy (December 17, 1899 March 6, 1979) and Temple Reeves "Temp" Abernathy (March 25, 1904 December 10, 1986) were children from Oklahoma who without adult supervision took several cross-country trips. On one trip they rode on horseback from Oklahoma to Manhattan in 1910 when they were 10 and 6 years old.
Louis (sometimes styled Louie) Abernathy was born in Texas in 1899 and Temple Abernathy was born in 1904 in Tipton, Oklahoma. Their father was cowboy and U.S.Marshal John "Jack" Abernathy.
In 1909 the boys rode by horseback from Frederick, Oklahoma, to Santa Fe, New
Mexico, and back. Louis was nine, and Temple was five.[2]
When the boys completed their Santa Fe journey, they began planning a cross-country horseback ride to New York City, again by themselves, to meet Theodore Roosevelt when he returned from his trip to Africa and Europe. They made that trip in 1910. They were greeted as celebrities, and rode their horses in a ticker-tape parade just behind the car carrying Roosevelt. While in New York, the boys purchased a small Brush Motor Car, which they drove, again by themselves, back to Oklahoma, shipping their horses home by train.
In 1911, they accepted a challenge to ride horseback from New York to San Francisco in 60 days or less. They agreed not to eat or sleep indoors at any point of the journey. They would collect a $10,000 prize if they succeeded.
After a long trip, they arrived in San Francisco in 62 days, thereby losing the prize but setting a record for the time elapsed for the trip.
In 1913, the boys purchased an Indian motorcycle, and with their stepbrother, Anton, journeyed by motorcycle from Oklahoma to New York City. This was their last documented adventure.
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