Louisa J. Miles

b. circa February 1841
  • Louisa J. Miles was born circa February 1841 in Alabama or possibly about 1846.
  • It is probable that she was married prior to her marriage to C. W. Abercrombie, and that Perry was her name from her first marriage and not her maiden name. It is probably that she has some connection with the Spear family.
  • She married Samuel L. Perry on 20 December 1860 in Macon County, Alabama, with W. E. Lloyd officiating.
  • She married Chesley W. Abercrombie, son of John B. Abercrombie and Penny Francis Patterson, on 15 January 1867 in Macon County, Alabama, with James M. Willis, MG, officiating.
  • Chesley W. Abercrombie and Louisa J. Miles appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Honeycutt Beat, Macon County, Alabama, apparently daughter Elizabeth was identified as an unnamed son, age 2.. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Frances Abercrombie.
  • Chesley W. Abercrombie and Louisa J. Miles appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery, Alabama, and niece S. W. Spear, age 20, whose origins are not yet known.. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Frances Abercrombie, John William Abercrombie, James Clanton Abercrombie and Bolling Hall Abercrombie.
  • A seamstress, according to the 1880 census.
  • Chesley W. Abercrombie and Louisa J. Miles appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery, Alabama, at Chandler Street.
  • Louisa J. Miles became a widow at the 16 March 1910 death of her husband Chesley W. Abercrombie.
  • Louisa J. Miles appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 430 Huston Street.
  • William Gordon Yelverton and Elizabeth Frances Abercrombie appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 620 Adams Avenue and nephew Curtis C. Byrd, age 14, whose origins are as yet unknown.. Other members of the household included Louisa J. Miles.
  • William Gordon Yelverton and Elizabeth Frances Abercrombie appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery, Alabama, at 620 Adams Avenue and uncle William H. Miles, age 82.. Other members of the household included Louisa J. Miles.
  • Last Edited: 4 May 2016

Family 1: Samuel L. Perry

Family 2: Chesley W. Abercrombie b. circa July 1841, d. 16 March 1910