John Quincy Abercrombie

John Quincy Abercrombie

• Father: Abner Abercrombie b. 22 January 1849, d. 21 December 1931
• Mother: Josephine Register b. 16 January 1856, d. 16 May 1914

• John Quincy Abercrombie was born on 8 July 1888 in Rains County, Texas.
• Abner Abercrombie and Josephine Register appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Rains County, Texas, enumerated not far from Abner's brothers Albert and Greenwood.. Other members of the household included John Quincy Abercrombie.
• The following appeared on 25 March 1901 in The Dallas Morning News: (Emory, March 24) Mistake That Cost a Life. Mistaken for a wire cutter, for whom he was lying in wait, Lee Abercrombie, a member of one of the most prominent families in Rains County, was shot and instantly killed last night.
       H. A. [Abner] Abercrombie, a brother of the man who was killed, had been making a wire fence. He had been warned that if he did not desist a party of men would cut the fence last night. In anticipation of this visit, H. A. Abercrombie, after dark, armed himself, and taking a position so as to command the road over which he expected the wire cutters would come, waited for them. He had not long to wait, for about 10 o'clock he heard the click of the wire nippers & fired toward the sound, being unable to see any one. The fire was returned and perhaps a dozen shots were exchanged, after which the men galloped off.
       Believing that the wire cutters would return, Abercrombie came to this city to noitfy Sheriff Osborn. Meantime a son [John] of H. A. Abercrombie had gone to the home of his Uncle, Lee Abercrombie, to tell him what had happened. Lee Abercrombie, dressing, armed himself and accompanied his nephew to a clump of brushes near the fence and lay in wait, thinking that perhaps the wire cutters might resume their depredations before his brother's return.
       Abercrombie's farm is only three and a half miles northwest of this place, and in less than an hour H. A. Abercrombie, accompanied by Sheriff Osborn and another officer, was approaching the fence. When they came within fifty yards of the fence the officers dismounted and continued slowly afoot. They had gone only a few yards when Sheriff Osborn saw a figure rise in the dark and he called on the man to throw up his hands. The only response was the click of a rifle being cocked. Immediately Sheriff Osborn fired. Then running forward the men found Lee Abercrombie's body prone on the ground, while his nephew was crouched in a clump of bushes. The boy explained that his uncle had mistaken the officers for wire cutters, whereas the Sheriff has mistaken Abercrombie for the wire cutter.
       With as little delay as possible search for the real wire cutters, whose depredations had occasioned the tragedy, was begun. Three officers from Wood County, Apell, Crutchburg and Nixon, have gone to the scene with bloodhounds.
       Two arrests have already been made, and others, it is thought, soon will be made.
• He married Lucy Hughes circa 1914.
• The following appeared on 18 March 1917 in The Dallas Morning News: [Born] To Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy Abercrombie, 2301 Trinidad, March 11, a boy.
• John Quincy Abercrombie registered for the draft on 5 July 1917 in Dallas County, Texas, while living in Dallas with his wife and two children, and self-employed there as a jitney driver.
• John Quincy Abercrombie and Lucy Hughes appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Cove, Polk County, Arkansas, at Barton Avenue. Other members of the household included Mary Josephine Abercrombie, Riley William Abercrombie and John Qunicy Abercrombie Jr.
• He was a real estate agent, according to the 1920 census.
• John Quincy Abercrombie and Lucy Hughes appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, at 316 Fifth Street. Other members of the household included Mary Josephine Abercrombie, Riley William Abercrombie, John Qunicy Abercrombie Jr., Ellabeth Abercrombie, Lucy Marie Abercrombie and Glenn Hugh Abercrombie.
• He was a printer in a printing office, according to the 1930 census.
• John and Ella Beth Abercrombie are listed in the 1938 "Reflector" yearbook of Kilgore High School as junior and sophomore, respectively.
• John Quincy Abercrombie and Lucy Hughes appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas, at 813 Laird Street. Other members of the household included Riley William Abercrombie, John Qunicy Abercrombie Jr., Ellabeth Abercrombie, Lucy Marie Abercrombie and Glenn Hugh Abercrombie. In 1935 John and son Riley were in Kilgore, and Lucy and the younger children were in Norphlet, Union County, Arkansas.
• He was self-employed as a publisher with a printing shop, according to the 1940 census.
• At the time of his death John Quincy Abercrombie was living in Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas, at 809 Laird Street.
• John Quincy Abercrombie died on 24 December 1967 at age 79 in Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas, at Laird Memorial Hospital . His death was officially witnessed by Lucy Hughes.
• His wife Lucy Hughes became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Kilgore Cemetery, Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 5 May 2005 in the Kilgore News Herald: Lucy Marie Abercrombie Burcalow, 81, of Baton Rouge, LA., died at St. Clare Manor in Baton Rouge, LA., Sunday, May 1, 2005. A private memorial service will be held in Kilgore at a later date.
       She was a native of Norman, AR., but grew up in Kilgore. She lived with her husband, Leon Burcalow and children in Thibodaux, LA. for over 30 years.
       Lucy Burcalow loved her children and grandchildren dearly. She was also a devoted sports fan of the Houston Astros, LSU Tigers, Nicholls State Colonels, New Orleans Saints and most every other seasonal sports.
       Preceded in death by her parents, Lucy and John Abercrombie; sisters, Josephine Friend, Ellabeth Abercrombie; brothers, John Abercrombie, Jr., Glenn Abercrombie, and Riley Abercrombie; and granddaughter, Claire Renee Goudeau.
       She is survived by five daughters , Susan and Jimmy Goudeau of Baton Rouge, LA, Elizabeth and Chris Winker of Birmingham, AL, Katherine Burcalow and Craig Flentke of Austin, Rosemary and John Vegas of Houston, Raynelle and Phillip Lanier of Baton Rouge, LA; two sons, David and Memory Burcalow of Greenfield, NY, Army LTC (Ret) James M. Burcalow of Platte City, MO; five grandchildren.

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2013

• Charts: Descendants of ABERCROMBIE Charles & Edwina Malinda "Dicey" Booth