Evelina Wood Abercrombie
b. circa 1852
- Father: John Comer Abercrombie b. 27 October 1809, d. 15 July 1878
- Mother: Jane Minerva Sims b. circa 1822, d. 24 July 1883
- Evelina Wood Abercrombie was born circa 1852 in Texas.
- She was known as Lina.
- Evelina Wood wrote on 28 May 1855, to her daughter Lizzie Powell: ". . . Cousin Minerva came last evening with her three youngest children and staid all night and left this morning very soon after breakfast -- she left Carrie and Evelina with me until she returns from Huntsville, Sallie's examination came off this week and she is going to that and bring her home -- She thinks Len has improved vastly. . . ."
- John Comer Abercrombie and Jane Minerva Sims appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Waverly, Walker (later San Jacinto) County, Texas. Other members of the household included Evelina Wood Abercrombie, Leonard B. Abercrombie, Sallie Comer Abercrombie, John S. Abercrombie, Caroline D. Abercrombie, Jane Minerva Abercrombie, James B. Abercrombie, Charles Anderson Abercrombie and John Sims.
- John Comer Abercrombie and Jane Minerva Sims appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Marlin, Falls County, Texas. Other members of the household included Evelina Wood Abercrombie, John S. Abercrombie, Jane Minerva Abercrombie, James B. Abercrombie and Charles Anderson Abercrombie.
- She married (?) Gaines circa 1874.
- Evelina Wood Abercrombie became a widow at the between 1875 and 1880 death of her husband (?) Gaines.
- James B. Abercrombie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Llano County, Texas. Other members of the household included Evelina Wood Abercrombie, Bettie Gaines and Charles Anderson Abercrombie.
- Last Edited: 7 Jul 2014
Family: (?) Gaines b. say 1852, d. between 1875 and 1880
- Bettie Gaines b. October 1875