Greenwood Abercrombie

Greenwood Abercrombie

• Father: John B. Abercrombie b. circa 1812, d. 25 March 1866
• Mother: Penny Francis Patterson b. circa 1821, d. circa 1895

• Greenwood Abercrombie was born on 5 June 1853 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
• John B. Abercrombie and Penny Francis Patterson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Greenwood Abercrombie, Albert Galiton Abercrombie, Abner Abercrombie, George B. Abercrombie, Sarah E. Abercrombie, James Alford Abercrombie and Dora B. Abercrombie.
• Penny Francis Patterson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Wetumpka PO, Elmore County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Greenwood Abercrombie, Albert Galiton Abercrombie, Abner Abercrombie, Sarah E. Abercrombie, James Alford Abercrombie, Dora B. Abercrombie and Robert Lee Abercrombie.
• Greenwood Abercrombie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Austin County, Texas, living next to brother Albert.. Other members of the household included James Alford Abercrombie, Robert Lee Abercrombie, Penny Francis Patterson and Sarah E. Abercrombie.
• He was a farmer (unemployed for twelve months), according to the 1880 census.
• He married Iziah Virginia Dunn, daughter of Isaiah David Dunn and Jane Murray, on 2 January 1883 in Texas, and Virginia's sister Martha married Greenwood's brother Albert. Also, Virginia and Martha's sister Nancy married James Vasser, whose brother William married Greenwood and Albert's sister Dora Abercrombie.
• Greenwood Abercrombie and Iziah Virginia Dunn appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Rains County, Texas, living not far from Greenwood's brothers Albert and Abner.. Other members of the household included Edgar Milo Abercrombie, Eula Pearl Abercrombie, Thomas Jefferson Abercrombie, Bessie Omegia Abercrombie, Carrah Idell Abercrombie and Virginia Dollie Abercrombie.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• The following appeared on 22 September 1904 in The Dallas Morning News: (Sulphur Springs, Sept. 20) The case of Greenwood Abercrombie, charged with the killing of Charley Carter in Rains County in 1901, was put on trial in the District Court this morning. Carter married a daughter of the defendant's brother, Albert Abercrombie, and took out a policy of insurance in her favor. He was assassinated, and the State's theory is that the shooting was done by the defendant at the instigation of Albert Abercrombie, who is also under indictment as an accomplice. The case was tried once in Rains County, the verdict being life imprisonment. A new trial and change of venue came in due course.
       There are more than a hundred citizens of Rains County here in attendance, nearly all as witnesses.
• The following appeared on 25 September 1904 in The Dallas Morning News: (Sulphur Springs, Sept. 24) The trial of Greenwood Abercrombie, charged with the killing of Charlie Carter in Rains County in December, 1901, resulted in a verdict of acquittal yesterday afternoon.
       Albert Abercrombie, brother of the defendant & father-in-law of the man killed is under indictment on the same charge.
• Greenwood Abercrombie and Iziah Virginia Dunn appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Hopkins County, Texas. Other members of the household included Eula Pearl Abercrombie, Thomas Jefferson Abercrombie, Bessie Omegia Abercrombie, Carrah Idell Abercrombie and Curtis Lee Mixon.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
• Greenwood Abercrombie and Iziah Virginia Dunn appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Wood County, Texas.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1920 census.
• Greenwood Abercrombie died on 7 December 1927 at age 74 in Wood County, Texas.
• His wife Iziah Virginia Dunn became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Little Hope Church Cemetery, Little Hope, Wood County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 4 May 2016

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