Leonard Corydon Abercrombie

b. circa June 1909, d. 2 December 1928
  • Leonard Corydon Abercrombie was born circa June 1909 in Texas.
  • Leonard Anderson Abercrombie and Daisy Cox appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 615 Webster Avenue. Other members of the household included Leonard Corydon Abercrombie, Lovett Anderson Abercrombie. Also in the household were Daisy's brother Cornelius B. Cox, and nephew Baxter Finch.
  • Daisy Cox appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, at 5017 Chicago Street enumerated in the household of Daisy's sister Nellie and her husband, physician Charles O. Rich. Daisy is identified as a widow.. Other members of the household included Leonard Corydon Abercrombie, Lovett Anderson Abercrombie.
  • Leonard Corydon Abercrombie died on 2 December 1928.
  • He was interred at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 3 December 1928 in The Dallas Morning News: (Houston, Dec. 2) Leonard Corydon Abercrombie, 19, Rice Institute student, was shot and wounded fatally about 11 a. m. Sunday when a shotgun accidentally discharged while the youth was on a hunting trip.
         The accident occurred about nine miles from Tramell as a group of four boys, including young Abercrombie, were unloading their guns preparatory to returning to Houston from their hunting trip.
         Mr. Abercrombie is survived by his father, L. A. Abercrombie, Tulsa, Ok; his mother, Mrs. B. C. [sic] Abercrombie, and one brother, Lovett Abercrombie of Houston.
  • The following appeared on 3 December 1928 in the Omaha World-Herald: Corydon Abercrombie, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Abercrombie, former Omaha residents, died Sunday at Houston, Tex., from gunshot wounds received in a hunting accident. Telegrams to relatives here said a charge from an accidentally discharged shotgun struck him in the leg, severing an artery.
         Preceding the family's moving to Houston eight years ago, young Abercrombie was a pupil in the Dundee school. He had been a student at Rice Institute for the last two years.
         The accident victim was a nephew of Mrs. Charles Rich and Mrs. Gentry Waldo of Omaha.
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2012