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About James R. Abernathy
James R. Abernathy, also known as "Old Abby," was a 19th-century school teacher, Attorney at law, district attorney, Justice of the peace, and politician in Monroe County, Missouri. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. At the time of his death, he was the oldest man in Monroe County. He was a resident of Monroe County for over half a century, prior to its organization as a county on January 6, 1831. He was an early settler of Paris, Missouri and Madison, Missouri.
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- attorney at law
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 25, 1795
- Died
- January 29, 1886