Abee
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Anita
Glenn Pierce
Family
History
My Mother's Side
The
Family of Minnie Ethel Abee Glenn
I
am the youngest daughter of Ethel Abee Glenn
The Aebi Family
name can be found in the 900's as part of the Celtic
Boii Tribe
and was well known
in Switzerland during the 1300's and 1400's
They were Catholic
clergy, millers, bankers, engineers.
They became involved
in the Anabaptist movement as Mennonites during
the Reformation
period. Theodorus Aebi (Eby) was persecuted for these beliefs and
came to America at the invitation of William Penn.
He arrived in
Pennsylvania in Aug. 1717, and settled in Lancaster Co.PA
The spelling of
the name took many forms, Aebi, Eby,Aby, Eaby, and Abee to name a few.
Click here to see
the Hausmark
of the Theodorus Aebi Family
***
Information below obtained from "Abee's of North Carolina,
Descendants
of Andrew Abee" compiled by
Charles
Moran Abee ***
Not
very clear but shows lineage from Theordorus to John H.
(Third
from bottom large block at bottom)
Theodorus
Peter
Peter
Andrew
(brought family from Penn to N.C via Shenandoah, Va.)
Jacob
John
H.
Jacob Abee
This
is the earliest picture I have of any ancestor,
Jacob
Abee, son of Andrew Abee
b.
March 10, 1795 in Shenandoah Co. Virginia
d.
November 6, 1872 in Burke Co. North Carolina
Buried
at Smarts Grove Baptist Church near Valdese, N.C.
He
is my Great-great-great Grandfather on my Mother's side.
John
H. and Lucinda Burns Abee
They
are my Great-great Grandfather and Grandmother.
John
H. Abee b. April 21, 1833 d. 1913
Lucinda
Burns Abee b. December 15, 1839 d. September 17, 1926
She
was a daughter of Dan and Elizabeth Taylor Burns.
They
were married October 4, 1854 in Burke Co. N.C.
John
was a Confederate soldier who saw action at Chattanooga.
He
is believed to have served in the 58th Regiment, North
Carolina
Troops, Company A. John H. Abee is listed there,
and
reported wounded. Men from Burke Co. served in this regiment.
He
lost the tip of his little finger on his left hand while loading his
muzzle
loader rifle behind a tree during the Civil War.
When
Lucinda was 11 years old she went along as cook on the wagon
carrying
legally made whiskey to Columbia, S.C.
She
was a midwife, and gathered clothing for the needy people in
the
isolated areas of the N.C. foothills.
They
are buried at Abee's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetary,Valdese, N.C.
Their
first son was named General Lee Abee, who died age 12.
Eli
and Minerva Deal Abee
(I
have no picture of Eli)
Eli's
grave at Abee's Chapel Minerva Deal Abee
They
are my Great Grandfather and Grandmother.
The
second son of John and Lucy Abee: Eli, b. Mar. 11, 1866, d. Feb 20, 1925
He
married Minerva Deal
They
are buried at Abee's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
Valdese, N.C.
Willie
Lawrence and Carrie Isabelle Abee
They
are my Grandfather and Grandmother.
The
first son of Eli and Minerva Deal Abee
Willie
Lawrence Abee b. Jan. 16, 1889 d. Aug 27, 1954
He
married Carrie Isabelle Britain, daughter of Charity Lowman and Ed Britain
Isabelle
b. April 1, 1895 d. Nov. 29,1968 in Spartanburg, S.C.
They
are buried at Abee's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery,
Valdese, N.C.
Will
and Belle's children:
Floyd
Lee Abee b. Dec.28, 1912, d. July 4, 1973
Vernon
Vester Abee - Dec. 30, 1913, d. Nov. 10, 1966
Minnie
Ethel Abee Glenn - Dec. 21, 1915 d. Feb. 15, 2001
Willie
Ralph Abee - b. d. Jan. 19, 1980(?)
Beulah
Mae Abee Bentley - April 1, 1917?, d. May 6, 1994
Melva
Abee Brown - ? d. ?*
Iva
Isabelle Abee Solesbee - June 23, 1925 d. June 2, 2002
Hillard
Juanita Abee Coggins - March 23, 1930(?)
The
only one still living is Juanita
* Dates will be filled in as they are discovered
left:
Floyd, Ethel, Vernon; 1933
middle:
Floyd, Vernon, Ralph, Iva, Melva, Juanita; August, 1954
right:
Beulah
Ellis
William and Ethel Abee Glenn
My
Mother, Ethel Abee Glenn
The
first daughter of Willie Lawrence and Carrie Isabelle Britain Abee
Minnie
Ethel Abee b. Dec 21, 1915 in Drexel, N.C.
d.
Feb. 15, 2001, Newberry, S.C.
She
married Ellis William Glenn on Nov. 30, 1930
Ellis
William Glenn b. June 11,1905, Watauga Co. N.C.
d.
Aug. 16, 1981, Newberry, S.C.
They
are buried in Whitmire Cemetery, Whitmire, S.C.
Ellis
and Ethel's Children:
Dana
William Glenn b. Sept. 14, 1937
Everette
Lawrence Glenn b. Feb. 9, 1940 d. July 8, 1986
buried
in Whitmire Cemetery, Whitmire, S.C.
Nancy
Louise Glenn b. March 21, 1941
Peggy
Ann Glenn Goodman b. June 26, 1950
m.
Virgil Goodman Jan. 15, 2000
Margie
Ruth Glenn Walker b. July 4, 1953
m.
Glenn Walker 1999
Anita
Glenn Pierce b. June 3, 1954
m.
Edward Allen Pierce June 11, 1994
Abee's Chapel Baptist Church,
Valdese, N.C.
Abee Links
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Family Link
Abee
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Abee Pictures
This
is a link to a page of pictures of members of my mother's family.
I
have identified them as best as possible, some I know by sight, others,
by
writing on the back of the pictures. If you know any to be misidentified,
please
email
me at the address below. Thanks, and enjoy! Anita
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