1. John Wesley¹ Abernathy was born in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee July 6, 1851. John died July 30, 1904 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, at 53 years of age.

He married Katherine Tarpley January 18, 1872. Katherine was born in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee November 11, 1851. Katherine was the daughter of Tom Ira Tarpley and Anna Jane Dickson. Katherine died December 3, 1931 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, at 80 years of age.

John Wesley Abernathy and Katherine Tarpley had the following child:

2 i. Ada Augusta² Abernathy was born in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee October 24, 1879. Ada died April 27, 1967 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, at 87 years of age. She married Niles Hobart Townsend, Sr. in Giles County, Tennessee, November 19, 1902. Niles was born in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee November 19, 1879. Niles died June 19, 1954 in Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, at 74 years of age. (See Niles Hobart Townsend, Sr. for the continuation of this line.)

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