Fourth Generation

98. Elizabeth Adeline HERMAN was born on 16 October 1832 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina.³¹⁶ She died on 10 April 1917 at the age of 84 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina.

Elizabeth Adeline HERMAN and Milton A. [Abernethy] ABERNATHY were married on 28 October 1883 in Catawba County, North Carolina.³¹⁷ by J. M. Smith, Min.; Wit: C.N. Henkel, Philo Isenhour, B.E. Smith Milton A. [Abernethy] ABERNATHY, son of David ABERNATHY and Rebecca , was born on 7 June 1833 in North Carolina.^{205,316,317,318} His record in the War Between the States is as follows:³¹⁹ ABERNATHY. MILTON A., Sergeant - 49th Regiment, Co. I - Born in Catawba County where he resided as a mechanic prior to enlisting in Catawba County at age 27, March 19. 1862. Mustered in as Private. Promoted to Corporal on June 20. 1862. Promoted to Sergeant on March 16. 1863. Reported present from November. 1862. through December. 1863. and in March-August. 1864. Captured at Five Forks. Virginia. April 1. 1865. Confined at Point Lookout. Maryland. April 5, 1865. Released at Point Lookout on June 22. 1865. after taking the Oath of Allegiance. He died on 31 March 1920 at the age of 86 in Catawba County, North Carolina.³¹⁸ The first funeral Rev. Charles J. Werberig of Los Angeles performed upon being called to St. John's was that of Milton A Abernathy.