Cowlitz County, Washington - ABERNATHY CEMETERY

Abernathy Cemetery, Longview, WA 98632

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Transcribed by Evelyn L. Huerd in 1983. For more details see: "Abernathy Cemetery Data",
by Ralph G. Taylor, published in the Cowlitz County Historical Quarterly in Volume 6.
Submitted by Caren Gimper November 10, 2003

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Abernathy Cemetery
Old Mill Creek Road, Longview, WA 98632

Legal Description: NE1/4 - SE1/4, Section 9, T8N-R4W

The Abernathy Cemetery lies about 14 miles west of Longview. It is located on Old Mill
Creek Road, north of Ocean Beach Highway. A portion of the land claim of Alexander Smith
Abernethy, it was first used in 1866 for the burial of his first wife Eliza Harris.
Other members of Abernthy family and two children and two adults whose relationship
to the family is not known are also buried here. An unconfirmed story is told of the
burial of two pets, a monkey and a parrot. A well kept cemetery with no broken stones
and a white rail fence surrounding it, it is maintained by the local community.

NAME					BIRTHDATE		DEATHDATE

ABERNATHY, Alexander Smith		03 Aug 1813		08 Feb 1888
ABERNATHY, Annie Eliza			13 Aug 1856		24 Jan 1897
ABERNATHY, Eliza (HARRIS)		29 Aug 1816		17 Sep 1866
ABERNATHY, Henry Edward			    ca 1846		08 Jun 1867
WHITE, Jennie F.			19 Dec 1858		22 Apr 1888
WIGGIN, Harry Taylor			    ca 1879		22 May 1883
WIGGIN, Myra J.				    ca 1886		22 Jul 1890
YOUNG, Charles H.			10 Jul 1863		28 Jun 1908