Milo Bolling Abercrombie, Sr. was born March 1, 1806, in Hancock County, Georgia, the son of Leonard A. and Sallie (Comer) Abercrombie. He was the grandson of Major Charles and Dicey Edwina (Boothe) Abercrombie.
Milo moved to Alabama while a young man and settled at Cross Keys, Macon County, where he became a large planter and slave owner. He is buried in Montgomery.
He married December 15, 1829, 1st Sarah Lee Hayden, daughter of Robert G. Hayden and Mary (Fisher) Hayden, of Clarke County, early settlers of that county who started a small shoe factory about three miles south of Suggsville in 1815. She was the granddaughter of Col. George Fisher and Catherine (Sossamon) Fisher.
After her death, August 4, 1850, he married Sarah Carroll Greenleaf on January 30, 1851. His first wife is buried in Macon County, Alabama.
The children, by his first wife were:
Mary S. Abercrombie; ( Aug. 14, 1830- Nov 1, 1830)
Alabama Abercrombie; (Aug. 15, 1831- Aug. 15, 1831)
Leonard Anderson Abercrombie, ( Dec. 1, 1832- Dec 23, 1891) He married Lavinia A. Chilton of Montgomery, lived at Huntsville, Texas and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Milo Boiling Abercrombie, Jr.,( Jan. 15, 1835-March 13, 1877) married Miss Anderson of Houston, Tex., d. at same place.
John Comer Abercrombie, (Feb. 5, 1836- Jan 24, 1891) married Sara A. Martin, March 3, 1864, in Macon County, Alabama. He was a member of the 45th Alabama infantry regiment, C. S. Army, d. at Tuskegee
Robert Hayden Abercrombie (Sep 11. 1837- June 8, 1891) married Fannie R. Gary. He died at Cross Keys, Macon County, Alabama
George A. Abercrombie, (March 1, 1839-Feb. 17, 1875) was a physician who practiced at Snowdoun, d. unmarried;
W. H. H. Abercrombie (Oct. 18, 1840- Oct. 24, 1840)
Sarah Comer Abercrombie, (Dec. 8, 1841-Nov. 22, 1866) married Dr. W. H. Crawford
Amelia M. Abercrombie (October 13, 1843- May 29, 1874)
Annie Billingsley Abercrombie (March 11, 1845-Apr. 1, 1922) married Bolling Reid, of Tuskegee
Charles A. Abercrombie I (May 9, 1846- Oct 12, 1846)
Charles A. Abercrombie II (Sep 9, 1847 – Sep 30, 1847)
James B. Abercrombie I (May 11, 1849-May 11, 1849)
James B. Abercrombie II (July 27, 1850- )
by the second wife
Daniel Webster Abercrombie (b.Nov. 25, 1853) was an educator of distinction, at one time at the head of Worcester academy, Mass.;
Bolling Abercrombie (b. July 31, 1859)
Winona Abercrombie; (b. March 8, 1857)
Tallulah Abercrombie
Milo’s last residence was Macon County. He died August 22, 1860, and he received a Masonic funeral. His will can be found in Montgomery, Alabama as: Milo B. Abercrombie, Montgomery County, Will book 4, 1853-1869, page 315.
SOURCES
History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 3 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen
Reminiscences of public men in Alabama: for thirty years, with an appendix By William Garrett 1872
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