_Robert ABERNATHY ___
                                            | (1717 - 1792)       
                       _Charles ABERNATHY __|
                      | (1748 - 1824) m 1782|
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 _Eli ABERNATHY ______|
| (1800 - ....) m 1841|
|                     |                      _Ambrose COBB _______+
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|                     |_Barbara COBB _______|
|                       (1758 - 1821) m 1782|
|                                           |_Sarah HOWELL _______
|                                             (1734 - 1815)       
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|--John W. ABERNATHY 
|  (1850 - ....)
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|_Mary HEAVNER _______|
   m 1841             |
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