City: Pulaski
ABERNATHY, Andrew Jackson, lawyer; born Giles Co., Tenn., Sept. 18, 1834; Scotch-Welsh descent; son of Charles C. and Susanna W. (Harris) ABERNATHY; father farmer and clerk of circuit court for 24 years; paternal grandparents William and Elizabeth (Clayton) ABERNATHY; maternal grandparents Tyree and Susanna (Swift) HARRIS; was educated in country schools and old Giles College; graduated from the Lebanon Law School in 1859; married Sarah E. TALLEY, Feb. 22, 1860; he began the practice of law at Pulaski at an early age; before the war was a partner of John H. Woldridge; enlisted in the Confederate army, being private in Co., K. 1st Tenn. Cav., under Col. J. T. Wheeler; after the war he was associated in the practice of law with John S. WILKES (afterward supreme judge) and J. P. ABERNATHY; was chancellor of the 7th Tenn. Chan. Division, composed of Giles and ten other counties, from Sept. 1886 to 1902; member of the Delta Psi Frat., of Lebanon Law School; Odd Fellow; Democrat; member M. E. church, South.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
