Born: 17 AUG 1888 Collington, South
Carolina
Note: Ran away from home when he was
10 or 12 years old. Never talked much about his family.
1910 Census: Suwannee Co, Florida
Note: Boarding with the Robert F. Parker family.
Military: 1917
Place: DeSoto Co, Florida
Note: Registered for the Civilian Draft
1920 Census: 09
APR 1920
Place: Taylor Co, Florida
Note: Boarding with the James D. Daisdin family.
Marriage: to Lavetta Frier
Birth of Son: 18 MAR 1921
Name: Abram Elwood Herndon Jr.
Birth of Daughter: 28 NOV 1922
Name: Lois L. Herndon
Birth of Son: ABT 1924
Name: William Stacie Herndon
Birth of Child: ABT 1930
Name: Stillborn baby
1930 Census: 09
APR 1930
Place: Holopaw, Osceola Co, Florida
Note: Wife, Lavetta, and 3 children are living in household.
Birth of Daughter: 31 AUG 1935
Name: Ellen Yvonne Herndon
2nd Marriage: 31 AUG 1951 to Ruby Ella
Fratwell
Note: Worked in a sawmill. Had several
fingers missing and one with nerve damage so he couldn't straighten it. He used
to tickle his grandchildren with his bent finger.
Death: 26 SEP 1979 Wayne General
Hospital, Waynesboro,
Wayne Co, MS
Note: Abram died from a heart attack caused by arteriosclerosis.
He also suffered from advanced senile dementia. According to his death
record, Abram was usually employed as a janitor for an industrial cleaning
business.
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Wayne Co,
Mississippi
