Ezekiel
"Babe"
Absher
Born in Tennessee, United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Isaac Absher
and Marinda (Askew) Absher
Brother of
William Smith Absher
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
in Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Dec 2018
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Biography
Ezekiel "Babe" Absher was born on April 17th 1872. His parents were Isaac Absher and Rena Esque.
Babe married Laura Owens in 1896. He made a living as a Painter.
In the 1930s Babe and Laura owned their home in Mountain City, TN on Highway 34.[1]
On August 7th, 1941 E.O. and his wife with children, Ruby, Ruth and James visited George Absher in Pulaski, Virginia.[2]
On Sunday December 21st, 1941, Mr. and Mrs. George Absher from Austinville, VA were guests of Mr. and Mrs. E.O. Absher in Mountain City.[3]
On June 22nd, 1944 E.O. Absher and his wife threw a party for their daughter Ruby.[4]
August 29th, 1948, E.O Absher of Mountain City, Tennessee, Will Absher of West Virginia and Mary (Absher) Vaught of Shound, Tennessee are listed as siblings in the obituary for Mrs R. B. Viney who passed away after a brief illness on August 28th, 1948.[5]
Babe had a Cerebral Vascular Accident and died in Memorial Hospital on May 27th, 1958.[6] He is buried in Sunset Memorial Park in Mountain City, TN.[7]His address at the time of his death was RFD#3 Mountain City, TN.
Research Notes
The available records show conflicting information regarding where Ezekiel was born. Census, Death, etc. It's either Wilkes, NC or Mountain City, TN--both places where the Absher's lived.
Sources
- ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census. Year: 1930; Census Place: Mountain City, Johnson, Tennessee; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0002
- ↑ Mountain City. Johnson City Press. Johnson City, Tennessee. 7 Aug 1941. Page 6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/585286517/?terms=E.O.%20absher&match=1Accessed 25 Nov 2020 by Shanna Leeland
- ↑ Mountain City. The Knoxville Journal. Knoxville, Tennessee. 21 Dec 1941. Page 32. https://www.newspapers.com/image/586640645/?terms=E.O.%20absher&match=1 Accessed 25 Nov 2020 by Shanna Leeland
- ↑ Ruby Absher is entertained on birthday. Johnson County News. Mountain City, Tennessee. 22 June 1944. Page 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/588644197/?terms=E.O.%20absher&match=1 Accessed 25 Nov 2020 by Shanna Leeland
- ↑ The Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, TN. 29 August, 1948. Page 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/585247379/?terms=will%20absher&match=1# Accessed 25 November 2020 by Shanna Leeland
- ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM9-TH4V : 26 August 2019), Isaac Absher in entry for Ezekiel Babe Absher, 27 May 1958; Death, Johnson City, Washington, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 December 2018), memorial page for Ezekiel O “Babe” Absher (17 Apr 1872–27 May 1958), Find A Grave Memorial no. 118173453, citing Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Mary Cunningham (contributor 47501125) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ezekiel by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ezekiel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ezekiel by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ezekiel:
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