This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ABERCROMBIE, KIMBALL, PATTERSON Classification: lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5416/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Also, seeking information on his daughters, FRANCES & CLARA & date of death for LILLIAN (KIMBALL) ABERCROMBIE. Would love to find out what cemetery they are buried in. ======================== Washington Death Index, 1940-1996 Name: William R Abercrombie Date of Death: 7 Nov 1943 Place of Death: Spokane City Age: 86 Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Gender: Male Certificate: 1597 ======================================== IGI Individual Record FamilySearchT International Genealogical Index v5.0 North America William Ralph Abercrombie Male Birth: Fort Ripley, Crow Wing, Minnesota Father: J. J. Abercrombie Mother: Mary E...h Patenson Spouse: Lillian Harriet Kimball Birth: Maryland Father: Amos L. Kimball Mother: Harriet Frances Corry Marriage: 13 OCT 1886 Manhattan, New York, New York Messages: Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record. ======================================================= 1900 United States Federal Census Name: William R Abercrombie Trans-Alaskan Military Road, Southern Supervisors District, Alaska Age: 42 Estimated birth year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Minnesota Race: White HOUSEHOLD: James W Garrett 31 James T Mosson 34 Walter C Babcock 29 William R Abercrombie 42 b. Aug 1857 b. MN m. 14 yrs. father b. SC mother b. PA occ: Capt. 2nd Infantry =================================================== 1910 United States Federal Census Name: William R Abercrombie Age: 52 Estimated birth year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Minnesota Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Charhesto Mother's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Spouse's name: Lillian H Spokane Ward 3, Spokane, Washington Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male HOUSEHOLD: William R Abercrombie head age 52 b. MN father b. Charleston mother b. PA occ: US Army - Lieut. Col. Lillian H Abercrombie wife age 42 m. 23 yrs. ch: 3/2 b. MD parents b. NY Frances K Abercrombie dau age 20 b. NE Clara D N Abercrombie dau age 14 b. NE Emma Johnson servant age 29 Elma Pearson servant age 35 ============================================ 1920 United States Federal Census Name: William Abercrombie Spokane, Spokane, Washington Age: 63 years Estimated birth year: abt 1857 Birthplace: Minnesota Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Lillian Father's Birth Place: Pennsylvania Mother's Birth Place: Maryland Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Home owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Image: 529 HOUSEHOLD: William Abercrombie head age 63 b. MN father b. PA mother b. MD occ: none Lillian Abercrombie wife age 52 b. MD parents b. NY ============================================= 1930 United States Federal Census Name: William P Abercrombie Spokane, Spokane, Washington Age: 72 Estimated birth year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Minnesota Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's name: Lilliam H Race: White HOUSEHOLD: William P Abercrombie 72 Lilliam H Abercrombie 63 ====================================== From: http://explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-richardson.htm The Evolution of the Richardson Highway by Murray Lundberg Excerpt: In 1898, as the gold rush was at its peak, the U.S. Army sent exploration teams to Alaska to locate a practical "All-American" route. The main corridors under initial consideration were the Susitna and Matanuska Valleys at the head of Cook Inlet, and the Copper River area. Captain William R. Abercrombie was in charge of the Copper River parties, and at the season's end, his suggestion that a trail could be built from Valdez was accepted. Valdez was already a booming town, a base for the prospectors who were heading to the Klondike along a route, discovered in January 1898, that led across the Valdez Glacier. This route, heavily promoted by the Pacific Steam Whaling Company in particular, was an exceptionally difficult and dangerous route, and many deaths resulted. In the early spring of 1899, work started on what would eventually become the Richardson Highway. Cut as a 5-foot-wide pack trail initially, progress was fairly rapid - by the end of the summer, the first 40 miles or so (the most difficult section) had been completed, and 93 miles surveyed and cleared. As well as the regular crews, the government hired destitute prospectors at $50 a month plus board, allowing hundreds to accumulate enough cash to escape the country. Re: Fort Abercrombie, Kodiak, Alaska: In June 1941 780 acres were reserved for the future fort. This is one of three forts in the vicinity of what was the US Navy Operating Base at Womens Bay on Nyman Penninsula, now a USGC base. The Miller Point fort was originally manned in April 1941 by Battery C, 250th Coast Artillery Regiment, California National Guard. They arrived on the Army transport St. Mihiel. It wasn't until April 2, 1943 that it was named for Lt. Col. William R. Abercrombie, a major US Army explorer of Alaska in the 19th century. ============================================================Note: WILLIAM R. ABERCROMBIE was my 1st cousin, 4 times removed. His aunt ERNESTINE (ABERCROMBIE) FIELD was my 3-great grandmother. WILLIAM's parents were GEN. JOHN JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE & MARY ENGLE PATTERSON. ======================================== Jacqueline Sleeper Russell website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=jacquelinesr&surname=A