Person:James Abercrombie (12)

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James Charles Abercrombie
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Name James Charles Abercrombie
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Feb 1792 Hancock, Georgia, United States
Death[1] 2 Jul 1861 Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States
Burial[1] Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States
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    ABERCROMBIE, James, a Representative from Alabama; born in Hancock County, Ga., in 1795; attended the
    common schools; moved to Alabama about 1812 and settled
    in Monroe (now Dallas) County, and later, in 1819, in Montgomery County; during the War of 1812 served as a corporal
    in Maj. F. Freeman’s Squadron of Georgia Cavalry; studied
    law; member of the State house of representatives 1820-
    1822 and in 1824; captain in the Alabama Militia and in
    command of the cavalry at the reception for General Lafayette in 1825; served in the State senate 1825-1833; moved
    to Russell County in 1834; again a member of the State
    house of representatives in 1838 and 1839; again served
    in the State senate 1847-1850; elected as a Whig to the
    Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-
    March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination in
    1854; moved to Florida in 1856 and became engaged as
    a Government brick contractor; died in Pensacola, Fla., July
    2, 1861; interment in Linwood Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.