Irvin Abernathy

Irvin Valentine Abernathy was born on August 23, 1852, in Troy, Mississippi.^[1][2] His parents were Marion Abernathy and Martha (Wilson) Abernathy.^[1][2] He married Mary Jane Laughlin in 1882.^[1][2][3] Before becoming a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, he was a member of the Board of Supervisors of Chickasaw County, and was a public cotton weigher for 10 years.^[2][1] He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing Chickasaw County as a Democrat, in November 1915, for the 1916–1920 term.^[1][2] He was re-elected in November 1919.^[2] He was re-elected once more in November 1923.^[4] However, he died before finishing his term, on February 4, 1925, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.^[3] He was buried in the IOOF cemetery there.^[3]