Descendants of Abner Burgin
Remember the group that set out for Texas with Davy Crockett in 1835? Among them were Abner Burgin, Lindsey K. Tinkle and William Patton. Almost 60 years years later, Benjamin Franklin "Mack" Edmundson, ggs/o Abner Burgin married the gd/o Lindsey K. Tinkle, Mollie Elizabeth Tinkle, on September 20, 1891."Mack" Edmundson (September 22, 1869 - February 1948) the son of Dr. John Burgin Edmundson, was a rural mail carrier and a farmer with a passion for raising horses. He served as Chairman of the Rutherford School Board, Mayor of Rutherford, and Magistrate of the Gibson County Court.