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| | Handbook of Texas Online: ABERCROMBIE, JAMES SMITHER |
 | | Jim) Smither Abercrombie, oilman, Houston civic leader, and philanthropist, was born in Huntsville, Texas, on July 7, 1891, the fourth of thirteen children of James Buford and Evelina (Wood) Abercrombie, Jr. |
 | | Jim Abercrombie became the unsalaried president of Cameron Iron Works, and before his thirtieth birthday he was the president of the expanding James S. Abercrombie Company, an independent drilling operation with five rigs. |
 | | Abercrombie and Lillie Frank were married on May 6, 1925; the couple had one daughter. |
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