Tenth Generation

171. Lawrence Arthur "Little Abe" ACREE⁸⁴ was born on 15 June 1936 in Maryland.^60,129 He appeared in the census in April 1940 in Baltimore (City), MD.⁶⁰ He and his father were living with his paternal grandparents. He between about 1942 and about 1954 in Baltimore (City), MD.^86,130 Per Lawrence: "My aunt Esther raised me. I never knew or lived with pop until the early 1950's because of his WW ll service and his 2nd family getting started."

"I moved to Greenland Beach with him and Margaret when the twins (Sharon and Charles) were just starting to walk, 1948 or 49."

"I remember having the 1951 Thanksgiving dinner at the Serp's family home on Pennington Avenue. I remembered that dinner at their home because I didn't want to go and was made to. So, I ate in a hurry and hitched a ride back to Greenland Beach."
Little Abe appeared in the census in April 1950 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, MD.⁵⁹ He was living with his father's sister, Helen Cox, and her children in the household of his paternal grandparents, Alvin Acree, Sr., and his wife Frances. He was listed as Helen's "Nephew." After 1951 he was in Greenland Beach, Anne Arundel County, MD.⁸⁶ "I worked for my father in his business, 'A. V. Acree & Sons, Building Construction,' for about 6 to 8 years. He had tools, pumps, a dump truck, a concrete mixer and two work trucks. He employed about six people. I worked weekends and summers as a helper. He built houses around Anne Arundel County.

My dad and his new wife and children moved to Florida in the late 1950's and I didn't want to go with them. So I enlisted in the military. The next time we got together was in the mid-1960's, when he moved back to Maryland. We fished, hunted and stayed in touch until his death in 2000." He served in the military about 1958.^86,131 He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Little Abe lived at 1215 North East Street in Frederick, Frederick County, MD before 1985.¹³² He lived in Kenansville, Osceola County, FL after 1985.^129,132,133 His household was on Lake Marian. He lived in Palm Bay, Brevard County, FL after 1988.^{70,129,132,133} His household was at 1358 Knollwood Road NE. Little Abe lived in Palm Bay, Brevard County, FL in February 2015.¹²⁹ His household was at 1101 Cricket Drive NE and he was the Treasurer of the Port Malabar Unit 55 Property Owners Association. He lived at 457 Church Hill Road in Leeds, ME in December 2022.¹³¹

Lawrence Arthur "Little Abe" ACREE and Barbara Evelyn UNKNOWN (ACREE) were married about 1965.^70,129,130 Barbara Evelyn UNKNOWN (ACREE) was born on 9 January 1944.¹²⁹