U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 for Samuel C Abell
Company F 37th Kentucky Mtd Infantry
Date Filed First May 8 1890
Date Filed Second Dec 11 1923
States filed Kentucky and Illinois


U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 for Samuel Abell
Company H 10 Ky Inf
Widow Abell Kate
Date Filed First May 19 1888
Date Filed Second Jan 19 1901
Date Filed Third May 17 1909
Stae Filed Kentucky


Samuel Abell in the U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Samuel Abell
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Kentucky
Regiment Name: 10 Kentucky Infantry.
Regiment Name Expanded: 10th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry
Company:H
Rank In: Corporal
Rank Out:Corporal


Name: Samuel Abell
Residence: Lebanon, Kentucky
Enlistment Date: 2 Oct 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal
Enlistment Place: Lebanon, Kentucky
State Served: Kentucky
Survived the War?: Yes

Service Record:
Enlisted in Company H, Kentucky 10th Infantry Regiment on 21 Nov 1861.Mustered out on 06 Feb 1863 at Louisville, KY.


Name:Samuel Clayton Abell
Birth Date:16 Mar 1844
Birth Place:Hodginsville, Kentucky
Death Date:27 Jul 1923
Death Place:Wapella, Dewitt, Illinois
Burial Date:29 Jul 1923
Death Age:79
Occupation:Retired Blacksmith
Marital Status:M
Father Name:Samuel C. Abell
Father Birth Place:Kentucky
Mother Name:Flora Ratchford
Mother Birth Place:Kentucky
Spouse Name:Martha Baird



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From the book, LINCOLNS BIRTH COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR, by Ed Benningfield:SAMUEL CLAYTON ABELL JR. was found In family 832 in the 1860 census of LaRue County. He was a son of Samuel C. Abell Sr. and his wife, Flora Ratchford. Flora, the daughter of Robert Ratchford, married Samuel in Hardin County in September 1832. Samuel C. Abell Sr. was also a son of a Samuel C. Abell Sr. and his grandfather was Robert Abell. Robert Abell came to Washington County, Kentucky in 1788 from Maryland according to Mrs. Elliott's LaRue County history. Samuel Abell Sr., a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, died in 1890.
   S. C. Abell Jr. first enrolled in the Union Army at Camp Pope on November 20, 1861 and gave his age as 18. He was a private in Company C, 15th Ky. Infantry. He apparently deserted at Crab Orchard, Kentucky on October 20, 1862. He was last heard from while at Hodgenville on February 15, 1863.
He apparently enrolled again in the Union Army at Glasgow, Kentucky. he enrolled on August 3, 1863 and was a private in Company F, 37th Ky. Infantry. He was promoted to 8th corporal while in that unit. He was honorably discharged and mustered out at Louisville on December 29, 1864.
   He married Mary Friend on March 6, 1866. In the early 1870's, he married to Martha Beard. He moved to Dewitt County, Illinois in 1900. Samuel died on July 27, 1923 and is buried in the Woodlawn cemetery in Clinton. Clinton is in central Illinois.

In the 1880 LaRue County Census for the Price district, Samuel C. Able was family 13. He was 32 years old, a Farmer, born in Kentucky. His wife, Martha S., was 29. The children were: George. 13; William H., 7; Lena B., 5; Peter, 3; and John M., age 1 year. He lived next door to his parents.

The parents of Samuel Clayton Abell, Jr., moved from Nelson County, Kentucky abt 1845 to a farm in LaRue County near White City where they raised their children. Samuel Clayton Sr., and wife, Flora (Rachford) Abell are buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, White City, LaRue Co., Kentucky. Samuel Clayton Abell, Jr., and wife Martha (Baird) Abell lived on a farm in the Otter Creek section of LaRue County, Kentucky until 1896, when they moved to Wapella, Dewitt County, Illinois, where they bought a farm and farmed until Samuel Clayton Abell's death.

(bio addition by Russell Perkins, FAG #47213352)
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