Abner was the son of John W. Monk (Munk) and his second wife Mary Bakeman. He was a farmer and a good cheesemaker according to his son Alonzo. Abner married Mary Ann Fetterly. They were the parents of a large family...
George Wesley MONK b: 18 JAN 1856 in New York
John Alanzo MONK b: 24 MAR 1858 in Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Harriett MONK b: 1859 in New York
William Walter MONK b: 16 AUG 1860 in Stark, Herkimer County, New York
Purl Henry MONK b: 30 MAY 1863 in New York
Howard Richard MONK b: 1 OCT 1865 in Newville, Herkimer County, New York
Carrie Estelle MONK b: 5 AUG 1866 in Herkimer County, New York
Kay MONK b: 14 MAR 1871 in Bennett, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Margaret MONK b: 14 MAR 1871 in Bennet, Lancaster County, Nebraska
During the fall of 1867 Abner sold his home in New York and in March 1868 moved his family to Illinois. The family lived there six moths. In the fall of 1868 Abner bought a team of horses, harness and wagon, covered the wagon with a canvas top, loaded the family and started for White Rock, Illinois. At that point they became part of a wagon train that was headed for Kansas and Nebraska. Abner and his family settled near the Little Nemaha River between the Omaha and Oto Indian reservations. Abner homesteaded in Bennett, Nebraska about 1860.
George Wesley MONK b: 18 JAN 1856 in New York
John Alanzo MONK b: 24 MAR 1858 in Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Harriett MONK b: 1859 in New York
William Walter MONK b: 16 AUG 1860 in Stark, Herkimer County, New York
Purl Henry MONK b: 30 MAY 1863 in New York
Howard Richard MONK b: 1 OCT 1865 in Newville, Herkimer County, New York
Carrie Estelle MONK b: 5 AUG 1866 in Herkimer County, New York
Kay MONK b: 14 MAR 1871 in Bennett, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Margaret MONK b: 14 MAR 1871 in Bennet, Lancaster County, Nebraska
During the fall of 1867 Abner sold his home in New York and in March 1868 moved his family to Illinois. The family lived there six moths. In the fall of 1868 Abner bought a team of horses, harness and wagon, covered the wagon with a canvas top, loaded the family and started for White Rock, Illinois. At that point they became part of a wagon train that was headed for Kansas and Nebraska. Abner and his family settled near the Little Nemaha River between the Omaha and Oto Indian reservations. Abner homesteaded in Bennett, Nebraska about 1860.
Abner was the son of John W. Monk (Munk) and his second wife Mary Bakeman. He was a farmer and a good cheesemaker according to his son Alonzo. Abner married Mary Ann Fetterly. They were the parents of a large family...
George Wesley MONK b: 18 JAN 1856 in New York
John Alanzo MONK b: 24 MAR 1858 in Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Harriett MONK b: 1859 in New York
William Walter MONK b: 16 AUG 1860 in Stark, Herkimer County, New York
Purl Henry MONK b: 30 MAY 1863 in New York
Howard Richard MONK b: 1 OCT 1865 in Newville, Herkimer County, New York
Carrie Estelle MONK b: 5 AUG 1866 in Herkimer County, New York
Kay MONK b: 14 MAR 1871 in Bennett, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Margaret MONK b: 14 MAR 1871 in Bennet, Lancaster County, Nebraska
During the fall of 1867 Abner sold his home in New York and in March 1868 moved his family to Illinois. The family lived there six moths. In the fall of 1868 Abner bought a team of horses, harness and wagon, covered the wagon with a canvas top, loaded the family and started for White Rock, Illinois. At that point they became part of a wagon train that was headed for Kansas and Nebraska. Abner and his family settled near the Little Nemaha River between the Omaha and Oto Indian reservations. Abner homesteaded in Bennett, Nebraska about 1860.
George Wesley MONK b: 18 JAN 1856 in New York
John Alanzo MONK b: 24 MAR 1858 in Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Harriett MONK b: 1859 in New York
William Walter MONK b: 16 AUG 1860 in Stark, Herkimer County, New York
Purl Henry MONK b: 30 MAY 1863 in New York
Howard Richard MONK b: 1 OCT 1865 in Newville, Herkimer County, New York
Carrie Estelle MONK b: 5 AUG 1866 in Herkimer County, New York
Kay MONK b: 14 MAR 1871 in Bennett, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Margaret MONK b: 14 MAR 1871 in Bennet, Lancaster County, Nebraska
During the fall of 1867 Abner sold his home in New York and in March 1868 moved his family to Illinois. The family lived there six moths. In the fall of 1868 Abner bought a team of horses, harness and wagon, covered the wagon with a canvas top, loaded the family and started for White Rock, Illinois. At that point they became part of a wagon train that was headed for Kansas and Nebraska. Abner and his family settled near the Little Nemaha River between the Omaha and Oto Indian reservations. Abner homesteaded in Bennett, Nebraska about 1860.
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