Abner was the cashier and a director of the Bank of Lancaster, and of the State Bank of Pike, and a trustee of the First Methodist church of Lancaster. In 1870 he married Luna Farrar.
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At the age of 17, he enlisted in the 4th New York Heavy Artillery. His company was sent to the front a once and took part in many of the most prominent battles of the war. At the Battle of the Wilderness, he was wounded in the thigh in 1864. He recovered and served until the Confederate army surrendered. He was in Battery F. He is referred to as Corporal Polk Adams. Source: WNY 15 Mar 1900 - Wyoming County Historian. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com indicates that his wife Luna applied for a pension after his death.
MILITARY:
At the age of 17, he enlisted in the 4th New York Heavy Artillery. His company was sent to the front a once and took part in many of the most prominent battles of the war. At the Battle of the Wilderness, he was wounded in the thigh in 1864. He recovered and served until the Confederate army surrendered. He was in Battery F. He is referred to as Corporal Polk Adams. Source: WNY 15 Mar 1900 - Wyoming County Historian. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com indicates that his wife Luna applied for a pension after his death.
Abner was the cashier and a director of the Bank of Lancaster, and of the State Bank of Pike, and a trustee of the First Methodist church of Lancaster. In 1870 he married Luna Farrar.
MILITARY:
At the age of 17, he enlisted in the 4th New York Heavy Artillery. His company was sent to the front a once and took part in many of the most prominent battles of the war. At the Battle of the Wilderness, he was wounded in the thigh in 1864. He recovered and served until the Confederate army surrendered. He was in Battery F. He is referred to as Corporal Polk Adams. Source: WNY 15 Mar 1900 - Wyoming County Historian. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com indicates that his wife Luna applied for a pension after his death.
MILITARY:
At the age of 17, he enlisted in the 4th New York Heavy Artillery. His company was sent to the front a once and took part in many of the most prominent battles of the war. At the Battle of the Wilderness, he was wounded in the thigh in 1864. He recovered and served until the Confederate army surrendered. He was in Battery F. He is referred to as Corporal Polk Adams. Source: WNY 15 Mar 1900 - Wyoming County Historian. Civil War Pension Index on Ancestry.com indicates that his wife Luna applied for a pension after his death.
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