Abel Dunton enlisted at Grand Rapids, MI in Batty C, 1st MI Light Artillery at the age of 44. He served for 1 year, 2 months from Oct 1861 - Dec 1862, receiving a disability discharge.
Abel Dunton died in 1897 at the age of 80 years.
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The following contribution was made by Daniel Lee Cunningham on November 26, 2011.
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Abel Dunton was born on March 31, 1820 in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire. He died on June 2, 1897 at Heath, Allegan County, Michigan. He was married on April 7, 1844 in Lake, Ohio to Samantha Fowler who had been born on April 29, 1823 in Shalersville, Portage, Ohio and died on May 09, 1893 in Heath, Allegan, Michigan. In 1856 he purchased 80 acres of land in Michigan and moved there before 1860.
While Abel and his family are shown in census records in 1850 to be at Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, by 1860 the family is in Monterey, Allegan, Michigan. Later the family lived in Heath Township, Allegan County, Michigan. On October 14, 1861, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Abel enlisted in Michigan Battery C, 1st Light Artillery Regiment. He received a disability discharge from the Battery on December 4, 1862.
His son, Oscar, also served during the Civil War (Abel was 44 at the time he joined the Battery and had a son old enough to serve as well) when he enlisted in Company 2nd SS, Michigan 27th Infantry Regiment on February 29, 1864 at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was taken POW August 21, 1864 on the Weldon Railroad in Virginia. Oscar died as a POW and was buried in the Salisbury National Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina. His widow, Harriett Green, whom he had married on July 19, 1863 in Allegan County, received a pension after his death. In 1868 she married Julius Davis and moved to Clare County, Michigan.
Abel Dunton died in 1897 at the age of 80 years.
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The following contribution was made by Daniel Lee Cunningham on November 26, 2011.
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Abel Dunton was born on March 31, 1820 in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire. He died on June 2, 1897 at Heath, Allegan County, Michigan. He was married on April 7, 1844 in Lake, Ohio to Samantha Fowler who had been born on April 29, 1823 in Shalersville, Portage, Ohio and died on May 09, 1893 in Heath, Allegan, Michigan. In 1856 he purchased 80 acres of land in Michigan and moved there before 1860.
While Abel and his family are shown in census records in 1850 to be at Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, by 1860 the family is in Monterey, Allegan, Michigan. Later the family lived in Heath Township, Allegan County, Michigan. On October 14, 1861, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Abel enlisted in Michigan Battery C, 1st Light Artillery Regiment. He received a disability discharge from the Battery on December 4, 1862.
His son, Oscar, also served during the Civil War (Abel was 44 at the time he joined the Battery and had a son old enough to serve as well) when he enlisted in Company 2nd SS, Michigan 27th Infantry Regiment on February 29, 1864 at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was taken POW August 21, 1864 on the Weldon Railroad in Virginia. Oscar died as a POW and was buried in the Salisbury National Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina. His widow, Harriett Green, whom he had married on July 19, 1863 in Allegan County, received a pension after his death. In 1868 she married Julius Davis and moved to Clare County, Michigan.
Abel Dunton enlisted at Grand Rapids, MI in Batty C, 1st MI Light Artillery at the age of 44. He served for 1 year, 2 months from Oct 1861 - Dec 1862, receiving a disability discharge.
Abel Dunton died in 1897 at the age of 80 years.
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The following contribution was made by Daniel Lee Cunningham on November 26, 2011.
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Abel Dunton was born on March 31, 1820 in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire. He died on June 2, 1897 at Heath, Allegan County, Michigan. He was married on April 7, 1844 in Lake, Ohio to Samantha Fowler who had been born on April 29, 1823 in Shalersville, Portage, Ohio and died on May 09, 1893 in Heath, Allegan, Michigan. In 1856 he purchased 80 acres of land in Michigan and moved there before 1860.
While Abel and his family are shown in census records in 1850 to be at Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, by 1860 the family is in Monterey, Allegan, Michigan. Later the family lived in Heath Township, Allegan County, Michigan. On October 14, 1861, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Abel enlisted in Michigan Battery C, 1st Light Artillery Regiment. He received a disability discharge from the Battery on December 4, 1862.
His son, Oscar, also served during the Civil War (Abel was 44 at the time he joined the Battery and had a son old enough to serve as well) when he enlisted in Company 2nd SS, Michigan 27th Infantry Regiment on February 29, 1864 at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was taken POW August 21, 1864 on the Weldon Railroad in Virginia. Oscar died as a POW and was buried in the Salisbury National Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina. His widow, Harriett Green, whom he had married on July 19, 1863 in Allegan County, received a pension after his death. In 1868 she married Julius Davis and moved to Clare County, Michigan.
Abel Dunton died in 1897 at the age of 80 years.
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The following contribution was made by Daniel Lee Cunningham on November 26, 2011.
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Abel Dunton was born on March 31, 1820 in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire. He died on June 2, 1897 at Heath, Allegan County, Michigan. He was married on April 7, 1844 in Lake, Ohio to Samantha Fowler who had been born on April 29, 1823 in Shalersville, Portage, Ohio and died on May 09, 1893 in Heath, Allegan, Michigan. In 1856 he purchased 80 acres of land in Michigan and moved there before 1860.
While Abel and his family are shown in census records in 1850 to be at Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, by 1860 the family is in Monterey, Allegan, Michigan. Later the family lived in Heath Township, Allegan County, Michigan. On October 14, 1861, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Abel enlisted in Michigan Battery C, 1st Light Artillery Regiment. He received a disability discharge from the Battery on December 4, 1862.
His son, Oscar, also served during the Civil War (Abel was 44 at the time he joined the Battery and had a son old enough to serve as well) when he enlisted in Company 2nd SS, Michigan 27th Infantry Regiment on February 29, 1864 at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was taken POW August 21, 1864 on the Weldon Railroad in Virginia. Oscar died as a POW and was buried in the Salisbury National Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina. His widow, Harriett Green, whom he had married on July 19, 1863 in Allegan County, received a pension after his death. In 1868 she married Julius Davis and moved to Clare County, Michigan.
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1st MICH L.A.
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