•ID: I630161063
•Name: William W. ABEL
•Given Name: William W.
•Surname: Abel
•Sex: M
•Birth: 27 Nov 1786 in Pennsylvania
•Death: 14 Mar 1863 in Orange County, Indiana
•Census: 1840 Orange County, Northweswt Township, Indiana
•Census: 1850 Orange County, Northwest Township, IN 399-404
•Burial: Mar 1863 Miller Cemetery, Orange County, Indiana
•Occupation: 1850 According to 1850 IN census he was a farmer with 300 value of real estate.
•Event: Comment 1 Unknown After 1823 they went to Orange Co. IN near a town called Orleans.
•Event: Comment 2 Unknown 1840 Buried by his two wives
•Event: Residence 1 Unknown They migrated to Tennessee, where they remained until about 1823
•Event: Residence 2 Unknown When they came to Orange County, Indiana they settled near the town of Orleans.
•Note:
REFN: 156
From the "HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA", 1884 reprint 1950, pa
ge 37 in a section entitled, "SETTLEMENT OF ORANGE-VILLE TOWNSHIP":
"William Abel was a man who devoted much time to hunting and was always accompanied by two large dogs. On one occasion he had wounded a large bear, but it was making its escape when the two dogs seized it, one at each side in the fleshy part of the ham or thigh. Just at that time the bear attempted to pass between two small trees not apart enough to allow both dogs to go through together. Maintaining their hold, the bear was held fast and he commenced his attack upon the dogs with great ferocity. While this was going on, Mr. Abel joined in the encounter, and with his small axe or tomahawk, succeeded in dispatching to his death this king of the American forests".
Later they moved to Section 15 of Northwest Township in Orange County. He was township chairman of the Democratic party during the 1880's.
Rebecca Cox Abel died 18 July 1830 and was the first person buried in Miller Cemetery.
William and Mildred his second wife after the death of Rebecca Cox are found in the 1840 Census of Orange Co., Northwest Township, Indiana:
399-404William Abel.........Age 67....Born Penn.
Milly......".....................40.............Tenn.
Barbara ".....................16F...........Ind.
Catharine"...................14F............"
Samuel ".....................10M..........."
Francis M. "................. 9M..........."
George Ann"................ 6F..........."
Emily "........................ 4F.........."
Henrietta ".................. 1F........."

Father: Francis ABEL b: Abt 1758
Mother: Isbel O'CONNOR

Marriage 1 Mildred LINK b: Abt 1810 in TN
•Married: 1 Mar 1833 in Orange County, Northwest Township, Indiana
•Marriage License: in Book C2--page 48

Children
1. Catherine E. ABEL b: 5 Mar 1836 in Orange Co., IN
2. Samuel A. J. ABEL b: 1840 in Orange Co., IN
3. Francis M. ABEL b: 24 Oct 1840 in Orangeview, Orange Co., IN
4. Armilda Georgiana ABEL b: 13 May 1844 in Orange Co., IN
5. Lillie B. ABEL b: 1846 in Orange Co., IN
6. Emily Jane ABEL b: 17 Mar 1847
7. Henrietta Jane ABEL b: 24 Feb 1850 in Orange Co., IN
8. Barbara Isabel ABEL b: 11 Jan 1834 in Orange Co., IN

Marriage 2 Rebecca COX b: 1795
•Married: 1812 in Virginia
•Note: _MEND Death of one spouse

Children
1. Martin ABEL b: 1812 in Virginia
2. John ABEL b: 1813 in Tennessee
3. Andrew Jackson ABEL b: 11 Dec 1815 in Tennessee
4. William ABEL b: 1816 in Tennessee
5. Martha ABEL b: 1818 in Tennessee
6. Edith ABEL b: 1820 in Tennessee
7. Mary Ann ABEL b: Oct 1821
8. Nancy ABEL b: 1822
9. Sarah ABEL b: 13 Jun 1825 in Orange Co., IN
10. Rebecca ABEL b: 2 Sep 1827 in Orange Co., IN
11. Margaret Ann ABEL b: 21 Apr 1828 in Orange Co., IN