Abraham Kilby Lunsford was born in 1818, in the part of Surrey County North Carolina, that later became Wilkes County. He married Minerva Gray, born August 31, 1822, daughter of Thomas Henry Gray and Mary Ann (Polly) Frazier, on November 8, 1843, in Greene County, Tennessee. He left Kentucky in 1861, and enlisted in the Union Army on November 9, 1862.He died at the Post Hospital, Jefferson Barracks Missouri, in November of 1864.Minerva died at their home in Grundy County, Missouri, near the vanished town of Mitchell, south of Trenton, Missouri. All their children were born in London, Laurel County, Kentucky.Abraham was strongly anti-slavery, and may have been influenced by his association with the Gray and Frazier families, both of whom had long histories in the Quaker church. The area of Greene County, Tennessee where the Gray family lived was called "Quaker Knob," and Ezekiel Frazier, Mary Ann's grandfather was a Quaker minister who helped found the Society of Friends in Greene County before moving to Ohio.

Married November 08, 1843, Laurel County, KY. They had 9 children.
Index to Coon Creek Cemetery
Volunteer Enlistment State of Missouri Town of Bancroft (19 Aug. 1864)

"I Abraham Lunsford born in Surry County in the State of North Carolina, aged forty four years, and by occupation a farmer do hereby acknowledge to have volunteered this nineteenth day of August 1864, to serve as a soldier in the army of the United states, for the period of One year, unless sooner discharged by proper authority; do also agree to accept such Bounty, Pay, Rations and Clothing as are, or may be established by law for volunteers.

And I, Abraham Lunsford, do solemnly swear that I will bear true-faith and allegiance to the United states of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers whomsoever; and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War. "

The first page of his Civil War record. The letter of his death is also in this file and the muster roll with the details of his death.

next muster roll card
Abraham Lunsford
Pvt., Co. F, 43 Reg;t Missouri Infantry.
Appears on
Company Muster Foll
for Nov and Dec 1864,

Remarks: Died of Measles in
Port Hospital St. Joseph Mo.
Nov 16, 1864

Children of ABRAHAM LUNSFORD and MINERVA GRAY are:
i. WILLIAM HOUSTON2 LUNSFORD, b. 17 March 1854, Manchester Laurel Ky; d. 13 November 1932, Claremore Rogers Oklahoma -78 years.
ii. THOMAS HENRY GRAY LUNSFORD, b. 04 February 1851, Manchester Laurel Co. Kentucky.
iii. MARY ANN LUNSFORD, b. 11 June 1853, Manchester Laurel Co. Kentucky; d. Rogers County Oklahoma; m. WILLIAM KELLY, 20 July 1873, Daviese County Missouri.
iv. ABNER BAKER LUNSFORD, b. 17 January 1858, Laurel County Kentucky; d. 02 August 1947, Union Town Kansas - Fort Scott.
v. AHOLIBAMAH LUNSFORD, b. 11 January 1859; d. 02 August 1947, Joplin Missouri; m. MARION COACH, 02 October 1875.