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Henry Clay Abel

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Henry Clay Abel

Birth
Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, USA
Death
13 Apr 1921 (aged 83)
Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Fayette, Fayette County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Henry C. Abel passed away at the home of his daughter., following an illness of several months.

He was united in marriage to Annette Baker in Moriah, N.Y. in 1860 and in 1866 the family came west and located in Clayton County, Iowa. Two year later they purchased a farm five miles southwest of Fayette and resided there till Dec., 1907 when they came to Oelwein to make their home with a daughter. Mrs. Abel passed away May, 1908, and Mr. Abel continued to make his home with his daughter.

Henry and Annette (Baker) Abel were the parents of two sons and 2 daughters. One Daughter Florence, died in infancy and one son Charles E. passed away July 11, 1905.

They are survived by one son and one daughter.

Interment was at the Fayette Cemetery, by the side of the wife and mother.

Mr. Abel was a man who made and retained friends. He was a pioneer of Fayette county, coming here following the close of the Civil War. He was a kind husband and father and many friends of the old neighbors and friends in and near Fayette and in Oelwein sympathize with the loss sustained by son and daughter.
Henry C. Abel passed away at the home of his daughter., following an illness of several months.

He was united in marriage to Annette Baker in Moriah, N.Y. in 1860 and in 1866 the family came west and located in Clayton County, Iowa. Two year later they purchased a farm five miles southwest of Fayette and resided there till Dec., 1907 when they came to Oelwein to make their home with a daughter. Mrs. Abel passed away May, 1908, and Mr. Abel continued to make his home with his daughter.

Henry and Annette (Baker) Abel were the parents of two sons and 2 daughters. One Daughter Florence, died in infancy and one son Charles E. passed away July 11, 1905.

They are survived by one son and one daughter.

Interment was at the Fayette Cemetery, by the side of the wife and mother.

Mr. Abel was a man who made and retained friends. He was a pioneer of Fayette county, coming here following the close of the Civil War. He was a kind husband and father and many friends of the old neighbors and friends in and near Fayette and in Oelwein sympathize with the loss sustained by son and daughter.


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