Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Appleton, Abel 1839 - 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 2, 2006, 10:55 pm Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909) Appleton, Abel. Born September 18, 1839, at Shandon, Ohio, son of Pierson and Margaret Mahaffy Appleton. Married Mary Ann Bridgeford January 22, 1868; children: William P., Charles E., Lulu A., Robert J., Addie M., Clarence L., Thomas E., Emma M., and R. C. Enlisted May 2, 1864, at Hamilton, Ohio, in Company B, One Hundred and Sixty-Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry; discharged September 8, 1864. Settled in O'Brien County April 19, 1871. Homesteaded Northwest 1/4 Section 36, Township 96, Range 42. Member McKenzie Post No. 72, Sheldon, and prior to that of S. F. Jordan Post, G. A. R., at Primghar. Died May 16, 1901, and buried at Sheldon, Iowa. Additional Comments: Extracted from: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA AND ARMY RECORD OF OLD SOLDIERS Who Have Lived in O'Brien Co. Iowa COMPILED BY Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer Published Privately PRIMGHAR, IOWA 1909 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/obrien/bios/appleton22nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb