Obrien County IA Archives Biographies.....Balcom, Abel H. 1826 - 
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Author: Geo. W. Schee and O. H. Montzheimer (1909)

Balcom, Abel H. Resides at Eldora, Iowa; born December 1, 1826, at Shirley,
Mass. His father, Reuben Balcom, was born in 1784 at Sudbury, Mass; mother,
Elizabeth Hartwell Balcom, was born in 1786 at Shirley, Mass. He married Jennie
V. Donovan October 16, 1867; one son, James A., was born. Enlisted August 11,
1862, at Grafton, Mass.; was member Company F, Thirty-sixth Massachusetts
Volunteer Infantry; transferred February 15, 1865, to Fifth Regiment Volunteer
Rough Cavalry, Massachusetts; served at First Battle of Antietam,
Fredericksburg, Bowling Green, Siege of Vicksburg, Harper's Ferry, Newport News;
in hospital at Vicksburg seven months; discharged July 5, 1865, at Indianapolis,
Ind. Settled in O'Brien County May, 1871, on southeast quarter section 12, Baker
Township. Member Buckner Post, G. A. R., and M. E. Church.

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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

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