Bio of Dwelle, Abner (b.1840) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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Dwelle, Abner (page 341), an early settler, was born in Kalamazoo County,
Mich., September 12, 1840, son of Abner and Electa C. (Lawrence) Dwelle,
with whom he came to this county as a boy in 1854. At the outbreak of the
Civil War he enlisted in Co. I, 1st Minn. Vol. Inf., and served with the
Army of the Potomac. At the Battle of Ball's Bluff he received a bullet
wound in the shoulder, from which he was disabled, and as the result of
which he was discharged in February 7, 1863. Then he returned and devoted
his life to farming. He acquired a good farm, partly in the city limits,
and carried on a profitable agricultural and dairy business. Mr. Dwelle
was married in October, 1877, to Laura M. Sears, born in Racine Co., Wis.,
daughter of William Sears. This union has been blessed with two children:
Addie Pearl, born April 28, 1880, and Arthur Sears, born August 13, 1885.