Person:Abner Forbes (3)
Abner Forbes
b.1822 Pike, Madison, Ohio, United States
d.1874
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Dec 1820
  1. Abner Forbes1822 - 1874
  2. Abigail Forbes1823 - 1840
  3. Claret Ann Forbes1825 - 1840
  4. Dorcas C. Forbes1831 - 1913
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 Nov 1841
  1. John Burwell Forbes1842 - 1904
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Facts and Events
Name Abner Forbes
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1822 Pike, Madison, Ohio, United States
Marriage 11 Nov 1841 Tazewell, Illinois, United Statesto Jerusha Weltha Burwell
Alt Marriage 11 Nov 1841 Lexington, McLean, Illinois, United Statesto Jerusha Weltha Burwell
Military[7] From 1846 to 1847 Mexican War 1846-7
Divorce 3 Nov 1848 Tazewell, Illinois, United StatesDivorce
from Jerusha Weltha Burwell
Military[6] 12 Aug 1862 Enlist Civil War
Military[5] 1864 Cahaba, Dallas, Alabama, United StatesImprisoned confederate prison
Military[7][8] 24 Sep 1864 Elkmont, Limestone, Alabama, United StatesSulphur Branch Trestle
Military[3][7] 7th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Company E
Military[4][7] 111th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry COMPANY:F
Death[1] 1874
Burial[1] 1874 Hittle, Tazewell, Illinois, United StatesHittle Grove Cemetery
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 In Memory of these early settlers of Hittle Township
    [1].

    Jane Carr Danby Borbes Burge** Towanda, PA, 1803-Hittle Twp.1841
    Stepmother of Absolom E. Forbes;
    Mother of
    Abner W. Abigail E. Clarey Ann and
    Dorcas C. Forbes and
    Martha C. and
    Jane Burge.

    Adam Burge * Third husband of Jane Bunge VA 1898-Hittle Twp, 1845

    Capt. Abner W. Forbes- Madison Co., OH, 1822-1874 Place unknown.
    First husband of Weltha Jerusha Burwell,
    father of John Burwell Forbes.
    Served in Mexican War 1846-7 and
    Civil War in Co E 77th Ill Inf and Co F 3d Regt Ala Inf.
    Captured with his son at Sulphur, Branch Trestle, Ala. 5/24/1864 and
    imprisoned with him at Camaba, Ala.

    William H. Burwell - Brother of Weltha Jerusha Burwell Forbes, Hittle Twp., 1840,
    killed 10/12/1864 at Allatoona Pass, Ga, while serving in Co E 77th Ill Inf.

    Clark Smith - second husband of Weltha Jerusha Burwell, N. Y. --1808 Hittle Twp., 3/18/58;
    father of
    William H.,
    Jemima, and
    Nathan H. Smith.

    Jemima Smith - Daughter of Clark & Wiltha Smith - Hittle Twp., 1854-1863.

    Placed by Verna Forbes Willson-- 1992

  2. ↑ Ohio and Illinois, in Fobes, Lawrence G. (Lawrence George). Fobes: the Fobes Family in America, the Descendents of John Fobes: Immigrant in 1623 to Duxbury, Mass. (Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: L. G. Fobes (typescript), 2000)
    P 171 [2].

    Pike, Madison, Ohio, United States

  3. ↑ nps civil war Soldier Details - Forbes, Abner W.
    [3].

    REGIMENT NAME:7th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
    SIDE:Union:
    COMPANY:E
    SOLDIER'S RANK IN:Private
    SOLDIER'S RANK OUT:Private
    ALTERNATE NAME:
    FILM NUMBER:M539 roll 30
    NOTES: See also 3 U.S.C.T.

  4. ↑ nps civil war Soldier Details - Forbes, Abner W.
    [4].

    REGIMENT NAME:111th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry
    SIDE:Union:
    COMPANY:F
    SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Captain
    SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Captain
    ALTERNATE NAME:
    FILM NUMBER:M589 roll 29
    NOTES: See also 7 Ill. Vol.
    AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL:
    DISPLAYED AS:Abner W. Forbes
    PLAQUE NUMBER:D-108
    ---
    OVERVIEW: Organized June 25, 1864, from 3rd Alabama Colored Infantry. Attached to garrison at Pulaski, Tenn., District of North Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. Defences of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 3rd Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee, to July, 1865. Dept. of the Tennessee to April, 1866.

    SERVICE:Duty at Pulaski, Tenn., and Athens, Ala., District of North Alabama, till September, 1864. Action at Athens with Forest September 23-24 (most of Regiment captured). Sulphur Branch Trestle September 25 (Detachment). Duty at Pulaski, Tenn., till January, 1865. Guard duty on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad and in Middle Tennessee till April, 1866. Mustered out April 30, 1866.

    Predecessor unit:

    ALABAMA VOLUNTEERS.

    3rd REGIMENT INFANTRY.
    Organized at Pulaski, Tenn., January 3, 1864. Attached to Garrison of Pulaski, Tenn., Dept. Tennessee, to June, 1864.
    Garrison duty at Pulaski and Athens and as guard to Railroads in Northern Alabama till June, 1864.

  5. ↑ Report, Volumes 35-36
    p 191.

    Because of his previous Military experience, Abner was soon promoted to the rank of Captain and managed to get John B. transferred to his unit as a wagon master. Both were captured, within a day of each other at Sulpher Branch Trestle, Alabama and interned at Cahaba, Alabama.

  6. ↑ TAZEWELL COUNTY VOLUNTEERS , in Allensworth, Ben C. History of Tazewell County
    CHAPTER XI, Pg. 757 .
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 BIOGRAPHY: Capt. Abner W. Forbes- Madison Co., OH, 1822-1874. First husband of Weltha Jerusha Burwell, father of John Burwell Forbes. Served in Mexican War 1846-7 and Civil War in Co E 77th Ill Inf and Co F 3d Regt Ala Inf. Son, John Burwell Forbes, enlisted in Co E, 7th IL. Captured with his son, John B, at Sulphur, Branch Trestle, Ala. 5/24/1864 and imprisoned with him at Camaba, Ala.

    Alternate - enlisted in Co E, 7th IL Inf, Logan Co, IL on 12 Aug 1862.
    Abner, and son, John B, were both captured 25 Sep 1864 at Sulphur Springs, AL.

    Jerusha wed Abner Warren Forbes 11 Nov 1841. Son, John Burwell Forbes born between 15/28 May 1842. Divorced by Abner Forbes for desertion, 3 Nov 1848. (She was living in Alton, Tazewell Co, IL with her six year old son, John B Forbes).

    Jerusha married neighbor Clark Smith (2nd marriage for both) on 12 Sep 1850.
    Son, William Henry Smith born Dec 1853 in Tazewell Co, IL.
    Daughter, Jemima Smith born 1854/55, Tazewell Co, IL (died age 9, ca 1863)
    Son, Nathan Hiram Smith born 6 Jan 1856, Tazewell Co, IL.

    Jerusha divorced Abner W Forbes for desertion prior to 1874 wedding to Green Hainline on 6 Oct 1874.

    2nd Husband, Clark Smith died, intestate, widow Jerusha asked brother Jonathan to administer the estate.
    1860 Fed Census showed that Jerusha Smith was a resident of Hittle Twp, Tazewell Co, IL with her parents.
    Jerusha remarried Abner W Forbes (her 3rd marriage) on 15 Aug 1861 at Bloomington, McLean Co, IL.

    Son John Burwell Forbes wed Nancy A Walker, a schoolteacher, 7 Feb 1867, at Lexington, McLean Co, IL.
    1870 Fed Census, Jerusha living in McLean Co, IL.

    On 1 Sep 1876, Atlanta "Argus" newspaper stated that Jerusha, and her husband, was visiting her father, John, in Sterling, KS where he was very ill.

    Jerusha Weltha died 3 Feb 1881 in Tazewell Co, IL, two months shy of her 58th birthday.

    BIOGRAPHY: Notes for ABNER WARREN FORBES: 1. Verna Forbes Willson, 741 W Arrington St, Farmington, NM 87401 (Dcd)
  8. ↑ Many of the men captured here and imprisoned at Cahaba would later perish in the explosion of the Sultana steamship on the Mississippi River in April, 1865. Even without the addition of these eventual losses, the battle of Sulphur Trestle remains the bloodiest battle of the war fought on Alabama soil.
    http://knoxstalgia.blogspot.com/2011/04/sulphur-branch-trestle-elkmont-alabama.html
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