Person:John Abell (9)

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Rev. John Smith Abell
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Name Rev. John Smith Abell
Gender Male
Birth[2] 2 Feb 1781 Orange, Virginia, United States
Marriage 1816 Virginia, United Statesto Lydia Brown Ralls
Death[2] 12 May 1859 Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Burial[2] Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
References
  1.   Woods, Edgar. Albemarle County in Virginia: giving some account of what it was by nature, of what it was made by man, and of some of the men who made it. (Charlottesville, VA: The Michie company, 1901)
    137.

    ... Caleb conveyed it [land] to his son, John S. Abell, in 1808, John S. entered the Baptist ministry about 1830, and died in 1859.

    In 1816 he married Lydia Ralls, and his children were
    Alexander P., who was a magistrate under the old regime, was first a merchant in Charlottesville, then Teller in the Monticello and Charlottesville National Banks, married Ann, daughter of William McLeod, and about 1876 removed to Greenville, S.C. ;
    George W., who was one of the early ministers of the Disciples Church; and
    J. Ralls, whose wife was Susan, daughter of William Dunkum. ...

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 231968354, in Find A Grave
    includes headstone photo, last accessed Jan 2025.