In the 1850 US Census[1] John Angel is shown to be a Blacksmith. Six of their eight children are at home. The last two have not yet been born.
Theodoric M Angel, 14
Joseph W Angel, 11
Ruth Ann Angel, 7
William M Angel, 6
James Monroe Angel, 4
Julia Ann Angel, 4/12
John [aged 47] and his family, including his wife, himself, and six of his children are listed on the 1860 Census [2]
John enlisted for duty in the Civil War at the age of 42 according to what he told the recruitment office [he was more likely 49] on 11 Mar 1862. [3]
He died in 1862, likely due to battle or illness.
Sources
↑1850 Census:
"1850 United States Federal Census", database with images
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Western District, Rockingham, North Carolina; Roll: 643; Page: 100b; Line Number: 7 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8054 #12973486 (accessed 9 January 2023)
↑ "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XK6N-6D6 : 7 December 2014), John F Angel, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Forty-fifth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 442.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: