Abel
W
Wilfong
Born about in Pendleton, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Wilfong
and Eliza (Nelson) Wilfong
Brother of
Jane Wilfong, Hugh Allen Wilfong, John Jehu Wilfong, Elizabeth (Wilfong) Helmick and Sarah (Wilfong) Helmick
Husband of
Sarah Susannah (Rexroad) Wilfong
— married
3 Nov 1851 in Pendleton County, VA, (WV, USA)
Husband of
Elizabeth (Turner) Wilfong
— married
10 Jan 1867 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Eliza Jane (Wilfong) Pennington, Caroline N (Wilfong) Snyder, Jacob Wilfong, Abraham Lincoln Wilfong, John Smithy Wilfong, Hugh Allen Wilfong, Solomon J Wilfong and Mary Wilfong
Died after
after about age 52
in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA
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Biography
Abel Wilfong was born in Appalachia, in Virginia.
Native Virginian (Born in Virginia, Now West Virginia as of June 20, 1863)
Abel Wilfong served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 26 Nov 1861
Mustered out: 26 Feb 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 17th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
Enlisted: 26 Nov 1861
Mustered out: 26 Feb 1862
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 17th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry
- 1850 US Census: Pendleton county, Pendleton, Virginia, United States[2]
- Jacob Wilfong M 45 Virginia, farmer
- Eliza Wilfong F 38 Virginia
- Abel Wilfong M 20 Virginia
- Allen Wilfong M 17 Virginia
- Jehu Wilfong M 14 Virginia
- Jane Wilfong F 18 Virginia
- Elizabeth Wilfong F 12 Virginia
- Sarah Wilfong F 10 Virginia
- Rachael Wilfong F 9 Virginia
- Amanda Wilfong F 5 Virginia
- William Wilfong M 3 Virginia
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Military service for Able: Beg 26 NOV 1861 Union, Pendleton, WV & End 26 FEB 1862 Union, Pendleton, WV. 1850 Seneca, Pendleton, VA, 1860 Pendleton Co, VA, 1870, 1880 Union, Pendleton, WV.[3]
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DV-8HS : 12 April 2016), Abel Wilfong in household of Jacob Wilfong, Pendleton county, Pendleton, Virginia, United States; citing family 440, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ * 1890 Census: "1890 Veterans Schedules of the U.S. Federal Census"
The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War; Series Number: M123; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Record Group Number: 15; Census Year: 1890
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8667 #53010 (accessed 12 July 2022)
Abel Wilfong in Union, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abel 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 Abel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abel 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 Abel:
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~6.25%
Rob Hinebaugh
:
AncestryDNA
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~2.34%
Kathy (Meadows) Ramirez :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Patricia Carr :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JE6520670 [compare], Ancestry member Patcatpaws
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~0.78%
Reggie Bennett :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A887264 [compare], FTDNA kit #535811
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~0.78%
Bob Shields :
MyHeritage DNA
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