Henry Abbs (1830 - 1900)

Born 15 Mar 1830 in England

Husband of Catherine Lewis (McMahan) Abbs — married after 1 Jan 1866 (to 1900) in Bloom, Richland, Wisconsin, United States

Died 20 Nov 1900 at age 70 in Richland, Wisconsin, United States

Biography

Henry Abbs was born in England. He came to the United States. Henry served in the Union Army during the Civil War, as a Private in Co. C, 43rd New York Infantry. After the war, he married Catherine (McMahan) Cooper. They had at least four children. Henry died in 1900, aged 70, in Richland, Wisconsin, and is buried with his wife in Bloom City Cemetery, Bloom City, Richland, Wisconsin. ^[1]

Henry Abbs was born in England in 1830, the son of Adna Abbs (1807 England-1873 New York) and Elizabeth Wilson (1806 England-1889 New York). He married Catherine (McMahan) Cooper, a Civil War widow with three children. They married on 1 January 1866 in Bloom, Richland, Wisconsin. ^[2]

Catherine and Henry’s daughter Phoebe Elizabeth Abbs was born in Bloom City, Wisconsin. She married Hiram K. Page on 12 August 1897 in Bloom City, Wisconsin. Hiram was born in Richland, Oswego, New York, the son of Dewitt C. and Ruth A. (Lumbard) Page. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #15930703
2. ↑ ancestry.com Pedigree Resource File (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3ZHM-FSW)
3. ↑ Wisconsin County Marriages, 1836-1911 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRPD-KPV)