SQUIRE WILLIAM ABBS, Ridgeville Corners, p.
o., was born in Cambridgeshire,
England, in 1837, and was a son of
Adna and Elizabeth (Wilson) Abbs, who emigrated to, and settled in Saratoga county, N. Y., in 1851, where
Adna died in 1871 leaving a widow and
eight children.
William enlisted in the 13th
New York Marine Artillery, Company F, Jan. 4, 1864; was mustered out of the 6th
New York Heavy Artillery, Company H, Aug. 26, 1865, at
Washington. He settled in
Ridgeville in 1866 and became engaged in the lumber business and in 1873 he
turned his attention toward farming.
He was married Dec. 20, 1866, o Mrs.
Polly (Welder) Thompson. They
had one child, Lizzie Ann.
Mrs. Polly’s first husband was
Mr. Isaac Thompson, who was born in Bangor, Maine, in
1832 and died in 1865, leaving four children:
R. A., M. J., L. C. and Ida E. Isaac enlisted in the 12th
Ohio Cavalry in 1863, was taken prisoner at
Richmond, wounded, and died Apr. 14, 1865.
Polly was a daughter of George and Catharine Welder,
of Ashland
county, who settled in Ridgeville in 1852, where they died leaving five
children.
William has been constable, supervisor, treasurer form 1872-79, school director and justice
of the peace.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties -
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason
& Co. 1888. - Page
643 |
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