Thomas Abbey 1879

ABBEY, SMITH

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Date: 7/15/2009 at 21:58:57

THOMAS ABBEY, blacksmith, Cottonville; born in Erie Co., N.Y., June 3, 1842; came West in 1852, located in Jackson Co., and went to farming; then removed to Delaware Co., Iowa, and remained four years; returned to Jackson Co., and enlisted June 20, 1861, in the 5th I.V.I.; was discharged at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., in 1862, when he returned to Jackson Co., then to Delaware Co. and farmed one year, and then to Cottonville. He married Miss Mary J. Smith; she was born in Erie Co., N.Y., in 1843, and came West in May, 1852; married in Bellevue in 1863, and have one child - Nettie L., born Jan. 11, 1864. - Source: 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg 688.