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Walter Harrison Abel 1868 – 1948 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: October 1868

Birth Location: Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America

Death Date: 1948

Death Location: Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States of America

Father: Harrison Abels

Mother: Susan Abel

Spouse(s): Ophelia Abel

Children(s): Lillian Taylor, John Abel, Birdie Ferrell, Gentry Abel, Laura Teague, Huella Bates, Walter Abel

Walter Harrison Abel was born in 1868 in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America, the child of Harrison B Abels and Susan A Abel. Walter Harrison Abel later married Ophelia Abel, and together they raised children including Lillian Taylor, John Willie Abel, Birdie E. Ferrell, Gentry Herbert Abel, Laura Teague, Huella Ruth Bates and Walter Estell Abel. In 1948, Walter Harrison Abel passed away in Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States of America.

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Parents

Harrison Abels
1837 – 1912
Birth Location: Alabama
HA
Susan Abel
1836 – 1905
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
SA

Spouses(s)

Ophelia Abel
1873 – 1914
Birth Location: Mississippi, United States of America
OA

Children(s)

Lillian Taylor
1892 – 1986
Birth Location: Mississippi, United States of America
LT
John Abel
1898 – 1959
Birth Location: Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America
JA
Birdie Ferrell
1901 – 1978
Birth Location: Lexington, Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America
BF
Gentry Abel
1903 – 1975
Birth Location: Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America
GA
Laura Teague
1906 – 1987
Birth Location: Lexington, Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America
LT
Huella Bates
1909 – 2001
Birth Location: Lexington, Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America
HB
Walter Abel
1913 – 1949
Birth Location: Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America
WA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: October 1868
    Event Place: Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 4, Holmes, Mississippi; Roll: 650; Page: 203A; Enumeration District: 008, Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 4, Attala, Mississippi; Page: 140B; Family History Library Film: 552221

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Beat 4, Attala, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 4, Attala, Mississippi; Page: 140B; Family History Library Film: 552221

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Beat 4, Holmes, Mississippi, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 4, Holmes, Mississippi; Roll: 650; Page: 203A; Enumeration District: 008

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1948
    Event Place: Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Coxburg, Holmes County, Mississippi, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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