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History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois.
"CENTENNIAL RECORD"
by John Carroll Power
Assisted by his wife, Mrs. S. A. Power
Under the Auspices of the Old Settlers Society
Springfield, ILL:  Edwin A. Wilson & Co. - 1876
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Page 76

   ABELL, JEREMIAH, was born in 1770, in Rockingham county, Va.  He was
there married to Hannah Aiken, who was born in 1771.  They emigrated to
Adair county, Ky.  Mr. Abell was the owner of some slaves, but he liberated
them in Kentucky, and moved with his family to Sangamon county, Ill.,
arriving in 1829, in what is now Auburn township.  Their daughter -----

PENELOPE, married in Adair county, Ky., to Samuel McElvain. (see his name)
They come to Sangamon county with her parents.

Their son, Dr. J. R. Abell, resides at Taylorville.

   Rev. Jeremiah Abell was regularly educated for the ministry, preached
many years in connection with the Presbyterian church, and received the
title of Doctor of Divinity.  After coming to Illinois he severed his con-
nection with the Presbyterian church and united with the Methodists.  He
moved, about 1846, to McDonough county, and died there in 1852.

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