Sergt. Machine Gun Btry. D, 30th Div., 114th Reg.; of Haywood County; son of J. F. and Mary Abel. Entered service July 25th, 1917, at Waynesville. Sent to Camp Sevier. Transferred to Camp Mills. Sailed for France May 11th, 1918. Promoted to rank of Corpl. March, 1917; Sergt. March, 1918. Fought at Ypres, St. Quentin, Bellicourt, and all other engagements of his company. Returned to U. S. A. March, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, April, 1919.
United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894 [ Names within brackets are reported in letters. ] Eaton County Bellevue Township. – Elias Stewart, Frank F. Hughes, Edwin J. Wood, Samuel Van Orman, John D. Conklin, Martin V. Moon. Mitchell Drollett, Levi Evans, William Fisher, William E. Pixley, William Henry Luscomb, George Carroll, Collins S. Lewis, David Crowell, Aaron Skeggs, Thomas Bailey, Andrew Day, L. G. Showerman, Hulbert Parmer, Fletcher Campbell, Lorenzo D. Fall, William Farlin, Francis Beecraft, William Caton, Servitus Tucker, William Shipp, Theodore Davis. Village of Bellevue. – William H. Latta, Thomas B. … Read more
Abel, William Fleming; manager; born, Pittsburgh, Pa., April 2, 1875; son of Joseph and Louise Marchand Abel; educated, Washington-Jefferson college; married, Pittsburg, Pa., March 18, 1899, Mary D. Coyle; member Iron and Steel Institute of England, International Society for Testing Materials, Automobile Engineers; member F. & A. M., Tyrian Lodge, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Rotary and West Brook Country Club.