Abbott, Harold Ermel

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Filling Station Attendant
• Reference Number: ABBO.H001
• _FGRAVE: 106663559
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, Battery D (Harbor Defense), 6th Coast Artillery Regiment, United States Army
• Funeral: 16 Mar 2013, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Harold E. Abbott, 93, of Sailor Springs, IL, passed away Tuesday, March 12th, at the Burge House in Flora.

Harold was born on November 1, 1919 in Richland County, Illinois, the son of George Abbott and Maude Mae Luke. He married Norma Franklin on December 20, 1943 in Clay County.

Harold served in the Army during WWII and was a charter member of the Sailor Springs American Legion. He enjoyed watching baseball and basketball. Harold was a full time oilfield worker and supplemented his income by working on his 30 acre farm.

He is survived by his wife, Norma Abbott; son, Steve Abbott; son, James Abbot; a granddaughter, Ashley Bank; a grandson, Westley Abbott; great-grandchildren, Tate Abbott, Reese Abbott, Ripley Abbott, and Henry Banks.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, George Abbott Jr., and two sisters, Genelle Hance and Lorena Dehart.

Funeral Service was held at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City.

Burial at Dillman Cemetery, in Sailor Springs, IL, with Full Military Rites.

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on January 21, 1942 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Selected for the Coast Artillery Corps, completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of light truck driver (345). After a 19 month deployment abroad at Destination 'Silver' in 1942 - 1943, assigned to and served with Battery D (Harbor Defense), 6th Coast Artillery Regiment in the San Francisco, California area. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Private First Class on October 10, 1945 at the separation point, Fort Winfield Scott, California.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2097132

Buried:
Burial at Dillman Cemetery, in Sailor Springs, IL, with Full Military Rites.

Harold married Franklin, Norma Jean on 20 Dec 1943 in Clay County, Illinois. Norma (daughter of Franklin, Baldy and Noll, Josephine) was born on 2 Dec 1922 in Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois; died on 2 Nov 2016 in Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 7 Nov 2016 in Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abbott, S.S.
2. Abbott, Harold James 'Jim' was born on 27 May 1945 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; died on 16 Apr 2018 in Mitchell, Lawrence County, Indiana; was buried in Cresthaven Memory Gardens Cemetery, Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, Laborer
• Reference Number: ABBO.G003
• _FGRAVE: 24054179
• Funeral: Easley-Padgett Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

George married Luke, Maude May on 7 Aug 1911 in Richland County, Illinois. Maude (daughter of Luke, John Albert and Kincaid, Eliza Ann) was born on 29 May 1883 in Illinois; died on 14 May 1945 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 19 May 1945 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• Reference Number: LUKE.M001
• _FGRAVE: 24054184

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: ABBO.L003
• _FGRAVE: 25164487

Notes:

Louis C. "Louie" Abbott was the husband of Perlina (Taylor) Abbott, and the father of Charles K. Abbott.
- Joyce Nash-Wafford
Added: Apr. 4, 2008

Louis married Taylor, Perlina on 2 Mar 1859 in Richland County, Illinois. Perlina was born on 7 Jan 1835 in Indiana; died on 13 Nov 1881; was buried in Hanna Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: TAYL.P001
• _FGRAVE: 25164468

Notes:

Perlina (Taylor) Abbott, was the wife of Louie Abbott, mother of Charles K. Abbott who was born June 1870.
- Joyce Nash-Wafford

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: LUKE.J001
• _FGRAVE: 24056773

Notes:

Birth certificate #4714 file in Clay County, Illinois.

Note from Carl W. Gray, 23 March 2010:

The 1880 Census for Busseron, Knox County, Indiana shows him living with George and Barbara (Herrington) Wilson as a farm hand, but does NOT indicate any relation to them.

Was my previous information incorrect?

Was Barbara Herrington not his mother?

Hopefully, as I look at the earlier census reports, some of these questions will be answered.

In the 1870 Census for Busseron, Knox County, Indiana, John A. Luke is 9 years old living with George W. and Barbara (Herrington) Wilson. I'm convinced that my previous information was correct. Barbara is the mother of John Albert Luke.

John married Kincaid, Eliza Ann on 20 Dec 1880 in Knox County, Indiana. Eliza (daughter of Kincaid, Edward and Wolfe, Nancy Anne) was born on 10 Jun 1862 in Illinois; died on 4 Jul 1893 in Wayne County, Illinois; was buried in Powers Church Cemetery,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: KINC.E001
• _FGRAVE: 235386983

Notes:

Birth:
Information from Florence Ashbrook, (e-mail to author from Hazel Clark) Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 4:27 pm

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108123711/person/152000066406/facts shows her birthdate as 10 June 1862

Died:
Information from Florence Ashbrook, (e-mail to author from Hazel Clark) Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 4:27 pm says that she died in 1881

Buried:
Information from Florence Ashbrook, (e-mail to author from Hazel Clark) Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 4:27 pm

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: ABBO.I001

Isaac + Falkner, Elizabeth. Elizabeth died in yes. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: FALK.E001

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: LUKE.W001
• Military Service: American Civil War, Company B, 143d Indiana Infantry

Notes:

NOTES FROM STEVE LUKE:
Moved to Indiana , Knox Co. form Ohio prior to 1860


NOTES FROM CARL WAYNE GRAY:

The first confirmed mention of William David Luke is in the 1850 Federal Census for Busseron, Knox County, Indiana. William is living on a farm owned by John B. Moore.


In the 1860 census, he is shown as Luke, W., as being born in Ohio and is age 29. William and Barbara are living on a farm owned by J. B. Moore.

This would place his birth date at about 1831. There is a William D. Luke listed in the 1850 census in District #61 (later named Busseron), Knox County, Indiana, but he is listed as 22 years old (born about 1828) and born in Ohio. Ages were not always accurately given to census takers, although the ages do not match during the 10 year period of the two census reports, I suspect that this may be the same William David Luke. To further complicate the situation, I checked the Ohio census for 1850 and found a William Luke in the town of Aurelius, Washington County, Ohio.

Birth:
The 1850 census says he was born about 1828 in Ohio.

Census:
In the 1850 census, William is living with the John B. and Eliza Moore family

William married Harrington, Barbara on 26 Jan 1856 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. Barbara (daughter of Harrington, T. and Phillips) was born on 28 Mar 1832 in Indiana; died on 3 Mar 1917 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 28 May 1917. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: HARR.B001

Notes:

The 1870 census shows her in Busseron, Knox County, Indiana.

Census:
The 1860 census finds W. (age 29) and Barbara Luke (age 26) working and living on the farm of J.B. Moore from England. There is also a W. B. Sprinkel (age 6) living with William and Barbara. Who is W. B. Sprinkel?

Buried:
possibly buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: KINC.E002
• _FGRAVE: 153108554

Edward + Wolfe, Nancy Anne. Nancy was born on 8 Feb 1834 in Indiana; died on 9 Jun 1910 in Greenhill Cemetery, Crawford County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: WOLF.N002
• _FGRAVE: 199829567