Abel S. Hinds
Abel S. Hinds was born on November 5, 1832, in Eden, Vermont, to Abel S. Hinds and Maria Harrington. His father was a joiner and carpenter who owned $200 of real estate in 1850. Hinds grew up and attended school in Eden before beginning work as a carpenter and farmer. He married Emily D. Stone in Wolcott, Vermont, on September 12, 1859, and their daughter Jennie was born around 1863. By 1860, the couple owned $1,000 of real estate and $356 of personal property. He enlisted in the Union army on September 14, 1863, and mustered in as a private in Company M of the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery on October 7. He died during the Siege of Petersburg on June 21, 1864.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (638) | Hinds, Abel S. | 1832-11-05 | 1864-06-21 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (2055) [writer] ~ Abel S. Hinds to Maria Hinda, 31 January 1864
People - Records: 1
- (639) Hinds, Maria is the [parent of] (638) Hinds, Abel S.
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (183) [enlisted] [M] ~ 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery
SOURCES
1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.
