RELOCATION TO FLORIDA IN 1886:
“The Abshier family originally came to Belleview from Indiana in 1886 with five children. Doctor Alfred Abshier, born in 1846, was elected Town Mayor in 1900. Dr. and Mrs. Abshier, the former Nancy Ray, settled into the “New England Colony.” Dr. ABshier was a medical doctor, but his practice was limited due to a Civil War injury. He established Abshier’s Parlor Grocery and continued to serve the people of Belleview throughout his life. By 1886, 300 people lived in the Town of Belleview. Citrus was the major crop, grown near homes and on large lots apart from the Lake Lillian area.”
Ref: United States Dept. of Interior, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Lake Lillian Historic Neighborhood, Belleview, Marion County, FL; received 22 June 1999.
First married to Nancy Ray then Augusta?. Son of Alfred and Nancy Garrett Abshier. Physician in Welaka, Fla.
OBITUARY:
Dr. Alfred Edward Abshier, 87, resident of Welaka for the past 27 years, died
there this morning at 7:15 o'clock.
Besides the widow, three daughters, two sons, 25 grandchildren and 35
great-grandchildren survive.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 3 p.m., Monday with interment
in the Welaka Cemetery. Deceased, a medical doctor, had been retired since
living in Welaka. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Saturday, 17 Feb 1934.)
CIVIL WAR SERVICE:
10th Regiment Cavalry (125th Regiment Volunteers)
Organized at Columbus, Vincennes, Terre Haute, New Albany and Indianapolis, Ind., December 30, 1863, to April 30, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., May 3, 1864; thence moved to Pulaski, Tenn., June 1. Attached to District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Grierson's 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to May, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. District of Vicksburg, Miss., Dept. of Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Pulaski, Tenn., and Decatur, Ala., guarding Northern Alabama R. R. by detachments until November 26, 1864. Action at Elk River September 2. Sulphur Branch Trestle September 25. Richland Creek, near Pulaski, September 26. Repulse of Forest's attack on Pulaski September 26-27. Athens October 1-2. A Detachment at Decatur, Ala. Siege of Decatur October 26-29. A Detachment moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and participated in the Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-17. "The Cedars" December 5-8. Murfreesboro December 13-14. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 26. Owen's Cross Roads December 1. Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Franklin and Hollow Tree Gap December 17. Sugar Creek, Pulaski, December 25-26. Decatur, Ala., December 27-28 (Detachment). Pond Springs, Ala., December 29 (Detachment). Russellsville December 31 (Detachment). Detachments brought together February, 1865. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss.; thence to New Orleans, La., and to Mobile Bay, Ala., February 12-March 22. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 22-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-20. March to Columbus and Vicksburg, Miss., and Provost duty in Holmes and Attalla Counties until August. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., August 31, 1865. 3 Paroled Officers and 35 men lost on Steamer "Sultana" April 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 20 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 157 Enlisted men by disease. Total 182.
“The Abshier family originally came to Belleview from Indiana in 1886 with five children. Doctor Alfred Abshier, born in 1846, was elected Town Mayor in 1900. Dr. and Mrs. Abshier, the former Nancy Ray, settled into the “New England Colony.” Dr. ABshier was a medical doctor, but his practice was limited due to a Civil War injury. He established Abshier’s Parlor Grocery and continued to serve the people of Belleview throughout his life. By 1886, 300 people lived in the Town of Belleview. Citrus was the major crop, grown near homes and on large lots apart from the Lake Lillian area.”
Ref: United States Dept. of Interior, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Lake Lillian Historic Neighborhood, Belleview, Marion County, FL; received 22 June 1999.
First married to Nancy Ray then Augusta?. Son of Alfred and Nancy Garrett Abshier. Physician in Welaka, Fla.
OBITUARY:
Dr. Alfred Edward Abshier, 87, resident of Welaka for the past 27 years, died
there this morning at 7:15 o'clock.
Besides the widow, three daughters, two sons, 25 grandchildren and 35
great-grandchildren survive.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 3 p.m., Monday with interment
in the Welaka Cemetery. Deceased, a medical doctor, had been retired since
living in Welaka. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Saturday, 17 Feb 1934.)
CIVIL WAR SERVICE:
10th Regiment Cavalry (125th Regiment Volunteers)
Organized at Columbus, Vincennes, Terre Haute, New Albany and Indianapolis, Ind., December 30, 1863, to April 30, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., May 3, 1864; thence moved to Pulaski, Tenn., June 1. Attached to District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Grierson's 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to May, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. District of Vicksburg, Miss., Dept. of Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Pulaski, Tenn., and Decatur, Ala., guarding Northern Alabama R. R. by detachments until November 26, 1864. Action at Elk River September 2. Sulphur Branch Trestle September 25. Richland Creek, near Pulaski, September 26. Repulse of Forest's attack on Pulaski September 26-27. Athens October 1-2. A Detachment at Decatur, Ala. Siege of Decatur October 26-29. A Detachment moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and participated in the Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-17. "The Cedars" December 5-8. Murfreesboro December 13-14. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 26. Owen's Cross Roads December 1. Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Franklin and Hollow Tree Gap December 17. Sugar Creek, Pulaski, December 25-26. Decatur, Ala., December 27-28 (Detachment). Pond Springs, Ala., December 29 (Detachment). Russellsville December 31 (Detachment). Detachments brought together February, 1865. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss.; thence to New Orleans, La., and to Mobile Bay, Ala., February 12-March 22. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 22-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-20. March to Columbus and Vicksburg, Miss., and Provost duty in Holmes and Attalla Counties until August. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., August 31, 1865. 3 Paroled Officers and 35 men lost on Steamer "Sultana" April 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 20 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 157 Enlisted men by disease. Total 182.
RELOCATION TO FLORIDA IN 1886:
“The Abshier family originally came to Belleview from Indiana in 1886 with five children. Doctor Alfred Abshier, born in 1846, was elected Town Mayor in 1900. Dr. and Mrs. Abshier, the former Nancy Ray, settled into the “New England Colony.” Dr. ABshier was a medical doctor, but his practice was limited due to a Civil War injury. He established Abshier’s Parlor Grocery and continued to serve the people of Belleview throughout his life. By 1886, 300 people lived in the Town of Belleview. Citrus was the major crop, grown near homes and on large lots apart from the Lake Lillian area.”
Ref: United States Dept. of Interior, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Lake Lillian Historic Neighborhood, Belleview, Marion County, FL; received 22 June 1999.
First married to Nancy Ray then Augusta?. Son of Alfred and Nancy Garrett Abshier. Physician in Welaka, Fla.
OBITUARY:
Dr. Alfred Edward Abshier, 87, resident of Welaka for the past 27 years, died
there this morning at 7:15 o'clock.
Besides the widow, three daughters, two sons, 25 grandchildren and 35
great-grandchildren survive.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 3 p.m., Monday with interment
in the Welaka Cemetery. Deceased, a medical doctor, had been retired since
living in Welaka. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Saturday, 17 Feb 1934.)
CIVIL WAR SERVICE:
10th Regiment Cavalry (125th Regiment Volunteers)
Organized at Columbus, Vincennes, Terre Haute, New Albany and Indianapolis, Ind., December 30, 1863, to April 30, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., May 3, 1864; thence moved to Pulaski, Tenn., June 1. Attached to District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Grierson's 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to May, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. District of Vicksburg, Miss., Dept. of Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Pulaski, Tenn., and Decatur, Ala., guarding Northern Alabama R. R. by detachments until November 26, 1864. Action at Elk River September 2. Sulphur Branch Trestle September 25. Richland Creek, near Pulaski, September 26. Repulse of Forest's attack on Pulaski September 26-27. Athens October 1-2. A Detachment at Decatur, Ala. Siege of Decatur October 26-29. A Detachment moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and participated in the Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-17. "The Cedars" December 5-8. Murfreesboro December 13-14. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 26. Owen's Cross Roads December 1. Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Franklin and Hollow Tree Gap December 17. Sugar Creek, Pulaski, December 25-26. Decatur, Ala., December 27-28 (Detachment). Pond Springs, Ala., December 29 (Detachment). Russellsville December 31 (Detachment). Detachments brought together February, 1865. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss.; thence to New Orleans, La., and to Mobile Bay, Ala., February 12-March 22. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 22-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-20. March to Columbus and Vicksburg, Miss., and Provost duty in Holmes and Attalla Counties until August. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., August 31, 1865. 3 Paroled Officers and 35 men lost on Steamer "Sultana" April 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 20 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 157 Enlisted men by disease. Total 182.
“The Abshier family originally came to Belleview from Indiana in 1886 with five children. Doctor Alfred Abshier, born in 1846, was elected Town Mayor in 1900. Dr. and Mrs. Abshier, the former Nancy Ray, settled into the “New England Colony.” Dr. ABshier was a medical doctor, but his practice was limited due to a Civil War injury. He established Abshier’s Parlor Grocery and continued to serve the people of Belleview throughout his life. By 1886, 300 people lived in the Town of Belleview. Citrus was the major crop, grown near homes and on large lots apart from the Lake Lillian area.”
Ref: United States Dept. of Interior, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Lake Lillian Historic Neighborhood, Belleview, Marion County, FL; received 22 June 1999.
First married to Nancy Ray then Augusta?. Son of Alfred and Nancy Garrett Abshier. Physician in Welaka, Fla.
OBITUARY:
Dr. Alfred Edward Abshier, 87, resident of Welaka for the past 27 years, died
there this morning at 7:15 o'clock.
Besides the widow, three daughters, two sons, 25 grandchildren and 35
great-grandchildren survive.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 3 p.m., Monday with interment
in the Welaka Cemetery. Deceased, a medical doctor, had been retired since
living in Welaka. (Palatka Daily News Obituary dtd Saturday, 17 Feb 1934.)
CIVIL WAR SERVICE:
10th Regiment Cavalry (125th Regiment Volunteers)
Organized at Columbus, Vincennes, Terre Haute, New Albany and Indianapolis, Ind., December 30, 1863, to April 30, 1864. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., May 3, 1864; thence moved to Pulaski, Tenn., June 1. Attached to District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Grierson's 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to May, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. District of Vicksburg, Miss., Dept. of Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty at Pulaski, Tenn., and Decatur, Ala., guarding Northern Alabama R. R. by detachments until November 26, 1864. Action at Elk River September 2. Sulphur Branch Trestle September 25. Richland Creek, near Pulaski, September 26. Repulse of Forest's attack on Pulaski September 26-27. Athens October 1-2. A Detachment at Decatur, Ala. Siege of Decatur October 26-29. A Detachment moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and participated in the Siege of Murfreesboro December 5-17. "The Cedars" December 5-8. Murfreesboro December 13-14. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 26. Owen's Cross Roads December 1. Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Franklin and Hollow Tree Gap December 17. Sugar Creek, Pulaski, December 25-26. Decatur, Ala., December 27-28 (Detachment). Pond Springs, Ala., December 29 (Detachment). Russellsville December 31 (Detachment). Detachments brought together February, 1865. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss.; thence to New Orleans, La., and to Mobile Bay, Ala., February 12-March 22. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 22-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery April 13-20. March to Columbus and Vicksburg, Miss., and Provost duty in Holmes and Attalla Counties until August. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., August 31, 1865. 3 Paroled Officers and 35 men lost on Steamer "Sultana" April 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 20 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 157 Enlisted men by disease. Total 182.
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