Isaac Abbey

Isaac Abbey was born 1838 in Port Hope, Durham Co., Ontario, Upper Canada, and died October 9, 1865, in Mobile, Mobile Co., AL, at about age 27. He was the son of Nathaniel Abner Abbey of Dutchess County, Province of New York, and Mary Louisa "Polly" Nugent of County Cavan, Ireland. Never married.

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Ontario was known as: Upper Canada from December 26, 1791, to February 10, 1841; Canada West from February 10, 1841, to July 1, 1867; and Ontario after July 1, 1867.

Isaac Abbey was born 1838 in Port Hope, Durham Co., Ontario, Upper Canada.

He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War as a member of the 14th Wisconsin Infantry and, with the exception of the Battle of Tupelo, participated in every engagement with his regiment until the close of the war. He had escaped death or injury from bullets, but on the day on which his regiment was discharged, he died from the disease caused by the hardships and exposure incident to army life. He died in Mobile, AL and is buried in the National Cemetery near that city.

Isaac Abbey died October 9, 1865, in Mobile, Mobile Co., AL, at about age 27.