A Million Mendenhall's: #40 & #41

Mendenhall #40: Abner Mendenhall Jr. (1807-1850)

Birth: 28 Aug 1807 in Greenwood, Columbia, Pennsylvania

Death: 22 Dec 1850 in California

Relation to Me: My 4th Cousin, 8x Removed

Parents: Abner Mendenhall (1769-1842) &

          Lydia Carleton (1772-1854)

Siblings:

1.Joshua Baily (1794-1872)

2. Thomas Carleton (1796-1883)

3. Mary (1798-1869)

4. Eli (1801-1887)

5. Mark Carleton (1803-1844)

6. Martha (1805-1891)

7. Lydia Carleton (1809-1894)

8. James (1811-1905)

9. Samuel (1816-1895)

Marriage: 01 Mar 1836 in Greenwood, Columbia, PA

Abner Jr. married Martha Jane Manville (1816-1893)-- daughter of Murray Manville & Hannah Jane Wigdon.

Abner and Martha had 4 Children:

1. Eliza (1837-1867)

2. William Ellis (1837-1847)

3. Ellis Abner (1840-1919)

4. Chester (1843-1844)

Residence(s) & Occupation(s):

~1850 (14 Sep) (age 43): Calaversas, Calaveras, California

Miner- Living with 3 other men- James Mendenhall, Harvey Robinson & Norman Underwood.

Abner died at the age of 43 on 22 Dec 1850 in California. I couldn't find anything else about Abner, but the sounds of it- he left his family in PA to find Gold in the West during the Gold Rush and died because of it.

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Mendenhall #41: Abner Lewis Mendenhall (1813-1813)

Birth: 27 Aug 1813 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania

Death: Dec 1813 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania

Relation to Me: My 3rd Cousin, 9x Removed

Parents: William Mendenhall (1765-1843) &

          Cecilia (Cicely) Lewis (1771-1839)

Siblings:

1. Jane C. (1792-1793)

2. Margaret (1795-1848)

3. Elizabeth (1796-1849)

4. William White (1799-1869)

5. Hannah L. (1802-1866)

6. Mary L. (1807-1884)

7. Phoebe (1808-1858)

8. Robert L. (1811-1889)

9. Anna (1816-1834)

Marriage: Never married- Died Young.