ENOS, ABNER
, was born July 20, 1791, near Utica, Oneida county, N. Y. He was in the American navy, under Commodore Perry, was in the naval battle on Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, and was wounded by a boarding pike being thrust through him, by which he was fastened to the side of the ship until relieved by friends. He was captured a few months later, and the last six months of the war he spent in prison, at Montreal, Canada. He drew a pension to the end of his life. He went, in 1815, to Clark county, Ky., and was there married, August 6, 1817, to Anna Burns. They had six children, and she died Sept. 13, 1829, in Clark county, and he there married Anna Sudduth, June 9, 1830. She was born there Jan. 20, 1792. The family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 1, 1831, in Buffalo Hart Grove, where one child was born. Of his children--AMARILDA, born Nov. 17, 1818, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, Dec. 26, 1837, to Sylvester W. Ford. See his name.
JAMES, born July 10, 1820, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, in 1847, to Phebe J. Goff. They have three children, and reside near Knobnoster, Johnson county, Mo.
HORACE B., born Jan. 17, 1822, in Clarke county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, April 3, 1844, to Arminta J. Constant. They had three children in Sangamon county. MARY E., born Dec. 20, 1845, married H. Clay Constant. See his name. JOHN R., born March 5, 1848, enlisted in Co. I, 114th Ill. Inf., March 8, 1865, for one year. He was transferred to Co. C, 58th Ill. Inf., July, 1865, served until March 7, 1866, when he was honorably discharged, at Montgomery, Alabama. He was married Oct. 28, 1874, in Sangamon county, to Jane F. Wilson, a daughter of Thomas Wilson. See Riddle family. They reside in Buffalo Hart township. ALFRED R., born Feb. 17, 1854, died aged six years. Mrs. Arminta J. Enos died Sept. 11, 1857, and H. B. Enos was married Nov. 10, 1858, in Erie county, New York, to Caroline C. Merrick, who was born Dec. 29, 1828, in Onandaga county, N. Y. They have one child, GERTIE J., born Sept. 30, 1860, and reside two and a half miles southeast of Buffalo Hart Station.
ROBERT B., born April 7, 1824, in Clark county, Ky., married in Sangamon county, August 27, 1865, to Mary F. Etter, who was born Oct. 13, 1844, in Lawrence county, Ind. They have one living child. GRACIE M. died in her third year. ARTHUR O. died in infancy. EDWARD LESLIE resides with his parents, two and three-quarter miles east of Buffalo Hart Station.
WILLIAM S., born Dec. 4, 1832, in Sangamon county, the only child by the second wife. He enlisted August 15, 1862, for three years, in Co. B, 130th Ill. Inf., and was wounded May 22, 1863, in five places, and again June 4, 1863, by a shot through the foot, all at the siege of Vicksburg. He recovered, and was captured April, 1864, in Gen. Bank's Red river expedition, was placed in a rebel stockade prison at camp Ford, near Tyler, Texas, remained in prison thirteen months and nineteen days, was released, went to New Orleans, St. Louis and Springfield, and was honorably discharged June 17, 1865. He was married Oct. 12, 1865, to Jane Dunn, who was born Jan. 29, 1847, in Yorkshire, England. They have two children, ANNIE and JANETTE, and reside two and a half miles east of Buffalo Hart Station.
Abner Enos died March 12, 1850, and Mrs. Anna S. Enos died Jan. 17, 1870, both in Buffalo Hart township.