Abram C. Mon Nett

As printed in 1912

ABRAM C. MON NETT, deceased, was an honored veteran of the Civil War and for many years after its close was a successful farmer and stock dealer in Crawford county. He came of an old Ohio family of some military distinction, and was born at Bucyrus, March 31, 1839. His parents were Col. William and Elizabeth (Cahill) Monnett.

Col. Isaac Monnett, the grandfather, was born in Pickaway county, O., and died at Bucyrus, Crawford county, when aged 92 years. For many years he was identified officially with the state militia. The family was an agricultural one and he owned and cultivated large tracts of land. With other members of the family he was active in his support of the Methodist Episcopal church, being a lay preacher in the same himself, while his brother Thomas and son William, both became accepted ministers in the same. He married Elizabeth Pittenger, who was born in Ross county, O., and died in old age at Bucyrus.

Col. William Monnett, a son of Col. Isaac and father of the late Abram C. Monnett, was five years old when he accompanied his parents from Ross to Pickaway county and some years after marriage lie moved to the plains of Crawford county, where lie acquired 1,000 acres of land, mainly situated in Cranberry township. When twelve years old he united with the Methodist Episcopal church and was a militant Christian, accepting election as colonel of the nth O. militia on the same day that he was licensed as a Methodist minister. For 11 years he continued active ministerial work, failing health then requiring his resignation. He married Elizabeth Cahill and they had five children: Abram C.; Mary J., who married Hon. S. R. Harris, both now deceased; Rachel, who married William H. Kinnear, both now deceased; Sarah L., who is the widow of L. L. Walker, of Whetstone, O.; and Isaac W., who died in Washington state, when aged 43 years. The father of the above family died in 1884, the mother surviving until 1891.

Abram C. Monnett was reared on his father’s large estate and attended the district schools in youth. When civil war wras precipitated he entered the Federal Army, enlisting in the 34th O. Vol. Inf., in which lie served until the close of hostilities, escaping wounds and capture but suffering all the rest of his life from the exposure to which he had been subjected. After he returned to peaceful pursuits he resumed his agricultural activities and continued the same during the remainder of his active life. Like all his people he was an interested and conscientious citizen, doing his full public duty on every occasion but asking no political reward. He was a Republican. His death occurred at his home in Bucyrus, April 17, 1879.

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m\ married near Philadelphia, Pa., to Mary Stevens and they subsequently moved to Saratoga, N. Y., where Mr. Wahvork established and operated a large woolen factory. They were members of the Methodist episcopal church. They were people of social standing and the father possessed an ample enough fortune to give his children excellent educational advantages.

To Mr. and Mrs. Monnett the following children were born: Frank W., M. Elizabeth,

Julia A., Wallace E. and Rachel. All have been given superior educational advantages. Frank \V., the eldest son, was a graduate of the Cincinnati law school when he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American War, and died in the Philippine Islands, w hen aged 29 years. M. Elizabeth, who was the wife of Rev. James Cass, died at Bucyrus in 1902. She was a graduate of the Bucyrus High School and also a graduate in music and w as not only a young woman of great talent but was amiable and engaging in social and domestic life. Julia A. is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music and Oratory at Cincinnati, is married to Rev. James M. Cass, pastor of the Eirst M. E. church, at Westport, and has one daughter, Ruth E. Her home is on Lake Champlain, at Westport, N. Y. Wallace E. is a graduate of Bucyrus High School and of the Cincinnati Law School and at present is serving in the office of referee in bankruptcy. He resides with his wife and four children, at Bucyrus. Rachel, the youngest member of the family, is a graduate of the Bucyrus High School and the Cincinnati School of Music and Oratory, and is the wife of Edwin G. Beal, cashier of the First National Bank of Bucyrus.

As printed in History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.