Abner Schoonover
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1802 - , , VA (Later WV) 548
Christening:
Death: Abt 1 Mar 1862 - Macon, Macon, MO 1045
Burial: in , , MO
Cause of Death: pneumonia 1045
Events
Notes
• He appeared on the census in 1850 in , Barbour, VA. 547
Abner Schoonover, age 48, male, farmer, b. VA
Margaret Schoonover, age 46, female, b. VA
Clarinda Schoonover, age 16, female, b. VA
Mary Ann Schoonover, age 14, female, b. VA
Thomas C. Schoonover, age 12, male, b. VA
Je?? Schonover, age 9, male, b. VA
Bersheba Schoonover, age 6, female, b. VA
Nancy Schoonover, age 2, female, b. VA
• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Philippi, Barbour, VA (Later WV). 548
Abner Schoonover, age 58, male, farmer, 1400, 369, b. VA
Margaret, age 56, female, b. VA
Mary Ann, age 24, female, domestic, b. VA
Nancy, age 12, female, b. VA
• Military: Civil War Union - Co. F, 11 State Militia Cav., MO, enrolled, 11 Feb 1862, Macon City, Macon, MO. 1045 Died at Macon City, MO on or about 1 Mar 1862 of pneumonia.
Parents
Father: Daniel David Schoonover (Abt 1780-1872) 5
Mother: Susanna Wilmoth ( - ) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret Gainer (Abt 1804 - ) 5
Marriage: 25 Sep 1823 - , Randolph, VA 550
Children:
1. Bryan W. "John Poling" Schoonover (1822-Abt 1918) 5
2. Clarinda W. Schoonover (1831-1926) 5
3. Mary Ann Schoonover (1832-After 1900) 5
4. Thomas Arnold Schoonover (1838-1878) 5
5. James B. Schoonover (Abt 1840-After 1862) 5
6. Bersheba Cathrine Schoonover (1843-1914) 5
7. Nancy E. Schoonover (1848-1896) 5,50,551
Notes
General:
Source: Brenda Schoonover Erickson
Legend had it that Abner and at least one son were gunned down in MO by Quantrell's raiders. Abner died of pneumonia shortly after enrolling in the Civil War, so we know he didn't die that way, but perhaps his elusive son Jake did.