 1801 - 1839 (38 years)
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| Name |
Mary Magadelene Abel |
| Born |
5 Jul 1801 |
Loudoun County, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
26 Sep 1839 |
Logan County, Ohio |
| Cause: Murdered by husband - see notes |
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| Buried |
Harrod Cemetery, Huntsville, Logan County, Ohio |
| Notes |
- The story is told in a book written by Richard Armstrong
*this is just the basics
On September 26, 1839, Mary sent her son Henry to assist her brother Adam, who was ill. On September 28, 1839, Rachel Abel (Adam's wife) came to visit Mary and found Andrew on the bed covered with blood, she found Mary in an adjoining blood splattered room - beheaded and her mutilated body on the floor. Mary was laid to rest the evening she was found.
Andrew, her husband was arrested after they found his bloody clothes, knife and ax.
He escaped, remarried and murdered his new wife Malinda Hinkle on March 22, 1843, she was pregnant at the time,
he decapitated her, dismembered her body and buried the parts - except the head which he burned beyond recognition.
He was tried by the Supreme Court and was sentenced to death by hanging, he was executed January 12, 1844
*see links for entire story
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| Person ID |
I0274 |
Heathers Family |
| Last Modified |
3 Mar 2011 |
| Father |
Johann George Abel, b. 6 Mar 1754, Datterode, Hesse Kassel, Germany , d. 5 Feb 1835, Loudoun County, Virginia (Age 80 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine Roller, b. 24 Feb 1764, Short Hill, Loudoun County, Virginia , d. 27 Jun 1837, Loudoun County, Virginia (Age 73 years) |
| Married |
3 Jan 1785 |
Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia |
| Family ID |
F0191 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Andrew Hellman Aka Adam Horn, d. 12 Jan 1839, Logan County, Ohio |
| Married |
12 Dec 1821 |
Loudoun County, Virginia |
| Children |
| | 1. Louisa Hellman, b. 12 Aug 1822, Loudoun County, Virginia , d. 20 Apr 1839, Logan County, Ohio (Age 16 years) |
| | 2. Henry Hellman, b. 27 Sep 1823, Loudoun County, Virginia , d. 31 Jan 1894, Logan County, Ohio (Age 70 years) |
| | 3. John Hellman, b. 10 Jun 1827, Loudoun County, Virginia , d. 21 Apr 1839, Logan County, Ohio (Age 11 years) |
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| Last Modified |
3 Mar 2011 |
| Family ID |
F1242 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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