| Birth | Aug 1839 | Hanett County, North Carolina, United States | | | |
| Civil War | 30 Oct 1861 | Enlistted in Company I, NC 31st Infantry Regiment - Mustered out 24 Dec 1864l - Hanett County, North Carolina, United States | | | |
| Marriage | 1864 | Hanett County, North Carolina, United States - Mary Jane THOMAS | | | |
| Residence (family) | 14 Sep 1870 | 1870 Census - Chalk Level Post Office, Buckhorn Township, Harnett County, NC - Mary Jane THOMAS | | | |
| Residence (family) | 2 Jul 1880 | 1880 Census - Buckhorn Township, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States - Mary Jane THOMAS | | | |
| Death | 1892 | Buckhorn Township, Harnett County, North Carolina | | | |
| Residence | 21 Jun 1900 | Census, widowed with children & grandchildren living with him - Buckhorn Township, Harnett County, North Carolina | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 12 Dec 2009 | Abel is ancestor of Judge Gerald Arnold Harnett County - Fuquay-Varina, Wake, North Carolina, United States | | | |