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Abijah Dolly

Birth: 9 Feb 1817
Virginia, USA
Death: 29 Apr 1898 (aged 81)
Grant County, West Virginia, USA
Burial: Knobley Memorial Gardens

Martin, Grant County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 77548327 View Source

Abijah Dolly was born in Hardy Co., Virginia (now Grant Co., West Virginia). He served as a justice of the Hardy County Court at the beginning of the Civil War and worked to include the county in the new state of West Virginia. He was a member of the West Virginia constituional convention and served as Hardy County's representative in the new state's House of Delgates.

As a member of the local federal home guard, Dolly captured an English adventurer on a spy mission for Dixie in 1863 on his farm in what is now Grant Co., West Virginia. The Englishman was an author and included the episode in his book BORDER AND BASTILLE.

Abijah Dolly married first to Jemima Michael in 1838. She bore him nine children before her death in 1871. Three years later he married again to Ruhama George and there were eight more children. Abijah Dolly died in 1898 near Martin, West Virginia. (Bio by Mark Hale, citing THE HERO OF GREENLAND GAP)

Abijah Dolly was born in Hardy Co., Virginia (now Grant Co., West Virginia). He served as a justice of the Hardy County Court at the beginning of the Civil War and worked to include the county in the new state of West Virginia. He was a member of the West Virginia constituional convention and served as Hardy County's representative in the new state's House of Delgates.

As a member of the local federal home guard, Dolly captured an English adventurer on a spy mission for Dixie in 1863 on his farm in what is now Grant Co., West Virginia. The Englishman was an author and included the episode in his book BORDER AND BASTILLE.

Abijah Dolly married first to Jemima Michael in 1838. She bore him nine children before her death in 1871. Three years later he married again to Ruhama George and there were eight more children. Abijah Dolly died in 1898 near Martin, West Virginia. (Bio by Mark Hale, citing THE HERO OF GREENLAND GAP)

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Andrew Dolly

1792–1866

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Maintained by: Mark Hale
Originally Created by: Richard (Dick) Messinger
Added: Oct 3, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77548327/abijah-dolly: accessed ), memorial page for Abijah Dolly (9 Feb 1817–29 Apr 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77548327, citing Knobley Memorial Gardens, Martin, Grant County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Mark Hale (contributor 47665760).

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