John Abner Minter

1835 - 1909  (73 years)

• Name	John Abner Minter  [1]
  Birth	29 Nov 1835	Dyer's Store, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Baptist Minister
  Occupation	Between 1861 and 1865
  	Tennessee/Georgia/SC/NC/Missouri; Occupation: Col. 54th Alabama Infantry Regiment
  Religion	Baptist
  _UID	F81BACABBF784F10B9E8A61A69E312541339
  Death	16 Apr 1909	Missouri, USA   [2]
  Burial	Forest Grove Cemetery, Canton, Lewis County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  Notes	Link to biography in Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=QfApAAAAYAAJ&dq=silas%20minter&pg=PA232#v=onepage&q=silas%20minter&f=false Col. John Abner Minter was the final commander of the 54th Alabama Infantry Regiment, and was second in command prior to that. Early in the war he was captured at Island 10, but was paroled; and returned to the fight. He was involved in many of the major actions in Tenn., Georgia and the Carolinas. Several of his reports can be found in the Records of the War of Rebellion, which are found at this link. http://digital.library.cornell.edu/m/moawar/waro.html
  Person ID	I214	America
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Silas Fredrich "Silas Sr." Minter,   b. 26 Mar 1790, Leatherwood Community, Henry County, Virginia d. 16 May 1872, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Nancy STULTZ,   b. 1797, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1838, Henry County, Virginia, USA (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1813	Henry County, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza ZIEGLAR,   b. 19 Jun 1840, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA d. 8 Sep 1892, USA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1856	Henry County, Virginia, USA   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 May 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Mildred "Minnie" BUFORD,   b. 23 Dec 1867, Hancock County, Illinois, USA d. 23 Dec 1956, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1893	Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2008

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] John Abner Minter Biography, (Ft. Worth, Texas Baptist Church), 158 (Reliability: 3). [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S70] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, Nov 2014 and later. [S488] Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 at ancestry.com.