Sunday's Obituary William Abel

Baltimore American (Baltimore, MD)
9 August 1905

WILLIAM ABELL
[Special to the American]

La Plata, Md., August 8 -- William Abell, of Charles county, died on Saturday, in the sixty-fifth year of his age. He had been in failing health for some time.  Mr. Abell was originally from Prince William county, Va. He served as a private soldier in the Confederate Army. At the close of the war he came to Charles county, where he had since resided. He married Miss Mary Speake, a sister of Capt. John A. Speake. He leaves six children, his wife having died about 11 years ago. The pallbearers were John W. Lyon, Henry Delozier, Alex Haislip, N. R. Simmons, James A. Franklin, Rufus Davis, John W. Jenkins and George M. Carpenter.

Chuch Record Sunday: Manassas Churches Plan Prayer Week

Evening Star (DC)
3 January 1915

MANASSAS CHURCHES PLAN PRAYER WEEK

Services to Begin Monday Evening in Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church

Manassas, Va., January 2 -- The churches of Manassas will observe a week of prayer, beginning Monday evening with services in Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, conducted by Rev. C. E. Simmons, a superannuated Methodist minister.  The services Tuesday are to be conducted in Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South by Rev. Dr. H. L. Quarles, pastor of Manassas Baptist Church; Wednesday in the Presbyterian Church, by Rev. J. E. Slick, pastor of Asbury Church; Thursday in the Baptist Church, by Rev. J. F. Burke, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, and Friday in Trinity Episcopal Church, by Rev. E. A. Roads, pastor of Grace Church.