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Note: Abel Street, Sr. was buried in an old abandoned cemetery on the bluffs of White River on a farm that was owned by Jack Anderson. He lies in an unknown grave. He was a chair maker and a farmer. He married Malinda Truax who also was born in Kentury. They moved to Indiana and settled in Taylor township, Greene County, Indiana, about 3 1/2 milessoutheast of Bloomfield, the county seat of Greene County. They bought a homestead from the Government. Their deed was made out on a sheep skin. At that time it was a wilderness. They had to clear the land of trees and shrubbery. There were plenty of wolves and other small animals. One night there was a mountain lion that got after them and they were only saved by their two larger dogs that ran out while they was letting down the bars, they had been visiting a neighbor. There were plenty of wild turkeys. They were the parents of four sons and seven daughters.
There was a schoolhouse built in 1877 named Street after the Abel Street family who was the nearest and oldest family in the neighborhood.
Abel Street, Sr., nor any of his posterities has ever been known to be charged with a serious crime. As a rule they have been loyal Americans upholding our Democratic form of Government. None has ever held any political office but have taken an interest in politics by voting for the party of their choice. None have ever been educated outside of grade and high school. Most of them have been farmers and laborers of some kind. They have all been a believer in God, but very few were members of any church. None ever claimed to be a saint. Most of them liked their liquor but none was known as drunkards. Most of them were plain spoken people ready to stand up for their rights but never went around looking for trouble. The old loghouse he built over 100 years ago still stands on the old Street homestead in Taylor Township. It is being used for a stable by the farmer that owns the land he bought from U.S.A.
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