Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Abbott, Agro A. 1834 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 21, 2006, 10:06 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) AGRO A. ABBOTT, of Indian Lake township, is one of the pioneer settlers of the county, and has had a continuous residence here for thirty-seven years. During all of that time his home has been on the northeast quarter of section 28, Indian Lake, which land he took as a homestead in 1870. The Abbotts are of colonial stock and came from England in 1634, settling in Massachusetts, where the home was until 1773. In that year the great grandfather of the Mr. Abbott of this sketch' removed to Vermont and settled in Stockbridge on land which is known to this day as the "old Abbott ranch," a tract of land containing about six hundred acres. A. A. Abbott was born in Stockbridge, Vt., January 25, 1834. His father was Justin Abbott, born in 1807; his mother was Sarah A. (Gibbs) Abbott, born in Bethel, Vt., in 1816. His boyhood days were spent in the state of his birth, and there, at Royalton, he was married in 1855 to Ellen A. Green. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott are the parents of four children, all of whom are living and have families. From 1862 to 1865 Mr. Abbott served in the war of the rebellion. Three years after his discharge from the army he decided to come west, and in 1868 he located in Iowa. Two years later he came to Nobles county, which had not yet been organized, and took a homestead claim in Indian Lake township. The next year (1871) he moved up to his claim with his family, and that has been his home ever since. There was then not a town in the county, nor had the railroad been completed this far. He hauled his lumber for the house from Windom, a town then just coming into existence. Mr. Abbott at once took part in the affairs of the community and became one of the prominent citizens of Indian Lake township. He assisted in the organization of the township and for many years was an officer thereof. He has the honor of having served as a member of the first grand jury drawn in the county—that of 1872. Mr. Abbott now has one of the finest improved farms in the township. He raises blooded stock, making a specialty of Aberdeen Angus cattle, Poland China swine and White Wyandotte chickens. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/abbott97gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb