Lancaster County NeArchives Biographies.....Abel, George P. 1882 - 
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George P. Abel

George P. Abel, president of the Abel Construction Company of Lincoln, was born
at Etna Mills, California, July 6, 1882, son of James and Leasie (Baker) Abel.

His father, born at Peoria, Illinois, was a construction and coal mining
engineer in his younger days, but later applied himself to contracting. He is
now deceased. His wife was born at Clinton, Iowa, and resides at Lincoln.

The Abel family moved to Nebraska from California while George P. Abel was still
a boy, settling at Fremont. Upon leaving high school, Mr. Abel entered the
University of Nebraska where he received his degree of Bachelor of Science in
civil engineering in 1906. He then entered the employ of the Burlington railroad
in the engineering department, where he continued until 1908. At that time he
and Charles W. Roberts entered into a business partnership and founded the
Abel-Roberts Construction Company. In 1915 the partnership was dissolved, and at
that time Mr. Abel became president of the Abel Construction Company, which
engages in work all over Nebraska. Mr. Abel has been prominent in civic and
business activities for many years, and has served as a director of the First
National Bank, as president of the Buffalo Paving Brick Company of Buffalo,
Kansas. He is a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Shrine, and
a member of the Elks. He is a Republican, and a member of the Plymouth
Congregational Church.

He is married to Hazel Hempel of Omaha, daughter of Charles Hempel, railroad
official of the Union Pacific lines. Mrs. Abel attended Omaha High School and
received the Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1908.
She taught school for a short time prior to her marriage, and since that time
has been active in social and club work. She is a member of the Eastern Star and
the American Association of University Women. There are five children, Helen,
George, Hazel, Alice and Annette Lee. Residence: Lincoln. 


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932


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