Otoe County NeArchives Biographies.....Abbott, Ned Culbertson 1874 - 
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Source: Nebraskana
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Ned Culbertson Abbott

Ned C. Abbott, educator of the blind, writer, and noted lecturer, was born at
Fremont, Nebraska, March 9, 1874. Luther Jewett Abbott, his father, was a
physician and surgeon, a lecturer, a member of the last territorial legislature,
and superintendent of the Nebraska Hospital for the Insane, at Lincoln,
Nebraska, 1895-99. He was born at Blue Hill, Hancock County, Maine, September
15, 1831, and was descended from the old Puritan families, Bancrofts, Adams, and
Whites. George Abbott, who came to Andover, Massachusetts, in 1640, was an
ancestor.

Clara Frances (Culbertson) Abbott, his mother, was a music teacher. Her ancestry
was Puritan, and included the Culbertson, Coleman, and Hollister families. She
was born at Troy, Miami County, Ohio, February 20, 1835, and died at Fremont,
July 19, 1911.

Mr. Abbott was graduated from the Fremont High School in 1892, after which he
attended the University of Nebraska, where he was a member of the Union Society,
the University debating club. He was given the leading role in Plautus Captivi
in 1894. He was awarded the A. B. degree in 1896, and the LL. B. degree in 1900.
In 1919 he received his M. A. degree. He was admitted to the practice of law at
Lincoln in 1900.

He has been engaged in educational work since 1896, and has held various
positions as teacher and executive in Nebraska schools. He was a teacher in the
Nebraska School tor the Blind, at Nebraska City, 1896-98; was principal of the
Humboldt High School, 1900-01; superintendent of the Tekamah schools, 1905-1909;
was superintendent of the Plattsmouth schools, 1911-13; and since 1913 has been
superintendent of the Nebraska School for the Blind.

A resident of Nebraska for 54 years Mr. Abbott has won an enviable position in
the regard of his associates in his community and state. He is the author of
educational articles, stories, and pamphlets, and has been the editor of various
school publications. His most recent work is Lincoln — Name and Place, published
in 1930. In 1916 he was alumni orator at the University of Nebraska and made the
address Dynamics of Inspiration. In 1925 he received a medal from Post Number 8
of the American Legion, and in 1927 he was given the Community Service Award by
the Nebraska City Rotary Club.

He was married to Lillian Newbranch at Lincoln, June 19, 1901. Mrs. Abbott, who
was born at Swedesburg, Henry County, Iowa, is descended from the Swedish
families, Newbranch and Rapp. There are four children, Clara Louise, born
January 13, 1905, is married to Frederick Ware, sports editor, World-Herald at
Omaha; Lea, born May 13, 1907, an aviation pilot, is now an instructor at
Dallas, Texas; Grace, born November 5, 1908, is a stenographer at Chicago, and
Annabel, born April 9,1916, is a junior in high school.

Mr. Abbott is an independent Democrat, and in 1908 was unsuccessful candidate
for state superintendent of schools. In 1891 he was a private in Company E of
the First Nebraska National Guards in the Sioux uprising. During the World War
he served on the registration advisory board and was a four minute man. He is
past president of the Nebraska Sons of the American Revolution.

Mr. Abbott is active in the Rotary Club at Nebraska City; is an honorary member
of the Lions Club at Omaha; and an honorary member of the Optimist Club at
Lincoln, He is president of the Nebraska State Historical Society; is a director
in the American Association of Educators of the Blind, and a director of the
University of Nebraska Alumni Association. His social club is the Nebraska City
Country Club. Residence: Nebraska City.


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

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932


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