Cumberland County NJ Archives News.....Abbott, Joel Commander - Death December 1855 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nj/njfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008389 March 30, 2024, 1:50 am West-Jersey Pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1851-1884: March 01, 1856 December 1855 Advices from Hong Kong, dated the 16th of Dec., announce the death of Commodore Joel Abbott commander of our E. India squadron. This officer entered the navy in June 1812, and received his commission as captain and commander in October, 1843. Out of 44 years that he was in the service he only passed 13 years at sea, 10 years and 9 months having been spent on shore and other duty, and 20 years and 6 months without any employment. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/cumberland/newspapers/abbottjo154gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/njfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb