From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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James H. Abbott
	James H. Abbott.  Scarcely a decade has elapsed since Mr. Abbott
located in Springdale , Stevens county, but during that period  he has
established himself as the leading representative of the general 
merchandise business in that place.
	He is a direct descendant of New England ancestry, among the
earliest of whom were John and Bertha (Thatcher) Howland.  They landed in
the vicinity of Plymouth Rock, from the Mayflower, August 22, 1620.  John
Howland died on February 23, 1672, at the age of eighty-eight years.  On
November 23, 1861, our subject was born , at Roscoe, Illinois, the son
of Asa S. and Phoebe (Howland) Abbott.  The father was born at Glenham,
New York, August 18, 1819, and the mother at Buffalo, same state, 
December 27, 1832. They removed to Illinois at an early day, and here 
they reside forty years, going thence to Minnesota where they died.
They were the parents of six children, five of whom survive, Jennie E.,
Mary S., John C., Frederick A. and James H., the subject of this article.
	The elementry education of James H. Abbott was received in the
public schools of Roscoe, to which was added a course at the high school,
from which he graduated in 1877.  The following four years, and until he
gained majority, he was active in the interests of his father's mercantile
business.  On his arrival in Minnesota, in 1881, he engaged in business
pursuits on his own account, and in 1884 he became cashier of a bank in
Sherburne, Minnesota, remaining with the institution two years.  The
following two years he was engaged in banking business for himself.  His 
initial location in Washington was at Clayton, Stevens county, where he
remained two years.  At the termination of a residence of nine months in
California he returned to Washington, engaging in the mercantile business
at Harrington and having a branch store at Mohler.  A year and six months
were passed in the same line of business at Hillyard, and he then came to 
Spokane, interesting himself for a year in the lumber industry.  Removing
to Springdale he soon owned and conducted the most extensive general 
merchandise business in the place.  He has, also, accumulated other 
property throughout the country.
	On March 14, 1891, Mr. Abbott was united in marriage to Miss Pearl
Norton, daughter of B.F. and Emeline (Nichols) Norton, natives of New
York.  They located at Green Bluff, Spokane county, where the father still 
lives, the mother dying in February, 1903.  Two children have been born 
to Mr. and Mrs. James H. Abbott, one of whom is living, Ruth.  Mr. Abbott
is a member of Cataract Commandery, No. 3, Knights Templar, Spokane, 
Washington, El Katif Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., Springdale Lodge, I.O.O.F., and
the W.W. at Mead, Washington.  Mrs. Abbott is a member of the Eastern Star
and Royal Neighbors, at Springdale.  She is, also, an earnest worker in 
the Congregational Church.
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