Carbon County WY Archives Biographies.....Abbot, John H. 1855 - 
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Author: Bowen & Co. (1903)

JOHN H. ABBOT.

   One of the leading commercial men and merchants of Carbon county, a resident
of Hanna, Wyoming. John H. Abbot was born in Massachusetts, having been born in
1855, the son of Ezra and Caroline (Lincoln) Abbot, both natives of that state.
His father, a native of Essex county, Mass., was born in 1807, and was graduated
from the medical school of Harvard University, and practiced his profession at
the town of Canton, Mass., attaining a high reputation and standing, until his
death in 1871. He was the son of Ezra Abbot and his mother's maiden name was
Hannah Poor, a member of the well-known family of Massachusetts. The Abbot
family resided on land originally granted to a great-great grandfather of the
subject of this review by George III. and he took an active part in the colonial
life of the old commonwealth. The mother of John H. Abbot was born in 1837 and
passed away from earth in 1879, being the mother of four children, of whom he
was the second. She was the daughter of Abraham and Martha (Howard) Lincoln, the
former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter of Maine. Her father early made
his home in Bath, Maine, and one of his sons, Frederick Lincoln, was at one time
mayor of Boston. John H. Abbot grew to manhood in Massachusetts and received his
early education in the public schools, after which he pursued a course of study
in pharmacy and was graduated in 1876, then removing to Omaha. Neb., where he
obtained a position in a drug store and remained in this employment for about
three years, thence removing to Osceola, where he engaged in the drug business
for about two years. He then sold out the drug store for the purpose of engaging
in merchandising in the western portion of the state. He continued in that
business for about fourteen years, then disposed of his interests and property
in Nebraska, and removed to Wyoming, where he established himself at Hanna.
Carbon county, where he was first a clerk in the Union Pacific Railway Company's
general store, and was soon appointed as manager of the local business, in which
capacity he has continued since that time. He has been successful, and is ranked
as one of the leading merchants of this section of this state. In 1885 Mr. Abbot
was united in marriage with Miss Jessie Gunnell, a native of Illinois, and the
daughter of O. and Harriet (Mitchell) Gunnell, well-known and highly respected
citizens of Illinois, who subsequently removed to Nebraska, where the father was
for many years one of the representative business men of his section, but is now
retired from active business, and residing at Osceola. Neb. To Mr and Mrs. Abbot
have been born four children, Amy G., Harriet M., George and John, all now
living except John, who died in 1894. Mr. Abbot is a stanch member of the
Republican party, one of the trusted of the leaders of (hat political
organization in Carbon county. Popular, progressive, and highly esteemed by all
classes of his fellow citizens, lie might, if he so desired, be the recipient of
public honors in the state. He is one of the most valued citizens of the
community in which he maintains his home.


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A people who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors, will
never achieve anything worthy to he remembered with pride by remote
generations.—.MACAULAY.

CHICAGO, ILL.
A. W. BOWEN &CO.
PUBLISHERS AND ENGRAVERS
1903


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