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Source:
A Centennial Biographical History
of
Richland and Ashland County, Ohio
- ILLUSTRATED -
A. J. Baughman, Editor
Chicago
The Lewis Publishing Co.
1901
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
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FRANK A. ABBOTT.
There is, in the anxious and laborious struggle for an
honorable competence and a solid career of the business
or professional man fighting the every-day battle of
life, but little to attract the idle reader in search of
a sensational chapter; but for a mind thoroughly awake
to the reality and meaning of human existence, there are
noble and immortal lessons in the life of the man, who,
without other means than a clear head, a strong arm, and
a true heart, conquers adversity, and toiling on through
the work-a day years of a long career finds that he has
won not only wealth but also something far greater and
higher,—the deserved respect and esteem of those with
whom his years of active life placed him in contact.
Such a man, and one of the leading citizens of Shelby,
Ohio, is Frank A. Abbott, who was born in
Spencer, Medina county, Ohio, Mar. 8, 1857, his parents
being Arby Jennings and Martha M. (Thorp)
Abbott. The Abbott family is one well
known in America, for the name figures conspicuously on
the pages of her history in connection with important
events. The subject of this review is descended
from one of three brothers who came from England in
1648, settling in Massachusetts. and of the same family
the celebrated George Abbott was a
representative. The paternal grandparents of our
subject were Daniel and Sally Bellows
Abbott, who removed from the Empire state to Ohio
in the year 1833. The father was a farmer and
blacksmith, but he was not long permitted to enjoy his
new home, his death occurring in February, 1837.
In his family were ten children, namely: Daniel,
who was born Nov. 3, 1805, and died Feb. 1, 1836;
Charlotte, born Nov. 2, 1807, and died Sept. 1,
1836; Leverette. who was born July 15, 1809, and
died Feb. 8, 1878; Eliza
A., who was born Apr. 20, 1811; Sally, who
was born Aug. 5, 1813; Abigail, born Mar. 27,
1815; Charles, born Mar. 8, 1817; Arby
Jennings, born Nov. 10, 1819; Elvira, who was
born Aug. 10, 1821, and died at the age of ten years,
ten months and twenty days; and Sidney, who was
born Mar. 8, 1825.
Arby Jennings Abbott. the father
of our subject, was born in Lebanon, Madison county, New
York, Nov. 10, 1819, and in 1833, when four teen years
of age, he came with his parents to Ohio. In 1846
he wasunited in marriage to Miss Martha M. Thorp,
of New York. Their eldest son was born in May,
1853, and died Sept. 1, 1879. Mr. Abbott
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a
man of the highest respectability.
Frank A. Abbott, whose name introduces this
review, has spent his entire life in Ohio. The
year 1875 witnessed his arrival in Shelby, where he has
made his home for a quarter of a century. With his
.brother, William L., he engaged in the drug
business, the partnership continuing until his brother's
death in 1879. Mr. Abbott was then
alone in business for two years, when he sold his store
to J. Frank Rhooks and turned his attention to
the hardwood lumber business, to which he has since
given his energies. At the present time he is also
dealing in carriages and is interested in the patent
right business, under the firm name of Bevans &
Abbott, his partner being Dr. Bevans.
He has maintained a lively interest in the advancement
of the industrial and commercial interests of the city
of his adoption and has contributed largely to its
progress and substantial upbuilding. In all
business transactions he is reliable, energetic and
determined, and these qualities have insured him a
gratifying success.
In 1884 occurred the marriage of Mr. Abbott to
Miss Amy Myers, a daughter of Professor
John and Lydia (Hurksler) Myers. Their union
has been blessed with three children: William
Jennings, born Aug. 2, 1885, and Martha and
Myers, twins, born in September, 1886.
While Mr. Abbott has not been an aspirant
for political honors, he has twice been elected to serve
as township treasurer. being chosen for the position on
the Republican ticket. A man of genial and social
nature and one who is most appreciative of the amenities
which go to make up the sum of human happiness, he has
identified himself with the Knights of Pythias. He
attends the services of the Methodist Episcopal church,
and as one of the public-spirited men of the town he
withholds his support from no interest or movement
calculated to prove of general good.
Source: A
Centennial Biographical History of Richland and Ashland
County, Ohio - Publ. 1901 - Page 655 |
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