URSA S. ABBOTT, M. D. — Among the prominent physicians of the Bay counties is Doctor Ursa S. Abbott, who for many years has practiced in Richmond with ever-increasing success. He is a native of Ohio, being born at Clearport on June 3, 1873.
He is the son of Lafayette and Mary E. (Lysinger) Abbott. His father was a native of Vermont, and his mother a native of Pennsylvania. His father was a successful merchant, and was numbered among the representative men of his locality. His death occurred in 1895, and Doctor Abbott's mother died in 1897. In the parents' family there were ten children, of whom seven are still living.
Doctor Abbott, the seventh in order of birth, received his education in the public schools in Clearport, Ohio. He attended Heidelberg University at Tiffin, Ohio, for two years. He then entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, but owing to ill-health in his senior year was obliged to discontinue his studies there. In 1898 he entered the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, where he remained one year, spending the following year in Chicago, where he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons. On account of failing health he was obliged to seek a different climate, and went to Denver, Colorado, where he entered the Gross Medical College.
Later Doctor Abbott came to California and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco in 1902. He received a position as physician on a German steamship, and sailed in December, 1902, for Hamburg, Germany. The trip covered seventeen thousand miles, calling at various ports in Central and South America, Cape Verde and Canary Islands, France, England, and Germany. Returning to New York, Doctor Abbott took a postgraduate course at the postgraduate school and hospital and was appointed as physician on the New York City Board of Health in 1903. Here he continued until the following fall, when he removed to Colorado, locating at Grand Junction, where he remained for a period of five years.
In 1908 he returned to Richmond and began practicing his profession, forming a co-partnership with Doctor C. L. Abbott in 1909. Doctors C. L. and U. S. Abbott are constantly in touch with the most advanced medical thoughts of their profession, and their personal characteristics have gained them the warm regard and friendships of many, while in professional lines they have attained that eminence which comes only in recognition of merit and ability.
On September 7, 1904, Doctor U. S. Abbott was united in marriage to Miss Rose Carolyn Keller, of Lancaster, Ohio, daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Hartman) Keller, both natives of Germany
In his political views Doctor U. S. Abbott is an ardent Republican. He holds membership in the Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World, the Elks, and is a Royal Arch Mason. He is medical examiner for the Woodmen of the World, the New York Life Insurance Company, and various other insurance companies. He served as president of the Contra Costa Medical Society in 1914-15. He is a member of the Phi Chi Fraternity of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Union League Club of San Francisco.
Doctors C. L. Abbott and U. S. Abbott are local surgeons for the Santa Fe Railroad, the Pullman shops, the Atlas & Giant Powder Company, and are also on the medical staff of surgeons for the Standard Oil Company. They have just completed and moved into the Abbott Building, 912 Macdonald Avenue, Richmond, one of the most modern buildings in the city.
Mrs. U. S. Abbott is prominently identified with the social affairs of Richmond, and has served on the Woman's Board of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. She is now actively engaged in the work of the Red Cross.
- "The History Of Contra Costa County, California" by Frederick J. Hulaniski, 1917; The Elms Publishing Co., Berkeley, Cal.
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A picture of both Dr. U.S. Abbott and his brother C.L.Abbott can be viewed on the website of the Point Richmond History Association:
https://pointrichmondhistory.org/Photo%20Archives%20HTML%20File/images/0281-DC.htm
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URSA S. ABBOTT, M. D. — Among the prominent physicians of the Bay counties is Doctor Ursa S. Abbott, who for many years has practiced in Richmond with ever-increasing success. He is a native of Ohio, being born at Clearport on June 3, 1873.
He is the son of Lafayette and Mary E. (Lysinger) Abbott. His father was a native of Vermont, and his mother a native of Pennsylvania. His father was a successful merchant, and was numbered among the representative men of his locality. His death occurred in 1895, and Doctor Abbott's mother died in 1897. In the parents' family there were ten children, of whom seven are still living.
Doctor Abbott, the seventh in order of birth, received his education in the public schools in Clearport, Ohio. He attended Heidelberg University at Tiffin, Ohio, for two years. He then entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, but owing to ill-health in his senior year was obliged to discontinue his studies there. In 1898 he entered the Ohio Medical University at Columbus, where he remained one year, spending the following year in Chicago, where he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons. On account of failing health he was obliged to seek a different climate, and went to Denver, Colorado, where he entered the Gross Medical College.
Later Doctor Abbott came to California and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco in 1902. He received a position as physician on a German steamship, and sailed in December, 1902, for Hamburg, Germany. The trip covered seventeen thousand miles, calling at various ports in Central and South America, Cape Verde and Canary Islands, France, England, and Germany. Returning to New York, Doctor Abbott took a postgraduate course at the postgraduate school and hospital and was appointed as physician on the New York City Board of Health in 1903. Here he continued until the following fall, when he removed to Colorado, locating at Grand Junction, where he remained for a period of five years.
In 1908 he returned to Richmond and began practicing his profession, forming a co-partnership with Doctor C. L. Abbott in 1909. Doctors C. L. and U. S. Abbott are constantly in touch with the most advanced medical thoughts of their profession, and their personal characteristics have gained them the warm regard and friendships of many, while in professional lines they have attained that eminence which comes only in recognition of merit and ability.
On September 7, 1904, Doctor U. S. Abbott was united in marriage to Miss Rose Carolyn Keller, of Lancaster, Ohio, daughter of John B. and Elizabeth (Hartman) Keller, both natives of Germany
In his political views Doctor U. S. Abbott is an ardent Republican. He holds membership in the Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World, the Elks, and is a Royal Arch Mason. He is medical examiner for the Woodmen of the World, the New York Life Insurance Company, and various other insurance companies. He served as president of the Contra Costa Medical Society in 1914-15. He is a member of the Phi Chi Fraternity of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Union League Club of San Francisco.
Doctors C. L. Abbott and U. S. Abbott are local surgeons for the Santa Fe Railroad, the Pullman shops, the Atlas & Giant Powder Company, and are also on the medical staff of surgeons for the Standard Oil Company. They have just completed and moved into the Abbott Building, 912 Macdonald Avenue, Richmond, one of the most modern buildings in the city.
Mrs. U. S. Abbott is prominently identified with the social affairs of Richmond, and has served on the Woman's Board of the Panama-Pacific Exposition. She is now actively engaged in the work of the Red Cross.
- "The History Of Contra Costa County, California" by Frederick J. Hulaniski, 1917; The Elms Publishing Co., Berkeley, Cal.
Contributor: Stacinator (49423547)
______________________________________________
A picture of both Dr. U.S. Abbott and his brother C.L.Abbott can be viewed on the website of the Point Richmond History Association:
https://pointrichmondhistory.org/Photo%20Archives%20HTML%20File/images/0281-DC.htm
Contributor: Morris_the_German #49317928
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