The Andover Townsman – November 2, 1888 – Vol. 2 – No. 3 – Page 4

The venerable Mr. and Mrs. Moses Abbot have just been called to mourn the death of the eldest of their four sons, Mr. Oramel G. Abbott.

He was born in Andover, April 2, 1834, and died in Milford, Ct., Oct. 18, 1888. A very pleasant reminiscence of his boyhood was his remarkable punctuality at the Sunday school of the old South church. His teacher—Miss Mary Abbott, a sister of Mr. Hartwell B. Abbott, now deceased— knew that he would always be there, however severe the weather, and for seven full years he never missed a single week.

When Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 men at the outbreak of the war, he was at work at his trade in a shoe-manufactory in Reading, and promptly enlisted as a private in the Richardson Guards of that town (5th Regiment M. V. M.), and started from his Andover home April 21, 1801, one week after the fall of Sumpter. He was at the first battle of Bull Run, and returned when his three months service was expired. In 1863, he enlisted again, also from Reading, in Co. G of the 50th Regiment, being 2d Lieutenant. He had a long passage to New Orleans, being kept in quarantine in the Gulf sixty days. He was at the siege of Port Hudson.

After his discharge he went to Milford, Ct., where he has since resided, that being the home of the lady—Miss Martha Carroll— whom he married. She died several years ago, but two sons and a daughter survive him.

His death was very sudden. He had attended a Harvest Festival in the church of which he was a member, and while returning home at the close of the evening was seized with apoplexy and instantly expired, and so was gathered into the harvest home of heaven.

The local post of the Grand Army of the Republic did escort duty at his funeral, and the Masonic Order, of which he was also a member, took charge of the service at the grave.