Son of Levi & Martha Abbott
History of the Minnesota Valley, including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota - North Star Publishing Company, Minneapolis - 1882.
OMRO.
The first settlers in this town were George and William Dickerson, who located on section 18, in April, 1878; in June, 1878, Robert North located on section 12. The first town meeting was held January 29, 1880, at the house of James Abbott Officers elected: Robert North, chairman, James Abbott and Richard Hillige, supervisors; William North, clerk; Anson Abbott, treasurer; Valentine Lenz, and N. S. Pratt, justices; George Jewell and J. G. Wheeler, constables; Adam Kackelman, overseer of highways. The first birth was in the family of Richard Hillige, a son, born March 12, 1879. The first marriage was George North and Elizabeth Barker. St. Leo post-office was established in January, 1880, with Valentine Lenz as postmaster, and the office located at his house.
J. Abbott was born March 28, 1814, in the town of Ossipee, New Hampshire. At the age of ten removed to Machias, Maine, and in 1848 went to Oshkosh, Wisconsin; in 1878 he came to the town of Omro, Yellow Medicine county, Minnesota. In 1842 he married Margaret Cofrin (died in Wisconsin circa 1876); his second wife was Jane Wilson, whom he married in 1878. His first wife bore him eight children; seven are living (1882): James A., Elizabeth, Eldora, Anson, Edgar, Ida and Frankie (Who is buried in this very plot with his father)
NOTE: I have been researching this Abbott Line for years and it appears that the biography most likely has his birth year incorrect, it should be 1824 which fits with his father's timeline of military service, marriage, land records, and census information.
History of the Minnesota Valley, including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota - North Star Publishing Company, Minneapolis - 1882.
OMRO.
The first settlers in this town were George and William Dickerson, who located on section 18, in April, 1878; in June, 1878, Robert North located on section 12. The first town meeting was held January 29, 1880, at the house of James Abbott Officers elected: Robert North, chairman, James Abbott and Richard Hillige, supervisors; William North, clerk; Anson Abbott, treasurer; Valentine Lenz, and N. S. Pratt, justices; George Jewell and J. G. Wheeler, constables; Adam Kackelman, overseer of highways. The first birth was in the family of Richard Hillige, a son, born March 12, 1879. The first marriage was George North and Elizabeth Barker. St. Leo post-office was established in January, 1880, with Valentine Lenz as postmaster, and the office located at his house.
J. Abbott was born March 28, 1814, in the town of Ossipee, New Hampshire. At the age of ten removed to Machias, Maine, and in 1848 went to Oshkosh, Wisconsin; in 1878 he came to the town of Omro, Yellow Medicine county, Minnesota. In 1842 he married Margaret Cofrin (died in Wisconsin circa 1876); his second wife was Jane Wilson, whom he married in 1878. His first wife bore him eight children; seven are living (1882): James A., Elizabeth, Eldora, Anson, Edgar, Ida and Frankie (Who is buried in this very plot with his father)
NOTE: I have been researching this Abbott Line for years and it appears that the biography most likely has his birth year incorrect, it should be 1824 which fits with his father's timeline of military service, marriage, land records, and census information.
Son of Levi & Martha Abbott
History of the Minnesota Valley, including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota - North Star Publishing Company, Minneapolis - 1882.
OMRO.
The first settlers in this town were George and William Dickerson, who located on section 18, in April, 1878; in June, 1878, Robert North located on section 12. The first town meeting was held January 29, 1880, at the house of James Abbott Officers elected: Robert North, chairman, James Abbott and Richard Hillige, supervisors; William North, clerk; Anson Abbott, treasurer; Valentine Lenz, and N. S. Pratt, justices; George Jewell and J. G. Wheeler, constables; Adam Kackelman, overseer of highways. The first birth was in the family of Richard Hillige, a son, born March 12, 1879. The first marriage was George North and Elizabeth Barker. St. Leo post-office was established in January, 1880, with Valentine Lenz as postmaster, and the office located at his house.
J. Abbott was born March 28, 1814, in the town of Ossipee, New Hampshire. At the age of ten removed to Machias, Maine, and in 1848 went to Oshkosh, Wisconsin; in 1878 he came to the town of Omro, Yellow Medicine county, Minnesota. In 1842 he married Margaret Cofrin (died in Wisconsin circa 1876); his second wife was Jane Wilson, whom he married in 1878. His first wife bore him eight children; seven are living (1882): James A., Elizabeth, Eldora, Anson, Edgar, Ida and Frankie (Who is buried in this very plot with his father)
NOTE: I have been researching this Abbott Line for years and it appears that the biography most likely has his birth year incorrect, it should be 1824 which fits with his father's timeline of military service, marriage, land records, and census information.
History of the Minnesota Valley, including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota - North Star Publishing Company, Minneapolis - 1882.
OMRO.
The first settlers in this town were George and William Dickerson, who located on section 18, in April, 1878; in June, 1878, Robert North located on section 12. The first town meeting was held January 29, 1880, at the house of James Abbott Officers elected: Robert North, chairman, James Abbott and Richard Hillige, supervisors; William North, clerk; Anson Abbott, treasurer; Valentine Lenz, and N. S. Pratt, justices; George Jewell and J. G. Wheeler, constables; Adam Kackelman, overseer of highways. The first birth was in the family of Richard Hillige, a son, born March 12, 1879. The first marriage was George North and Elizabeth Barker. St. Leo post-office was established in January, 1880, with Valentine Lenz as postmaster, and the office located at his house.
J. Abbott was born March 28, 1814, in the town of Ossipee, New Hampshire. At the age of ten removed to Machias, Maine, and in 1848 went to Oshkosh, Wisconsin; in 1878 he came to the town of Omro, Yellow Medicine county, Minnesota. In 1842 he married Margaret Cofrin (died in Wisconsin circa 1876); his second wife was Jane Wilson, whom he married in 1878. His first wife bore him eight children; seven are living (1882): James A., Elizabeth, Eldora, Anson, Edgar, Ida and Frankie (Who is buried in this very plot with his father)
NOTE: I have been researching this Abbott Line for years and it appears that the biography most likely has his birth year incorrect, it should be 1824 which fits with his father's timeline of military service, marriage, land records, and census information.
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