The Andover Townsman – October 16, 1896 – Vol. 10 – No. 1 – Page 5
Henry Russell Abbott, son of Nathan Abbott and Hanna Russell, was born in the John B. Abbott house near Scotland School in Andover, April 19, 1815. Of the eight children only four grew up Hanna, the wife, of Samuel Morrill of Norwood, Nathan of Charlestown, so long in the Fitchburg repair shop, Paschal, an old resident of Lawrence, who died in the service of the Boston & Maine, while Henry, the youngest, spent the longest of his eighty years in old Andover.
Working with his cousins on the old homestead at Capt. Job Abbott's, the lad of ten, fired with a desire to be self-supporting was trusted with the neighborhood commissions because he early showed those traits of scrupulous care and extreme promptness that made his business career a comfort to those who dealt with him.
With his saving of nine pence per day, he attended Phillips Academy under Hall and Barton, walking from Frye Village where his Aunt Faulkner's home was open to many a more famous chore boy. From one. Dr. Schauffler, the eastern missionary, he acquired a thorough training on flute and violin, adding greatly through life to his pleasure in the house and use in church service.
At sixteen, he went to Athens, Me., as clerk for his Uncle Kendall, expecting to make trading his business for life. The death of his mother and the failing health of his father, the sale of the old homestead, the removal and sudden death of the father at the home of his daughter, and a business association with Barnes and Gilbert, the pioneers of the North Andover Machine Shop here, all followed his change of purpose and plans.
His brothers chose machinery, he the wood work for which he was famous, and, in short, working with men like the elder Howarth and William Chickering, he soon mastered about everything that a man could do with a set of tools. He kept up with the times and only the stiffening fingers, of days of enthusiastic labor, often for sixteen hours, made him lay down his tool and take up the farmer's utensil that called him always to make every bare spot he came near to blossom. Things would grow and yield for him where others failed.
The death in 1888 of Charlotte Hayward, with whom he hoped to be united shortly, proved so severe and lasting a blow that the removal to Lawrence with M. C. Andrews and the men associated with him in the Boston & Maine shop in Andover proved a benefit. There with Lydia Luscomb of the West Parish, he helped the new city begin its career, training up his little ones until the scarlet fever epidemic of 1858 took the young mother; and brought about a second, marriage with Mary Hayward, a sister of his early friend, now a widow with a young son. They came back to old Andover to work together through the. dark days of 1857 and the years of the war shadow.
The story of that period, written by an able hand, includes in its lists his humble contributions to the recruiting fund, but does not tell how, when the young men hung back in the draft of 1863 he, with other elders, presented themselves though physically disabled, eager to help. If the war lasted long enough, the country should have the boys still under age.
In youth he had been a constant attendant at church and Sabbath School in the Old South and when the Universalist doctrines were preached here, with men like B.F. Wardwell, he gave them his hearty support with attendance and musical service till the church house doors were closed, then he loyally returned to his regular attendance upon the worship of his fathers again, as long aa his failing ear could catch the voice from the desk.
The death of his wife in 1877 and failing sight sent him to the eight happy years spent in Norwood with the last left to him, his sister Hanna of the band born on Scotland Rock. There the two kept open house for grandchildren and kins man, ministered unto by loving sons and the exquisite floral tributes from these dear friends in Norwood were the index of the hold on the hearts of those who knew him best.
In 1889, he journeyed onward to the growing city of Grand Rapids to pass the remaining feeble years with a Hanna of the third generation, who combines the strength and loving heart of the two in line before her. His figure at the window where he watched the busy world soon became one sought for by those who had left gray head behind them eastward. To the last day the good people of Grand Rapids made the pilgrim feel that home was where God lived in men's hearts. So he passed away to sleep with the leaving care of his son and daughter, Edward and Hanna Frances Raymond, and a grandchild Alice, sending back to the old comrades and the kin still to follow.
Hardly one of the little company gathered in the old church last Monday noon but had lately laid away a dear one, and with our friend, Dr. Bancroft, we all saw dimly the " Shining Shore " just above the tempest that raged so wildly below.
He left also a son Henry G. Abbot, wife and grandchildren Charles and William, residents in Chelsea.
The pastoral service of two valued friends, the gifts and service of the King's Daughters .of Andover added to the presence of so many friends from Norwood and other homes, with the neighborly help of tried friends here has made the passing of this aged father a pleasant remembrance to his daughter still a resident in Andover.
Henry Russell Abbott, son of Nathan Abbott and Hanna Russell, was born in the John B. Abbott house near Scotland School in Andover, April 19, 1815. Of the eight children only four grew up Hanna, the wife, of Samuel Morrill of Norwood, Nathan of Charlestown, so long in the Fitchburg repair shop, Paschal, an old resident of Lawrence, who died in the service of the Boston & Maine, while Henry, the youngest, spent the longest of his eighty years in old Andover.
Working with his cousins on the old homestead at Capt. Job Abbott's, the lad of ten, fired with a desire to be self-supporting was trusted with the neighborhood commissions because he early showed those traits of scrupulous care and extreme promptness that made his business career a comfort to those who dealt with him.
With his saving of nine pence per day, he attended Phillips Academy under Hall and Barton, walking from Frye Village where his Aunt Faulkner's home was open to many a more famous chore boy. From one. Dr. Schauffler, the eastern missionary, he acquired a thorough training on flute and violin, adding greatly through life to his pleasure in the house and use in church service.
At sixteen, he went to Athens, Me., as clerk for his Uncle Kendall, expecting to make trading his business for life. The death of his mother and the failing health of his father, the sale of the old homestead, the removal and sudden death of the father at the home of his daughter, and a business association with Barnes and Gilbert, the pioneers of the North Andover Machine Shop here, all followed his change of purpose and plans.
His brothers chose machinery, he the wood work for which he was famous, and, in short, working with men like the elder Howarth and William Chickering, he soon mastered about everything that a man could do with a set of tools. He kept up with the times and only the stiffening fingers, of days of enthusiastic labor, often for sixteen hours, made him lay down his tool and take up the farmer's utensil that called him always to make every bare spot he came near to blossom. Things would grow and yield for him where others failed.
The death in 1888 of Charlotte Hayward, with whom he hoped to be united shortly, proved so severe and lasting a blow that the removal to Lawrence with M. C. Andrews and the men associated with him in the Boston & Maine shop in Andover proved a benefit. There with Lydia Luscomb of the West Parish, he helped the new city begin its career, training up his little ones until the scarlet fever epidemic of 1858 took the young mother; and brought about a second, marriage with Mary Hayward, a sister of his early friend, now a widow with a young son. They came back to old Andover to work together through the. dark days of 1857 and the years of the war shadow.
The story of that period, written by an able hand, includes in its lists his humble contributions to the recruiting fund, but does not tell how, when the young men hung back in the draft of 1863 he, with other elders, presented themselves though physically disabled, eager to help. If the war lasted long enough, the country should have the boys still under age.
In youth he had been a constant attendant at church and Sabbath School in the Old South and when the Universalist doctrines were preached here, with men like B.F. Wardwell, he gave them his hearty support with attendance and musical service till the church house doors were closed, then he loyally returned to his regular attendance upon the worship of his fathers again, as long aa his failing ear could catch the voice from the desk.
The death of his wife in 1877 and failing sight sent him to the eight happy years spent in Norwood with the last left to him, his sister Hanna of the band born on Scotland Rock. There the two kept open house for grandchildren and kins man, ministered unto by loving sons and the exquisite floral tributes from these dear friends in Norwood were the index of the hold on the hearts of those who knew him best.
In 1889, he journeyed onward to the growing city of Grand Rapids to pass the remaining feeble years with a Hanna of the third generation, who combines the strength and loving heart of the two in line before her. His figure at the window where he watched the busy world soon became one sought for by those who had left gray head behind them eastward. To the last day the good people of Grand Rapids made the pilgrim feel that home was where God lived in men's hearts. So he passed away to sleep with the leaving care of his son and daughter, Edward and Hanna Frances Raymond, and a grandchild Alice, sending back to the old comrades and the kin still to follow.
Hardly one of the little company gathered in the old church last Monday noon but had lately laid away a dear one, and with our friend, Dr. Bancroft, we all saw dimly the " Shining Shore " just above the tempest that raged so wildly below.
He left also a son Henry G. Abbot, wife and grandchildren Charles and William, residents in Chelsea.
The pastoral service of two valued friends, the gifts and service of the King's Daughters .of Andover added to the presence of so many friends from Norwood and other homes, with the neighborly help of tried friends here has made the passing of this aged father a pleasant remembrance to his daughter still a resident in Andover.
The Andover Townsman – October 16, 1896 – Vol. 10 – No. 1 – Page 5
Henry Russell Abbott, son of Nathan Abbott and Hanna Russell, was born in the John B. Abbott house near Scotland School in Andover, April 19, 1815. Of the eight children only four grew up Hanna, the wife, of Samuel Morrill of Norwood, Nathan of Charlestown, so long in the Fitchburg repair shop, Paschal, an old resident of Lawrence, who died in the service of the Boston & Maine, while Henry, the youngest, spent the longest of his eighty years in old Andover.
Working with his cousins on the old homestead at Capt. Job Abbott's, the lad of ten, fired with a desire to be self-supporting was trusted with the neighborhood commissions because he early showed those traits of scrupulous care and extreme promptness that made his business career a comfort to those who dealt with him.
With his saving of nine pence per day, he attended Phillips Academy under Hall and Barton, walking from Frye Village where his Aunt Faulkner's home was open to many a more famous chore boy. From one. Dr. Schauffler, the eastern missionary, he acquired a thorough training on flute and violin, adding greatly through life to his pleasure in the house and use in church service.
At sixteen, he went to Athens, Me., as clerk for his Uncle Kendall, expecting to make trading his business for life. The death of his mother and the failing health of his father, the sale of the old homestead, the removal and sudden death of the father at the home of his daughter, and a business association with Barnes and Gilbert, the pioneers of the North Andover Machine Shop here, all followed his change of purpose and plans.
His brothers chose machinery, he the wood work for which he was famous, and, in short, working with men like the elder Howarth and William Chickering, he soon mastered about everything that a man could do with a set of tools. He kept up with the times and only the stiffening fingers, of days of enthusiastic labor, often for sixteen hours, made him lay down his tool and take up the farmer's utensil that called him always to make every bare spot he came near to blossom. Things would grow and yield for him where others failed.
The death in 1888 of Charlotte Hayward, with whom he hoped to be united shortly, proved so severe and lasting a blow that the removal to Lawrence with M. C. Andrews and the men associated with him in the Boston & Maine shop in Andover proved a benefit. There with Lydia Luscomb of the West Parish, he helped the new city begin its career, training up his little ones until the scarlet fever epidemic of 1858 took the young mother; and brought about a second, marriage with Mary Hayward, a sister of his early friend, now a widow with a young son. They came back to old Andover to work together through the. dark days of 1857 and the years of the war shadow.
The story of that period, written by an able hand, includes in its lists his humble contributions to the recruiting fund, but does not tell how, when the young men hung back in the draft of 1863 he, with other elders, presented themselves though physically disabled, eager to help. If the war lasted long enough, the country should have the boys still under age.
In youth he had been a constant attendant at church and Sabbath School in the Old South and when the Universalist doctrines were preached here, with men like B.F. Wardwell, he gave them his hearty support with attendance and musical service till the church house doors were closed, then he loyally returned to his regular attendance upon the worship of his fathers again, as long aa his failing ear could catch the voice from the desk.
The death of his wife in 1877 and failing sight sent him to the eight happy years spent in Norwood with the last left to him, his sister Hanna of the band born on Scotland Rock. There the two kept open house for grandchildren and kins man, ministered unto by loving sons and the exquisite floral tributes from these dear friends in Norwood were the index of the hold on the hearts of those who knew him best.
In 1889, he journeyed onward to the growing city of Grand Rapids to pass the remaining feeble years with a Hanna of the third generation, who combines the strength and loving heart of the two in line before her. His figure at the window where he watched the busy world soon became one sought for by those who had left gray head behind them eastward. To the last day the good people of Grand Rapids made the pilgrim feel that home was where God lived in men's hearts. So he passed away to sleep with the leaving care of his son and daughter, Edward and Hanna Frances Raymond, and a grandchild Alice, sending back to the old comrades and the kin still to follow.
Hardly one of the little company gathered in the old church last Monday noon but had lately laid away a dear one, and with our friend, Dr. Bancroft, we all saw dimly the " Shining Shore " just above the tempest that raged so wildly below.
He left also a son Henry G. Abbot, wife and grandchildren Charles and William, residents in Chelsea.
The pastoral service of two valued friends, the gifts and service of the King's Daughters .of Andover added to the presence of so many friends from Norwood and other homes, with the neighborly help of tried friends here has made the passing of this aged father a pleasant remembrance to his daughter still a resident in Andover.
Henry Russell Abbott, son of Nathan Abbott and Hanna Russell, was born in the John B. Abbott house near Scotland School in Andover, April 19, 1815. Of the eight children only four grew up Hanna, the wife, of Samuel Morrill of Norwood, Nathan of Charlestown, so long in the Fitchburg repair shop, Paschal, an old resident of Lawrence, who died in the service of the Boston & Maine, while Henry, the youngest, spent the longest of his eighty years in old Andover.
Working with his cousins on the old homestead at Capt. Job Abbott's, the lad of ten, fired with a desire to be self-supporting was trusted with the neighborhood commissions because he early showed those traits of scrupulous care and extreme promptness that made his business career a comfort to those who dealt with him.
With his saving of nine pence per day, he attended Phillips Academy under Hall and Barton, walking from Frye Village where his Aunt Faulkner's home was open to many a more famous chore boy. From one. Dr. Schauffler, the eastern missionary, he acquired a thorough training on flute and violin, adding greatly through life to his pleasure in the house and use in church service.
At sixteen, he went to Athens, Me., as clerk for his Uncle Kendall, expecting to make trading his business for life. The death of his mother and the failing health of his father, the sale of the old homestead, the removal and sudden death of the father at the home of his daughter, and a business association with Barnes and Gilbert, the pioneers of the North Andover Machine Shop here, all followed his change of purpose and plans.
His brothers chose machinery, he the wood work for which he was famous, and, in short, working with men like the elder Howarth and William Chickering, he soon mastered about everything that a man could do with a set of tools. He kept up with the times and only the stiffening fingers, of days of enthusiastic labor, often for sixteen hours, made him lay down his tool and take up the farmer's utensil that called him always to make every bare spot he came near to blossom. Things would grow and yield for him where others failed.
The death in 1888 of Charlotte Hayward, with whom he hoped to be united shortly, proved so severe and lasting a blow that the removal to Lawrence with M. C. Andrews and the men associated with him in the Boston & Maine shop in Andover proved a benefit. There with Lydia Luscomb of the West Parish, he helped the new city begin its career, training up his little ones until the scarlet fever epidemic of 1858 took the young mother; and brought about a second, marriage with Mary Hayward, a sister of his early friend, now a widow with a young son. They came back to old Andover to work together through the. dark days of 1857 and the years of the war shadow.
The story of that period, written by an able hand, includes in its lists his humble contributions to the recruiting fund, but does not tell how, when the young men hung back in the draft of 1863 he, with other elders, presented themselves though physically disabled, eager to help. If the war lasted long enough, the country should have the boys still under age.
In youth he had been a constant attendant at church and Sabbath School in the Old South and when the Universalist doctrines were preached here, with men like B.F. Wardwell, he gave them his hearty support with attendance and musical service till the church house doors were closed, then he loyally returned to his regular attendance upon the worship of his fathers again, as long aa his failing ear could catch the voice from the desk.
The death of his wife in 1877 and failing sight sent him to the eight happy years spent in Norwood with the last left to him, his sister Hanna of the band born on Scotland Rock. There the two kept open house for grandchildren and kins man, ministered unto by loving sons and the exquisite floral tributes from these dear friends in Norwood were the index of the hold on the hearts of those who knew him best.
In 1889, he journeyed onward to the growing city of Grand Rapids to pass the remaining feeble years with a Hanna of the third generation, who combines the strength and loving heart of the two in line before her. His figure at the window where he watched the busy world soon became one sought for by those who had left gray head behind them eastward. To the last day the good people of Grand Rapids made the pilgrim feel that home was where God lived in men's hearts. So he passed away to sleep with the leaving care of his son and daughter, Edward and Hanna Frances Raymond, and a grandchild Alice, sending back to the old comrades and the kin still to follow.
Hardly one of the little company gathered in the old church last Monday noon but had lately laid away a dear one, and with our friend, Dr. Bancroft, we all saw dimly the " Shining Shore " just above the tempest that raged so wildly below.
He left also a son Henry G. Abbot, wife and grandchildren Charles and William, residents in Chelsea.
The pastoral service of two valued friends, the gifts and service of the King's Daughters .of Andover added to the presence of so many friends from Norwood and other homes, with the neighborly help of tried friends here has made the passing of this aged father a pleasant remembrance to his daughter still a resident in Andover.
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