On June 27, 1919, Captain John S. Abbott married Lizzie Maria Thomson at Enfield, England.
Dr. John Steele Abbott was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1905 and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1908. From 1909 to 1912 he was an assistant in surgery at the Mayo Clinic. During World War I he joined the medical forces of the British Expeditionary forces and was captured by the Germans in March 1918. In the early 1920s he served as Assistant Health Director of St. Paul. In the 1920s and 1930s he was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota. He left private practice in 1944 to become the Chief Orthopedic Surgeon for the Veterans Administration at the hospital at Fort Snelling. He retired in 1957. He was a past president of the University Club and a member of the American Medical Association, the Alumni Association of the Mayo Foundation and the St. Paul Surgical Society. He died at age 75 on Monday, August 10, 1959 at Miller Hospital in St. Paul. He was a resident of 19 Crocus Place in St. Paul. Survivors included two sons: Thomas S. Abbott (1921-1998) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and John S. Abbott Jr. of Denver, Colorado. Services were held at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church at St. Paul. Interment was at Oakland Cemetery.
Source: The Minneapolis Star, Tuesday, August 11, 1959.
Dr. John Steele Abbott was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1905 and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1908. From 1909 to 1912 he was an assistant in surgery at the Mayo Clinic. During World War I he joined the medical forces of the British Expeditionary forces and was captured by the Germans in March 1918. In the early 1920s he served as Assistant Health Director of St. Paul. In the 1920s and 1930s he was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota. He left private practice in 1944 to become the Chief Orthopedic Surgeon for the Veterans Administration at the hospital at Fort Snelling. He retired in 1957. He was a past president of the University Club and a member of the American Medical Association, the Alumni Association of the Mayo Foundation and the St. Paul Surgical Society. He died at age 75 on Monday, August 10, 1959 at Miller Hospital in St. Paul. He was a resident of 19 Crocus Place in St. Paul. Survivors included two sons: Thomas S. Abbott (1921-1998) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and John S. Abbott Jr. of Denver, Colorado. Services were held at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church at St. Paul. Interment was at Oakland Cemetery.
Source: The Minneapolis Star, Tuesday, August 11, 1959.
On June 27, 1919, Captain John S. Abbott married Lizzie Maria Thomson at Enfield, England.
Dr. John Steele Abbott was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1905 and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1908. From 1909 to 1912 he was an assistant in surgery at the Mayo Clinic. During World War I he joined the medical forces of the British Expeditionary forces and was captured by the Germans in March 1918. In the early 1920s he served as Assistant Health Director of St. Paul. In the 1920s and 1930s he was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota. He left private practice in 1944 to become the Chief Orthopedic Surgeon for the Veterans Administration at the hospital at Fort Snelling. He retired in 1957. He was a past president of the University Club and a member of the American Medical Association, the Alumni Association of the Mayo Foundation and the St. Paul Surgical Society. He died at age 75 on Monday, August 10, 1959 at Miller Hospital in St. Paul. He was a resident of 19 Crocus Place in St. Paul. Survivors included two sons: Thomas S. Abbott (1921-1998) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and John S. Abbott Jr. of Denver, Colorado. Services were held at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church at St. Paul. Interment was at Oakland Cemetery.
Source: The Minneapolis Star, Tuesday, August 11, 1959.
Dr. John Steele Abbott was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1905 and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1908. From 1909 to 1912 he was an assistant in surgery at the Mayo Clinic. During World War I he joined the medical forces of the British Expeditionary forces and was captured by the Germans in March 1918. In the early 1920s he served as Assistant Health Director of St. Paul. In the 1920s and 1930s he was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Minnesota. He left private practice in 1944 to become the Chief Orthopedic Surgeon for the Veterans Administration at the hospital at Fort Snelling. He retired in 1957. He was a past president of the University Club and a member of the American Medical Association, the Alumni Association of the Mayo Foundation and the St. Paul Surgical Society. He died at age 75 on Monday, August 10, 1959 at Miller Hospital in St. Paul. He was a resident of 19 Crocus Place in St. Paul. Survivors included two sons: Thomas S. Abbott (1921-1998) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and John S. Abbott Jr. of Denver, Colorado. Services were held at St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church at St. Paul. Interment was at Oakland Cemetery.
Source: The Minneapolis Star, Tuesday, August 11, 1959.
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