First Postmaster of Clearport
from Biographical Sketches in "History of Fairfield and Perry Counties" compiled by A. A. Graham, p. 265
ABBOTT, LAFAYETTE, merchant at Clearport; is a son of Orin
Abbott, who was born in Vermont in 1800, and in 1818 came with his father, Erastus Abbott to this county. Orin Abbott attended store for a season at the Rock Mill for Loveland & Smith, and during the time, he traded a bolt of muslin for a load of wheat. He also ran a distillery on the Newkirk farm, where he manufactured peach brandy; also ran a distillery at the old Peter Hay farm, below the Defanbaugh mill; also where he married Rosannah Hay. He was a Justice of the Peace fifteen years. He kept the first store in Madison township, by Hay's mill, and afterward removed to Clearport, where he carried on business many years, and where he died January 21, 1862, at the age of sixty-three years; his wife died September 7, 1852. They had two sons and three daughters.
John carried on the store for a time with his father, and for a while alone; but when the property was divided, he took the farm, and Lafayette, the store. John was born October 1, 1828, and Lafayette, September 24, 1830.
During the late war, he enlisted in the Seventy-third Ohio, and was on the Sherman raid to the sea; was wounded in the arm while putting a cap on his gun, July 20, 1864, at the close of the engagement at Peach Tree Creek, Hood's first fight. The arm was bent so that the ball, a minie, struck below the elbow three inches, and came out about the same distance above that joint. The arm was amputated on the field, and afterward gangrene setting in, necessitated a second amputation, more painful than the first. He was mustered out at Camp Dennison, in November of 1865, the second amputation being on the 22d of June of that year.
He was married to Miss Lysinger, daughter of John Lysinger, an old and favorably known settler of the township. Mr. Abbott was assistant revenue assessor for several years, and has now one of the best stores in the country, a large stock of goods and a large trade.
from Biographical Sketches in "History of Fairfield and Perry Counties" compiled by A. A. Graham, p. 265
ABBOTT, LAFAYETTE, merchant at Clearport; is a son of Orin
Abbott, who was born in Vermont in 1800, and in 1818 came with his father, Erastus Abbott to this county. Orin Abbott attended store for a season at the Rock Mill for Loveland & Smith, and during the time, he traded a bolt of muslin for a load of wheat. He also ran a distillery on the Newkirk farm, where he manufactured peach brandy; also ran a distillery at the old Peter Hay farm, below the Defanbaugh mill; also where he married Rosannah Hay. He was a Justice of the Peace fifteen years. He kept the first store in Madison township, by Hay's mill, and afterward removed to Clearport, where he carried on business many years, and where he died January 21, 1862, at the age of sixty-three years; his wife died September 7, 1852. They had two sons and three daughters.
John carried on the store for a time with his father, and for a while alone; but when the property was divided, he took the farm, and Lafayette, the store. John was born October 1, 1828, and Lafayette, September 24, 1830.
During the late war, he enlisted in the Seventy-third Ohio, and was on the Sherman raid to the sea; was wounded in the arm while putting a cap on his gun, July 20, 1864, at the close of the engagement at Peach Tree Creek, Hood's first fight. The arm was bent so that the ball, a minie, struck below the elbow three inches, and came out about the same distance above that joint. The arm was amputated on the field, and afterward gangrene setting in, necessitated a second amputation, more painful than the first. He was mustered out at Camp Dennison, in November of 1865, the second amputation being on the 22d of June of that year.
He was married to Miss Lysinger, daughter of John Lysinger, an old and favorably known settler of the township. Mr. Abbott was assistant revenue assessor for several years, and has now one of the best stores in the country, a large stock of goods and a large trade.
First Postmaster of Clearport
from Biographical Sketches in "History of Fairfield and Perry Counties" compiled by A. A. Graham, p. 265
ABBOTT, LAFAYETTE, merchant at Clearport; is a son of Orin
Abbott, who was born in Vermont in 1800, and in 1818 came with his father, Erastus Abbott to this county. Orin Abbott attended store for a season at the Rock Mill for Loveland & Smith, and during the time, he traded a bolt of muslin for a load of wheat. He also ran a distillery on the Newkirk farm, where he manufactured peach brandy; also ran a distillery at the old Peter Hay farm, below the Defanbaugh mill; also where he married Rosannah Hay. He was a Justice of the Peace fifteen years. He kept the first store in Madison township, by Hay's mill, and afterward removed to Clearport, where he carried on business many years, and where he died January 21, 1862, at the age of sixty-three years; his wife died September 7, 1852. They had two sons and three daughters.
John carried on the store for a time with his father, and for a while alone; but when the property was divided, he took the farm, and Lafayette, the store. John was born October 1, 1828, and Lafayette, September 24, 1830.
During the late war, he enlisted in the Seventy-third Ohio, and was on the Sherman raid to the sea; was wounded in the arm while putting a cap on his gun, July 20, 1864, at the close of the engagement at Peach Tree Creek, Hood's first fight. The arm was bent so that the ball, a minie, struck below the elbow three inches, and came out about the same distance above that joint. The arm was amputated on the field, and afterward gangrene setting in, necessitated a second amputation, more painful than the first. He was mustered out at Camp Dennison, in November of 1865, the second amputation being on the 22d of June of that year.
He was married to Miss Lysinger, daughter of John Lysinger, an old and favorably known settler of the township. Mr. Abbott was assistant revenue assessor for several years, and has now one of the best stores in the country, a large stock of goods and a large trade.
from Biographical Sketches in "History of Fairfield and Perry Counties" compiled by A. A. Graham, p. 265
ABBOTT, LAFAYETTE, merchant at Clearport; is a son of Orin
Abbott, who was born in Vermont in 1800, and in 1818 came with his father, Erastus Abbott to this county. Orin Abbott attended store for a season at the Rock Mill for Loveland & Smith, and during the time, he traded a bolt of muslin for a load of wheat. He also ran a distillery on the Newkirk farm, where he manufactured peach brandy; also ran a distillery at the old Peter Hay farm, below the Defanbaugh mill; also where he married Rosannah Hay. He was a Justice of the Peace fifteen years. He kept the first store in Madison township, by Hay's mill, and afterward removed to Clearport, where he carried on business many years, and where he died January 21, 1862, at the age of sixty-three years; his wife died September 7, 1852. They had two sons and three daughters.
John carried on the store for a time with his father, and for a while alone; but when the property was divided, he took the farm, and Lafayette, the store. John was born October 1, 1828, and Lafayette, September 24, 1830.
During the late war, he enlisted in the Seventy-third Ohio, and was on the Sherman raid to the sea; was wounded in the arm while putting a cap on his gun, July 20, 1864, at the close of the engagement at Peach Tree Creek, Hood's first fight. The arm was bent so that the ball, a minie, struck below the elbow three inches, and came out about the same distance above that joint. The arm was amputated on the field, and afterward gangrene setting in, necessitated a second amputation, more painful than the first. He was mustered out at Camp Dennison, in November of 1865, the second amputation being on the 22d of June of that year.
He was married to Miss Lysinger, daughter of John Lysinger, an old and favorably known settler of the township. Mr. Abbott was assistant revenue assessor for several years, and has now one of the best stores in the country, a large stock of goods and a large trade.
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