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Richard Newland Abbey

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Richard Newland Abbey

Birth
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA
Death
8 May 1927 (aged 74)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9843305, Longitude: -87.6775519
Plot
Section O, Lot 4
Memorial ID
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Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index
Richard Abby
Born abt 1852 in Arkansas
Died 8 May 1927 in Chicago, Cook, IL
Age 75
Retired
Buried 16 May 1927 in "Centel Plant"
Note: Cook County Cemetery for the Indigent Also known as: Central Plant Cemetery

Update: Richard N. Abbey was originally going to be buried in the Central Plant cemetery, but at the last minute it was discovered that he was a Mason and he was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, an area owned by the Masons.

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1920 US Federal Census
Minnesota, Hennepin Co, Minneapolis
Enumerated January 7, 1920

R N Abbey Age 67 (1853) Born in Mississippi
Parents in USA
Salesman of Moving Pictures
Wife: Myrtle Age 34 (1886) Born Nebraska
Parents IL

Daughter: Ruth Abbey Age 15 (1905) Colorado
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From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

RICHARD NEWLAND ABBE, son of Mason Ellis and Harriet Rebecca (Newland) Abbe, bom in Van Buren, Ark., September 20, 1852; baptized at Sardis, September 29, 1872.

Resides in Kansas City, Mo.

Mr. Abbey has taken a great interest in the compilation of records of this branch of the family and has been instrumental in making them as accurate as possible. He is very prominent in Masonic circles; was made a Mason in Bombay, India; exalted to Royal Arch Mason and installed into the order of the Temple, all the cryptic and allied Masonic orders in Edinburgh, Scotland; Knight of Malta at Dunedin, New Zealand; consecrated a Knight of Rose Croix in A. and A. Scottish Rite Masonry, in Pretoria, South Africa; and received the 33d degree at Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Abbey has had conferred upon him practically every Masonic order known to the new and old world. He is general representative for several western states of the V-L-S-E Motion Picture Combination.

Married (1) at Sardis, Miss., June 20, 1872, FANNIE DORA SNOWDEN, daughter of Robert R. and Dora ( ) Snowden.

Married (2) in St. Joseph, Mo., December 24, 1915, MYRTLE STONE BEERS, daughter of Asa and Nancy E. (Morris) Stone, bom at Beaver City, Neb., May 16, 1885; baptized March 19, 1916, at 1st Baptist Church, Kansas City.
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index
Richard Abby
Born abt 1852 in Arkansas
Died 8 May 1927 in Chicago, Cook, IL
Age 75
Retired
Buried 16 May 1927 in "Centel Plant"
Note: Cook County Cemetery for the Indigent Also known as: Central Plant Cemetery

Update: Richard N. Abbey was originally going to be buried in the Central Plant cemetery, but at the last minute it was discovered that he was a Mason and he was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, an area owned by the Masons.

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1920 US Federal Census
Minnesota, Hennepin Co, Minneapolis
Enumerated January 7, 1920

R N Abbey Age 67 (1853) Born in Mississippi
Parents in USA
Salesman of Moving Pictures
Wife: Myrtle Age 34 (1886) Born Nebraska
Parents IL

Daughter: Ruth Abbey Age 15 (1905) Colorado
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From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

RICHARD NEWLAND ABBE, son of Mason Ellis and Harriet Rebecca (Newland) Abbe, bom in Van Buren, Ark., September 20, 1852; baptized at Sardis, September 29, 1872.

Resides in Kansas City, Mo.

Mr. Abbey has taken a great interest in the compilation of records of this branch of the family and has been instrumental in making them as accurate as possible. He is very prominent in Masonic circles; was made a Mason in Bombay, India; exalted to Royal Arch Mason and installed into the order of the Temple, all the cryptic and allied Masonic orders in Edinburgh, Scotland; Knight of Malta at Dunedin, New Zealand; consecrated a Knight of Rose Croix in A. and A. Scottish Rite Masonry, in Pretoria, South Africa; and received the 33d degree at Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Abbey has had conferred upon him practically every Masonic order known to the new and old world. He is general representative for several western states of the V-L-S-E Motion Picture Combination.

Married (1) at Sardis, Miss., June 20, 1872, FANNIE DORA SNOWDEN, daughter of Robert R. and Dora ( ) Snowden.

Married (2) in St. Joseph, Mo., December 24, 1915, MYRTLE STONE BEERS, daughter of Asa and Nancy E. (Morris) Stone, bom at Beaver City, Neb., May 16, 1885; baptized March 19, 1916, at 1st Baptist Church, Kansas City.


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