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| Birth: | 24 Aug 1841 in Brown County, Ohio 1 |
| Death: | After 1912 1 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | John M. Abbott b. Bet 1819 and 1820 in Ohio |
| Mother: | Viletta Newman b. 1821 in Ohio |
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| Changed: 05 Nov 2003 1 |
| Occupation: a farmer and teacher 1880 2 |
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Individual:
Francis M. Abbott, of Chanute, a retired capitalist of that city, and a
veteran of the Civil war, has been a resident of Neosho county, Kansas,
since 1867, and in the nearly half century that has intervened since then
he has been a prominent factor in the promotion of the industrial,
commercial, social, and educational life of Neosho county, where his
earnest efforts to secure advancement along all those lines have made him
one of the most esteemed and honored of its citizens. He was born on a
farm in Brown county, Ohio, Aug. 24, 1841. His parents, John M. and
Viletta (Newman) Abbott, were pioneers of Ohio and remained there until
1850, when they removed to Grant county, Indiana. That county was within
the great gas field of Indiana that was later developed and on his farm
were found wells from which he supplied the gas for the city of Peru,
fourteen miles away. His farm and gas wells made him money and at the
time of his death, in 1900, at the age of eighty, he was well-to-do. He
was well known in Grant county as a man of strict integrity. In political
affairs of a local nature he took an active interest and at one time
served as township assessor, but otherwise did not enter politics, save
to vote his sentiments. Both parents were members of the Universalist
church. The mother, born in 1821, died in 1874.
Frances M. Abbott was educated in the common schools of Indiana and upon
completing his education began teaching school. He taught three years in
Indiana prior to his enlistment, in Company K, One Hundred and Eighteenth
Indiana infantry, under Capt. W. R. Coldren. This regiment was organized
during July and August, 1863, and was mustered in at Indianapolis, Sept.
16, 1863. It was sent to Kentucky and eastern Tennessee and participated
in the engagements against Forrest, which finally resulted in that
general's defeat. Mr. Abbott was discharged in 1864, but in 1865
reënlisted and was in service against guerrillas until September, 1865,
when he received his honorable discharge. He then spent some time in
travel to regain his lost health. In 1867 he came to Kansas and secured a
claim on Elk creek, which claim he still owns, together with other lands
he has acquired by purchase. Mr. Abbott started in life as a poor boy,
but perseverance, industry, and good business judgment have won him
financial success, so that today he is accounted one of the substantial
men of Neosho county. He has extensive and valuable holdings, both of
farm lands and city property, in Chanute, and is a director in the Neosho
Valley State Bank at that place. After coming to Kansas he resumed the
profession interrupted by his patriotic labors and for thirty-three years
was a teacher in Neosho county, having been superintendent of the Thayer
schools eight years of that period, and having spent three years in the
grammar grades of the Chanute schools and one year in high school work.
He has always taken an active interest in all that pertains to the
greater development of Chanute and his stanch support has ever been given
to every commendable movement in that direction. He served for several
years as a member of the city council of Chanute and, from 1909 to 1911,
served as mayor of that city. He was also trustee of Canville township
one term. In politics Mr. Abbott was originally a Democrat, but in 1900
supported William McKinley for the presidency and since then has been
independent in political affairs, supporting those men and measures which
meet his conscientious approbation, irrespective of party. His long years
of educational work made him a valuable member of the library board of
Chanute, of which he was president at the time the new library building
was erected. So deeply interested was Mr. Abbott in the success of the
movement that he devoted a year of his time free, looking after the
building.
On March 8, 1868, Mr. Abbott married Miss Sarah J., daughter of John and
Nancy Loring, the former of whom spent his entire life in Indiana. Mr.
and Mrs. Abbott have two children: Jessie is a graduate of the Chanute
High School and of the Gem City Business College, of Quincy, III.; she
married Randolph T. Jones and they reside in Oklahoma City, Okla. Francis
M., Jr., is a graduate of the Thayer High School and also of the Kansas
State Normal School, where he completed the course with the class of
1898, now resides in Dallas, Tex., and is engaged in selling automobiles.
Mr. Abbott is now practically retired, except that his large business
interests require much of his attention in their management. He and his
wife are believers in strict prohibition, and while they are members of
no denomination they attend services regularly at the different churches
of their city. Mr. Abbott is a member of the Masonic order, the Fraternal
Aid Association, and the Grand Army of the Republic, and has served as
commander of the Chanute post.
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Pages 1302-1304 from volume III, part 2 of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state
history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities,
towns, prominent persons, etc. ... / with a supplementary volume devoted
to selected personal history and reminiscence. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago
: 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by
Frank W. Blackmar. Transcribed December 2002 by Carolyn Ward. This volume
is identified at the Kansas State Historical Society as microfilm LM195.
It is a two-part volume 3.
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- Title: Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions,
industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc.: A Standard
History of Kansas and Kansans, Url:
skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/a3/abbott_francis_m.html, Volume:
3 volumes in 4
Author: Blackmar, Frank W.
Publication: Standard Publishing Co., Chicago, 1912
Page: pages 1302-1304 from volume III, part 2
- Title: 1880 US Census, KS Keosho, State: Kansas, County: Keosho County, Census
Year: 1880
Publication: www.ancestry.com
Page: Canville Township, E.D. 163, dwelling 18, family 19, page 2
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