Detail View: Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files: WPA Bio 1

Title: 
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding John H Abbot
Collection Name: 
WPA Collection
Collection Number: 
WPA Bio 1
Item Description: 
Abbot, John H. Abbot - Biographical information for John Howard Abbot; "John H. Abbot" from Progressive Men of the State of Wyoming, A. W. Bowen & Co., 1903
Location: 
Carbon County, WY
Date: 
1941
Link to Finding Aid: 
https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
Notes: 
born: Jun.24, 1855, at Canton (Norfolk Co., Mass.) - second of four children
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educated and grew to manhood in Massachusetts
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pharmacist - graduated (1876)
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moved to Omaha (Neb.) - employed as druggist (o/a 3 yrs.)
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relocated to Osceola (Neb.) - druggist (o/a 2 yrs.)
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went to western part of Nebraska - merchant (o/a 14 yrs.)
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arrived Wyoming
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became ". . . One of the leading commercial men and merchanges of Carbon County , a resident of Hanna, Wyoming."
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Abbot, Hannah E. Mansfield (wife, born: ? - married: ? - died: Jun. 23, 1862 - age: 56
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children: unknown
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died: Nov. 1, 1905, at Hanna
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buried: South Church Cemetery (Plot: 467, Grid 17 - Memorial ID: 31831943) at Andover (Essex Co., Mass.)
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cemetery located at Andover (Essex Co., Mass.)
Rights: 
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Type: 
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