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| Name |
ABBOTT Asa McFarland |
| Born |
16 Nov 1820 |
Hartland, Windsor, Vermont  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
006B4E5B79B7D6118A06444553540000EB59 |
| Died |
Yes, date unknown |
| Notes |
- A.M. ABBOTT
OF
Ustick Township, Whiteside Co IL
A.M. Abbott is a native of the Green Mountain State, and came to Ustick in 1847, where he purchased a farm on section 32, on which he has since continued to reside. Mr. ABBOTT learned the gunsmith trade in his native State and when he settled in Ustick nailed up his sign by the road side, and being a skillful workman soon had all the work he could do, many of his customers coming a distance of over twenty miles, and some of them over thirty miles. He has always been an active and influential man in the township, and has been frequently elected to town positions. He was the first Town Clerk, holding the office some years; was Supervisor in 1855-56 and has been several terms Justice of the Peace, occupying the latter position at present. Mrs Dorcas (Noyes) ABBOTT, widow of the late Deacon Benjamin ABBOTT, and mother of Mr. ABBOTT, died at his residence February 27 1877 at the advanced age of ninety-two years. Mrs. ABBOTT was one of the old settlers of Ustick, having settled there with her husband in 1848. Deacon and Mrs. ABBOTTT were among the original members of the Congregational church at Unionville,now the First Congregational church of Morrison, Deacon ABBOTT also being one of the first trustees. At Mrs. ABBOTT'S death the last of those original members had passed away. Mrs. Phoebe DRAKE, sister of Mrs. A M ABBOTT, who died in Ustick in 1843, was the second person interred in the burial ground in Union Grove, west of Unionville.
[Extracted from Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County Page 472 ]
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| Person ID |
I50072 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
22 Nov 2005 |
| Father |
Dea. ABBOTT Benjamin, b. 23 Sep 1786, d. 24 Feb 1854, Ustick, Whiteside, Illinois (Age 67 years) |
| Mother |
NOYES Dorcas, b. 21 Mar 1785, Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire , d. 27 Feb 1877, Ustick, Whiteside, Illinois (Age 91 years) |
| Married |
17 Sep 1807 |
Concord, Rockingham=>Merrimack, New Hampshire [3, 4, 5] |
Address:
First Congregational Church |
- The Noyes Descendants, Vol. I says 1807.
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| Family ID |
F3740 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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