S. D. ABBOTT

S. D. ABBOTT is one of the well-known business men of Shelby. He came to the town in 1882. He is a native of Monroe County, New York, born September 30, 1835. He is a son of Calvin and Charlotte (CLEMENT) ABBOTT, natives of Vermont. They were the parents of eight children, our subject being the youngest of five sons and three daughters. He lived in his native county until he was seventeen years of age, spending the time in farm work and in attending school. He finished his education at Hanover, Indiana, and then taught eight years in Kentucky. There he was known as the Yankee schoolmaster from the North, and on account of his firm Union sentiments, so antagnostic to the rebel sentiments, he returned to the North, to Bureau County, Illinois. He settled at Mineral, and engaged in teaching and farming. In 1874 he engaged in the lumber and grain business, and continued this until he came to Shelby.

Mr. ABBOTT was married in Spencer County, Kentucky, October 8, 1863, to Miss Indiana HENRY, a lady of intelligence, a daughter of David and Hannah (BROWN) HENRY. Mr. and Mrs. ABBOTT have four children -- Homer, Edwin Hardy, Hannah May, and Clement Henry. They have given their children the advantage of a good education at Oberlin College in Ohio. Mr. ABBOTT is a strong Republican, and in Bureau County, Illinois, served as county supervisor. He is one of the active, working members in the Presbyterian chirch at Shelby, and is an elder of the same. He has always taken an active interest in the Sabbath-school work. Any enterprise that has for its object the education and religious advancement of the county meets with his hearty support.

Source: 1889 Biographical History of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 447-48. Transcribed by Dennis Walsh.

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