Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Helen Hathaway
Number of Children: 4
Background
Education:
Educated in Oriskany Falls, NY;
Biographical Sketch:
Native of New York and son of Oren Abbott. He served as a school master in New York before obtaining a dry goods store position in Clinton, NY, 1860. He developed considerable mechanical talent and inventive genius. In 1867, he had a dry goods business at Adrian, MI; a few years later, he began manufacturing his own inventions. Settled in Hudson, MI, 1878, and continued his manufactures. The best known of his inventions were the Abbott Voting Machine, the Abbott
Hub Borer, and various other devices necessary in the manufacture of carriages. In 1861, he enlisted in U.S. Army Company A, 1st NY artillery; 1862, discharged for physical disability. He was the President of the village Hudson, MI for over three years.
Notable Facts:
1861, enlisted in U.S. Army Company A, 1st NY artillery; 1862, discharged for physical disability.
1884 - 1887(?), President of the village Hudson, MI.