The Republican journal., 1906-02-01

ISAAC ABBOT.
The wife of Isaac Abbot was Chloe
Reals and eleven children were born to
them. David. the Oldest, married AL.
mira Hunt and resided on what is To-
cally known as the Deacon Abraham
Fletcher place in Jackson. He removed
to Ohio after the death of his father,
then to Kansas and lived with his son
Charles, who died there; latterly in Los
Angeles. California, where his daughter
resides. and where he died a few years
ago. His youngest son resides IN wy
oming.
Isaac Abbot Jr. adopted shoe making
for business, was employed tor some
years in Massachusetts factories, tnen
located for time at the old Aooot
home in Wilton, New Hampshire. But
for many years before MS death-whlch
occurred in 1SS9-he followed the same
business in Milford, New Hampshire,
where he was one of the most proml-
nent citizens. having been a member
from that town of the last New Hamp-
shire Constitutional Convention, and
for two terms member of the n. H..
legislature. His son, George Abbot, is
manager of the American Post Office
Equipment Company's western branch
at Chicago, ILL.,, and resides in Oak
Park, Ill.
The third son of Isaac Abbot, George,
married Lizzie Bartlett of Unity, and
was Free Will Baptist clergyman in
Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode
Island. He died about twenty five
wears ago at Oakland. His widow
and two daughters reside in Boston,
Mass.
Two children Of Isaac Abbot died
when quite young in 1928, from an cpl
demic. Timothy died in early man
hood at the Jackson home. William
was a member of the 18th New Hamp-
shire regiment and died in few days
after returning from war. He was en-
gagged to young woman by the name
of Hutchinson, who caused modest
stone to be erected over his grave in
Milford, n. II. His nephew, George
Abbot of Chicago, last year had
large monument placed there in COM
memOration of his war services.
1t was at that time that John Wilson
proposed the toast to the new State of
Maine which school children were
taught to repeat fifty years ago:
Maine, an independent State 'May
her Legislators possess the patriotism
of Fox and the intelligence of Pitt; her
Judges, the science of Mansfield and
decision of Holt; her Orators, the light
ming of Cicero and the thunder of
DemotheneS."
DR.. Herman Abbot was town clerk
of Belfast from 1921 until his death.
He was greatly interested in historic
affairs and had secured a large amount
of matter relative to Belfast and Waldo
county which he intended to publish,
but it was SO incomplete at his death
that later historians who used his col
lections received the credit for the
same.
The county paper. Hancock Gazette, y
had the following tribute to his worth
His scientific researches and profession
al skill have been tested by many years
successful practice in this town, where
he will long be remembered by his intl-
mate friends with grateful affection,
and by the community of which he was
member, with universal respect. But
we love to contemplate HIM i'll a still
higher character higher because it
i had a more important bearing upon the
world to which he is now removed. W t
mean his character as a man of UNI
bending integrity, a Christian of UNI
affected piety. The church of which he
was both highly valued member and
officer, have regarded him as a brother
to whom they could look with conf
dence in seasons of difficulty, and whom
! they now mourn with il sorrow allevlat-
ed only by the delightful conviction
| that their loss is his unspeakable gam.
| Having lived with the awards of
Eternity in view, death met him not
unprepared. In his last hours he OBJ
served to friend that "Ee considered
death as the inevitable lot, but to the
Christian not an evil
The Hancock Gazette was the pioneer
paper published in Belfast, its first num-
Der containing an account of the cele-
bration of July 4, 1920. Ephraim Eel
lows and William r. Simpson were the
proprietors. Mr. Simpson abandoned
the printing business in 1880. He died
in Newburgh, Maine, where he was a
farmer and magistrate Nov. 26, 1873. at
| the advanced age of IS years.
The story of the Abbot family is that
of many others OF Brooks and Jack
son, large in numbers, who lived, NOV
ed, and were prominent in social and
political life in this locality more than
a half century ago. Some of the blood
is occasionally found, but the name is
only found in the cemeteries, upon the
Old fashioned headStones, as sad re-
hinder Of sturdy characters who made
history in the pioneer days.-CassiuS Z.
Roberts.