death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name
sacramento , california 1854 ohio american ~ 1800 first state senator white settler in linn county , iowa iowa william abbe
 william abbe
william abbe

william abbe -lrb- 1800 -- 1854 -rrb- was an iowa state senator and is believed to have been the first white settler in linn county , iowa .
originally from ohio , he traveled west in search of land in 1836 .
little is known about abbe until this time .
abbe creek , on which he established his homestead , still bears his name today .
a one-room school house was established on the homestead site in 1856 and still stands today bearing the name of abbe creek school .
he died in 1854 in california and was buried in sacramento .
