Anthony M. Abel was born in England on September 20, 1874. His father was George Abel, born in Wales. His mother's maiden name was Amelia Anne Hogben, and she was born in Scotland. The Abel family emigrated to the U.S. in 1882.

Anthony M. Abel married May Rosmond on December 6, 1905 in Montesano, Grays Harbor County, Washington. (At the time Montesano was in Chehalis County.) Anthony and May had one daughter, Marian Jeanette Abel, born on Dec. 8, 1908 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington.

Anthony worked as a lawyer in Aberdeen.

Anthony Abel's older brother William H Abel married May's sister, Ella Rosmond, in 1892. William and Ella Abel are buried in Montesano, Grays Harbor County.


Anthony M. Abel biography to the age of 29.
(Prosser, William Farrand. "A History of the Puget Sound Country." New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903. p. 356. Submitted to the Washington Bios. Project in September 2005 by Teressa Lenkey.)

Although Anthony M. Abel has been a resident of Snohomish for only two years, he has already gained the favorable regard of the public both by reason of his excellent traits of character and his ability on the line of chosen profession, the law. He is now serving for a second term in the position of city attorney.

Mr. Abel was born in Sussex county, England, on the 20th of September, 1874, but is of Scotch lineage. In 1882 his father, George Abel, brought his family to the United States. He had married Amelia A. Hagber, a native of England, and on crossing the Atlantic they took up abode in Salina, Kansas, where they are still living. Mr. Abel is a florist, having always followed that business. Both he and his wife are fifty-four years of age. The members of their family are as follows: William H., who is serving as prosecuting attorney of Chehalis county, Washington; George D., of Lincoln county, Kansas, who was formerly prosecuting attorney there, and is first lieutenant in Company C, of the Twenty-second Kansas Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was raised for service in the Philippine war.; Annie H., who is instructor of English in the high school of Lawrence, Kansas; Rosa, who is assistant principal in the high school of Burlington, Kansas; Lena who is principal of he high school of Florence, Kansas; and Lucy, who is attending the Kansas University. It will thus be seen that the members of the family have attended considerable distinction along those lines of labor demanding strong intellectuality and marked mental ability.

Anthony M. Abel was a youth of eight years when he came with his parents to America. He first attended the public schools of Salina, Kansas, and afterward became a student in the Salina Normal College, while subsequently he matriculated in the Kansas State University, at Lawrence, where he was graduated in the class of 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of the Arts. After completing his collegiate course he came to the Pacific coast and for a short time was a member of the Bar of Chehalis County, but came to Snohomish in Mat, 1901, and opened an office here. He has gained a very gratifying clientage during two years of his residence here, for the public, recognizing his professional skill, has entrusted important litigated interests to his care. In the fall of 1901 he was appointed to fill out and unexpired term as a city attorney, and later in the year he was nominated on both tickets for the position and was re-elected, so that is now the incumbent in the office, serving for the second term. He has always voted with the Democracy, and takes and active interest in the growth and success of the party. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodman of America. He is yet a young man, possessed of laudable ambition, strong resolution and energy and with these qualities to serve as a foundation on which to rear the superstructure of success, it is not difficult to predict what his future will be.