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The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, 1936
A typescript filed with the New York State Library
LEWIS PARKER ABELL, born at St. Catharines, Ont., April 29, 1873; m. at Denver, Colorado, June 5, 1907, Edna Brooks, daughter of William S. and Alma V. Lafferty, b. at Abilene, Kansas, Sept. 12, 1880.
L. P. Abell was educated at the public and high schools of St. Catharines, Aylmer and Woodstock, Ont., and later improved by correspondence, tutoring and private study. Entered employ as apprentice draftsman in the engineering departments of Detroit Electrical Works, the Brush Electric Co., of Cleveland, O., Fort Wayne Electric Corp'n, and finally in 1899 with General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. The two years previous, however, with the Electric World in New York. In 1901, for benefit of health, he was transferred to the G.E.Co's district office in Denver Colo., but in 1903 engaged with Gilbert Wilkes & Co., of Denver Construction Engineers (a former employer in Detroit) until 1906 when he received appointment in the U.S. Reclamation Service, locating at Williston, N.D., until 1909 when he was transferred to the office at Los Angeles, Calif. Upon completion of this work in 1910 he received appointment in the engineering dept. of the City of Los Angeles, continuing to date, except for 18 months "loaned out" to the U.S. Geol. Survey and other departments in Washington for the period of the World War, returning upon final discharge, Oct. 1919, to his duties with the city of Los Angeles.
He was admitted as a member of the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution, in 1899; transferred to the Colorado Society of the same in 1905 and to the California Society, Sons of the Revolution, in 1915.
Assisting in the establishment of a neighborhood church near his home in Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, he became a member of the Congregational Church, the denomination of his paternal ancestors down to his grandfather, but had been reared in the Methodist Episcopal Church to which his parents and nearly all members of their generation were actively connected. He was elected a deacon of the Glendale Congregational Church and took part of first bass in the choir and quartet and was known as the "singing deacon".
Children:-
Herbert Lewis, b. in May 1909 at Williston, N.D.; died soon after.
Alma Louis, b. July 21, 1911 at Los Angeles, Cal. She graduated from the Atwater grade school, Belmont high school, 1929; McKay Business College, 1930, and left the Glendale Junior College in 2nd year to accept appointment 1933, in the California Highway Division under state civil service and is located at San Luis Obispo. She had passed the tests in city, county, state & federal civil service and had received temporary appointments in the Cal. state Motor Vehicle Registration Bureau.
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Excerpt from an earlier version of The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, given to Augusta Jane Skinner, with a letter dated, August 25, 1918
Lewis Parker Abell, b. Apr. 29, 1871, removed to Detroit, Mich., Dec. 1891, to Schenectady, N.Y., May 1899, to Denver, Colo., Feb. 1901, to Los Angeles, Cal., Aug 1909. Md. June 5, 1907, Edna B. Lafferty, dau. Wm. S. & (Hon) Alma V. Lafferty.
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Excerpt from
The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, 1936
A typescript filed with the New York State Library
RACHEL JOSEPHINE HILTON, b. May 17, 1841, at Troy, N.Y.; m. May 13, 1862, Chandler McKelsey Abell, proprietor of the C. M. Abell Foundry & Machine Works, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada; b. May 26, 1835, son of Julia Ann Tucker and Robert Abell (see page 2). C. M. Abell developed a business to a high degree of success and 1877 built an imposing residence which became the center of family reunions and associations but he suffered a stroke of paralysis and died Oct. 5, 1882 in his prime. His widow survived him less than a year, dying of a lingering illness on June 24, 1883. The children were located with friends and relatives.
Children:- born in St. Catharines, Ont.
(1) James Sayre Abell, b. Feb. 8, 1864; d. Feb. 23, 1871.
(2) Julia Anna Abell, b. Feb. 27, 1866; m. June 19, 1895 at Thorold, Ont., to Jesse Albright, of Rochester, N.Y., where they went to reside and to continue their work together as soloists and in duet in church choir, concert and chorus. They had one son, Harold Lewis Albright, b. in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 21, 1901.
They removed Dec. 31, 1911 to Santa Ana, Calif., where they continued their musical works for many years. Mr. Albright became secy-treas. of the Taylor's Inc., canners and packers of fruits.
Harold L. Albright graduated from the Santa Ana High School and attended Calif. Inst. of Technology at Pasadena and after a year with the Los Angeles Dept. of Power & Light he entered the employ of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., at San Francisco.
He m. Aug. 26, 1927, Phyllis Rogers, daughter of James S. Brown, of Berkeley, Calif. They have a daughter, Barbara Jean, b. Sept. 16, 1930.
(3) Rebecca Josephine Abell, b. Oct. 11, 1868; d. Jan. 21, 1874.
(4) Asahel Hubbard Abell, b. Feb. 11, 1871; entered the tailoring business with his cousin S. D. Abell, at Petrolia, Ont. He followed this line for a number of years at Ithaca, Mich., Lockport and at Rochester, N.Y., and for the last 6 or more years at Toronto, Ont., where S. D. Abell had later established his trade. A. H. Abell was a skillful amateur in photography and for several years was in the employ of the Eastman Kodak Co., in Rochester. He inherited and developed a remarkable musical talent both vocal and instrumental.
(5) Lewis Parker Abell, b. Apr. 29, 1873. See under 7th gen.
(6) Charles Richards Abell, b. Aug. 24, 1875; d. Mar. 25, 1878.
(7) Franklin Theodore Abell, b. Oct. 14, 1877. He became an electrical mechanic and employed in Cleveland, Ohio, Schenectady and in Rochester, N.Y. He died in Rochester, Sept. 16, 1919, unm.
(8) Chandler McK. Abell, Jr., b. Mar. 6, 1880; d. Oct. 24, 1880.
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Excerpt from
The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, 1936
A typescript filed with the New York State Library
LEWIS PARKER ABELL, born at St. Catharines, Ont., April 29, 1873; m. at Denver, Colorado, June 5, 1907, Edna Brooks, daughter of William S. and Alma V. Lafferty, b. at Abilene, Kansas, Sept. 12, 1880.
L. P. Abell was educated at the public and high schools of St. Catharines, Aylmer and Woodstock, Ont., and later improved by correspondence, tutoring and private study. Entered employ as apprentice draftsman in the engineering departments of Detroit Electrical Works, the Brush Electric Co., of Cleveland, O., Fort Wayne Electric Corp'n, and finally in 1899 with General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. The two years previous, however, with the Electric World in New York. In 1901, for benefit of health, he was transferred to the G.E.Co's district office in Denver Colo., but in 1903 engaged with Gilbert Wilkes & Co., of Denver Construction Engineers (a former employer in Detroit) until 1906 when he received appointment in the U.S. Reclamation Service, locating at Williston, N.D., until 1909 when he was transferred to the office at Los Angeles, Calif. Upon completion of this work in 1910 he received appointment in the engineering dept. of the City of Los Angeles, continuing to date, except for 18 months "loaned out" to the U.S. Geol. Survey and other departments in Washington for the period of the World War, returning upon final discharge, Oct. 1919, to his duties with the city of Los Angeles.
He was admitted as a member of the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution, in 1899; transferred to the Colorado Society of the same in 1905 and to the California Society, Sons of the Revolution, in 1915.
Assisting in the establishment of a neighborhood church near his home in Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, he became a member of the Congregational Church, the denomination of his paternal ancestors down to his grandfather, but had been reared in the Methodist Episcopal Church to which his parents and nearly all members of their generation were actively connected. He was elected a deacon of the Glendale Congregational Church and took part of first bass in the choir and quartet and was known as the "singing deacon".
Children:-
Herbert Lewis, b. in May 1909 at Williston, N.D.; died soon after.
Alma Louis, b. July 21, 1911 at Los Angeles, Cal. She graduated from the Atwater grade school, Belmont high school, 1929; McKay Business College, 1930, and left the Glendale Junior College in 2nd year to accept appointment 1933, in the California Highway Division under state civil service and is located at San Luis Obispo. She had passed the tests in city, county, state & federal civil service and had received temporary appointments in the Cal. state Motor Vehicle Registration Bureau.
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Excerpt from an earlier version of The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, given to Augusta Jane Skinner, with a letter dated, August 25, 1918
Lewis Parker Abell, b. Apr. 29, 1871, removed to Detroit, Mich., Dec. 1891, to Schenectady, N.Y., May 1899, to Denver, Colo., Feb. 1901, to Los Angeles, Cal., Aug 1909. Md. June 5, 1907, Edna B. Lafferty, dau. Wm. S. & (Hon) Alma V. Lafferty.
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Excerpt from
The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, 1936
A typescript filed with the New York State Library
RACHEL JOSEPHINE HILTON, b. May 17, 1841, at Troy, N.Y.; m. May 13, 1862, Chandler McKelsey Abell, proprietor of the C. M. Abell Foundry & Machine Works, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada; b. May 26, 1835, son of Julia Ann Tucker and Robert Abell (see page 2). C. M. Abell developed a business to a high degree of success and 1877 built an imposing residence which became the center of family reunions and associations but he suffered a stroke of paralysis and died Oct. 5, 1882 in his prime. His widow survived him less than a year, dying of a lingering illness on June 24, 1883. The children were located with friends and relatives.
Children:- born in St. Catharines, Ont.
(1) James Sayre Abell, b. Feb. 8, 1864; d. Feb. 23, 1871.
(2) Julia Anna Abell, b. Feb. 27, 1866; m. June 19, 1895 at Thorold, Ont., to Jesse Albright, of Rochester, N.Y., where they went to reside and to continue their work together as soloists and in duet in church choir, concert and chorus. They had one son, Harold Lewis Albright, b. in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 21, 1901.
They removed Dec. 31, 1911 to Santa Ana, Calif., where they continued their musical works for many years. Mr. Albright became secy-treas. of the Taylor's Inc., canners and packers of fruits.
Harold L. Albright graduated from the Santa Ana High School and attended Calif. Inst. of Technology at Pasadena and after a year with the Los Angeles Dept. of Power & Light he entered the employ of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., at San Francisco.
He m. Aug. 26, 1927, Phyllis Rogers, daughter of James S. Brown, of Berkeley, Calif. They have a daughter, Barbara Jean, b. Sept. 16, 1930.
(3) Rebecca Josephine Abell, b. Oct. 11, 1868; d. Jan. 21, 1874.
(4) Asahel Hubbard Abell, b. Feb. 11, 1871; entered the tailoring business with his cousin S. D. Abell, at Petrolia, Ont. He followed this line for a number of years at Ithaca, Mich., Lockport and at Rochester, N.Y., and for the last 6 or more years at Toronto, Ont., where S. D. Abell had later established his trade. A. H. Abell was a skillful amateur in photography and for several years was in the employ of the Eastman Kodak Co., in Rochester. He inherited and developed a remarkable musical talent both vocal and instrumental.
(5) Lewis Parker Abell, b. Apr. 29, 1873. See under 7th gen.
(6) Charles Richards Abell, b. Aug. 24, 1875; d. Mar. 25, 1878.
(7) Franklin Theodore Abell, b. Oct. 14, 1877. He became an electrical mechanic and employed in Cleveland, Ohio, Schenectady and in Rochester, N.Y. He died in Rochester, Sept. 16, 1919, unm.
(8) Chandler McK. Abell, Jr., b. Mar. 6, 1880; d. Oct. 24, 1880.
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Excerpt from
The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, 1936
A typescript filed with the New York State Library
LEWIS PARKER ABELL, born at St. Catharines, Ont., April 29, 1873; m. at Denver, Colorado, June 5, 1907, Edna Brooks, daughter of William S. and Alma V. Lafferty, b. at Abilene, Kansas, Sept. 12, 1880.
L. P. Abell was educated at the public and high schools of St. Catharines, Aylmer and Woodstock, Ont., and later improved by correspondence, tutoring and private study. Entered employ as apprentice draftsman in the engineering departments of Detroit Electrical Works, the Brush Electric Co., of Cleveland, O., Fort Wayne Electric Corp'n, and finally in 1899 with General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. The two years previous, however, with the Electric World in New York. In 1901, for benefit of health, he was transferred to the G.E.Co's district office in Denver Colo., but in 1903 engaged with Gilbert Wilkes & Co., of Denver Construction Engineers (a former employer in Detroit) until 1906 when he received appointment in the U.S. Reclamation Service, locating at Williston, N.D., until 1909 when he was transferred to the office at Los Angeles, Calif. Upon completion of this work in 1910 he received appointment in the engineering dept. of the City of Los Angeles, continuing to date, except for 18 months "loaned out" to the U.S. Geol. Survey and other departments in Washington for the period of the World War, returning upon final discharge, Oct. 1919, to his duties with the city of Los Angeles.
He was admitted as a member of the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution, in 1899; transferred to the Colorado Society of the same in 1905 and to the California Society, Sons of the Revolution, in 1915.
Assisting in the establishment of a neighborhood church near his home in Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, he became a member of the Congregational Church, the denomination of his paternal ancestors down to his grandfather, but had been reared in the Methodist Episcopal Church to which his parents and nearly all members of their generation were actively connected. He was elected a deacon of the Glendale Congregational Church and took part of first bass in the choir and quartet and was known as the "singing deacon".
Children:-
Herbert Lewis, b. in May 1909 at Williston, N.D.; died soon after.
Alma Louis, b. July 21, 1911 at Los Angeles, Cal. She graduated from the Atwater grade school, Belmont high school, 1929; McKay Business College, 1930, and left the Glendale Junior College in 2nd year to accept appointment 1933, in the California Highway Division under state civil service and is located at San Luis Obispo. She had passed the tests in city, county, state & federal civil service and had received temporary appointments in the Cal. state Motor Vehicle Registration Bureau.
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Excerpt from an earlier version of The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, given to Augusta Jane Skinner, with a letter dated, August 25, 1918
Lewis Parker Abell, b. Apr. 29, 1871, removed to Detroit, Mich., Dec. 1891, to Schenectady, N.Y., May 1899, to Denver, Colo., Feb. 1901, to Los Angeles, Cal., Aug 1909. Md. June 5, 1907, Edna B. Lafferty, dau. Wm. S. & (Hon) Alma V. Lafferty.
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Excerpt from
The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, 1936
A typescript filed with the New York State Library
RACHEL JOSEPHINE HILTON, b. May 17, 1841, at Troy, N.Y.; m. May 13, 1862, Chandler McKelsey Abell, proprietor of the C. M. Abell Foundry & Machine Works, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada; b. May 26, 1835, son of Julia Ann Tucker and Robert Abell (see page 2). C. M. Abell developed a business to a high degree of success and 1877 built an imposing residence which became the center of family reunions and associations but he suffered a stroke of paralysis and died Oct. 5, 1882 in his prime. His widow survived him less than a year, dying of a lingering illness on June 24, 1883. The children were located with friends and relatives.
Children:- born in St. Catharines, Ont.
(1) James Sayre Abell, b. Feb. 8, 1864; d. Feb. 23, 1871.
(2) Julia Anna Abell, b. Feb. 27, 1866; m. June 19, 1895 at Thorold, Ont., to Jesse Albright, of Rochester, N.Y., where they went to reside and to continue their work together as soloists and in duet in church choir, concert and chorus. They had one son, Harold Lewis Albright, b. in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 21, 1901.
They removed Dec. 31, 1911 to Santa Ana, Calif., where they continued their musical works for many years. Mr. Albright became secy-treas. of the Taylor's Inc., canners and packers of fruits.
Harold L. Albright graduated from the Santa Ana High School and attended Calif. Inst. of Technology at Pasadena and after a year with the Los Angeles Dept. of Power & Light he entered the employ of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., at San Francisco.
He m. Aug. 26, 1927, Phyllis Rogers, daughter of James S. Brown, of Berkeley, Calif. They have a daughter, Barbara Jean, b. Sept. 16, 1930.
(3) Rebecca Josephine Abell, b. Oct. 11, 1868; d. Jan. 21, 1874.
(4) Asahel Hubbard Abell, b. Feb. 11, 1871; entered the tailoring business with his cousin S. D. Abell, at Petrolia, Ont. He followed this line for a number of years at Ithaca, Mich., Lockport and at Rochester, N.Y., and for the last 6 or more years at Toronto, Ont., where S. D. Abell had later established his trade. A. H. Abell was a skillful amateur in photography and for several years was in the employ of the Eastman Kodak Co., in Rochester. He inherited and developed a remarkable musical talent both vocal and instrumental.
(5) Lewis Parker Abell, b. Apr. 29, 1873. See under 7th gen.
(6) Charles Richards Abell, b. Aug. 24, 1875; d. Mar. 25, 1878.
(7) Franklin Theodore Abell, b. Oct. 14, 1877. He became an electrical mechanic and employed in Cleveland, Ohio, Schenectady and in Rochester, N.Y. He died in Rochester, Sept. 16, 1919, unm.
(8) Chandler McK. Abell, Jr., b. Mar. 6, 1880; d. Oct. 24, 1880.
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Excerpt from
The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, 1936
A typescript filed with the New York State Library
LEWIS PARKER ABELL, born at St. Catharines, Ont., April 29, 1873; m. at Denver, Colorado, June 5, 1907, Edna Brooks, daughter of William S. and Alma V. Lafferty, b. at Abilene, Kansas, Sept. 12, 1880.
L. P. Abell was educated at the public and high schools of St. Catharines, Aylmer and Woodstock, Ont., and later improved by correspondence, tutoring and private study. Entered employ as apprentice draftsman in the engineering departments of Detroit Electrical Works, the Brush Electric Co., of Cleveland, O., Fort Wayne Electric Corp'n, and finally in 1899 with General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. The two years previous, however, with the Electric World in New York. In 1901, for benefit of health, he was transferred to the G.E.Co's district office in Denver Colo., but in 1903 engaged with Gilbert Wilkes & Co., of Denver Construction Engineers (a former employer in Detroit) until 1906 when he received appointment in the U.S. Reclamation Service, locating at Williston, N.D., until 1909 when he was transferred to the office at Los Angeles, Calif. Upon completion of this work in 1910 he received appointment in the engineering dept. of the City of Los Angeles, continuing to date, except for 18 months "loaned out" to the U.S. Geol. Survey and other departments in Washington for the period of the World War, returning upon final discharge, Oct. 1919, to his duties with the city of Los Angeles.
He was admitted as a member of the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution, in 1899; transferred to the Colorado Society of the same in 1905 and to the California Society, Sons of the Revolution, in 1915.
Assisting in the establishment of a neighborhood church near his home in Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, he became a member of the Congregational Church, the denomination of his paternal ancestors down to his grandfather, but had been reared in the Methodist Episcopal Church to which his parents and nearly all members of their generation were actively connected. He was elected a deacon of the Glendale Congregational Church and took part of first bass in the choir and quartet and was known as the "singing deacon".
Children:-
Herbert Lewis, b. in May 1909 at Williston, N.D.; died soon after.
Alma Louis, b. July 21, 1911 at Los Angeles, Cal. She graduated from the Atwater grade school, Belmont high school, 1929; McKay Business College, 1930, and left the Glendale Junior College in 2nd year to accept appointment 1933, in the California Highway Division under state civil service and is located at San Luis Obispo. She had passed the tests in city, county, state & federal civil service and had received temporary appointments in the Cal. state Motor Vehicle Registration Bureau.
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Excerpt from an earlier version of The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, given to Augusta Jane Skinner, with a letter dated, August 25, 1918
Lewis Parker Abell, b. Apr. 29, 1871, removed to Detroit, Mich., Dec. 1891, to Schenectady, N.Y., May 1899, to Denver, Colo., Feb. 1901, to Los Angeles, Cal., Aug 1909. Md. June 5, 1907, Edna B. Lafferty, dau. Wm. S. & (Hon) Alma V. Lafferty.
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Excerpt from
The Hilton Family of Albany, New York, by Lewis Parker Abell, 1936
A typescript filed with the New York State Library
RACHEL JOSEPHINE HILTON, b. May 17, 1841, at Troy, N.Y.; m. May 13, 1862, Chandler McKelsey Abell, proprietor of the C. M. Abell Foundry & Machine Works, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada; b. May 26, 1835, son of Julia Ann Tucker and Robert Abell (see page 2). C. M. Abell developed a business to a high degree of success and 1877 built an imposing residence which became the center of family reunions and associations but he suffered a stroke of paralysis and died Oct. 5, 1882 in his prime. His widow survived him less than a year, dying of a lingering illness on June 24, 1883. The children were located with friends and relatives.
Children:- born in St. Catharines, Ont.
(1) James Sayre Abell, b. Feb. 8, 1864; d. Feb. 23, 1871.
(2) Julia Anna Abell, b. Feb. 27, 1866; m. June 19, 1895 at Thorold, Ont., to Jesse Albright, of Rochester, N.Y., where they went to reside and to continue their work together as soloists and in duet in church choir, concert and chorus. They had one son, Harold Lewis Albright, b. in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 21, 1901.
They removed Dec. 31, 1911 to Santa Ana, Calif., where they continued their musical works for many years. Mr. Albright became secy-treas. of the Taylor's Inc., canners and packers of fruits.
Harold L. Albright graduated from the Santa Ana High School and attended Calif. Inst. of Technology at Pasadena and after a year with the Los Angeles Dept. of Power & Light he entered the employ of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., at San Francisco.
He m. Aug. 26, 1927, Phyllis Rogers, daughter of James S. Brown, of Berkeley, Calif. They have a daughter, Barbara Jean, b. Sept. 16, 1930.
(3) Rebecca Josephine Abell, b. Oct. 11, 1868; d. Jan. 21, 1874.
(4) Asahel Hubbard Abell, b. Feb. 11, 1871; entered the tailoring business with his cousin S. D. Abell, at Petrolia, Ont. He followed this line for a number of years at Ithaca, Mich., Lockport and at Rochester, N.Y., and for the last 6 or more years at Toronto, Ont., where S. D. Abell had later established his trade. A. H. Abell was a skillful amateur in photography and for several years was in the employ of the Eastman Kodak Co., in Rochester. He inherited and developed a remarkable musical talent both vocal and instrumental.
(5) Lewis Parker Abell, b. Apr. 29, 1873. See under 7th gen.
(6) Charles Richards Abell, b. Aug. 24, 1875; d. Mar. 25, 1878.
(7) Franklin Theodore Abell, b. Oct. 14, 1877. He became an electrical mechanic and employed in Cleveland, Ohio, Schenectady and in Rochester, N.Y. He died in Rochester, Sept. 16, 1919, unm.
(8) Chandler McK. Abell, Jr., b. Mar. 6, 1880; d. Oct. 24, 1880.
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