Edward Abbott was born in Freedom, Outagamie County, Wisconsin on February 28, 1846. He was the fourth son of Elon B. and Eleanor (Webster) Abbott. He grew up on his parents' farm near Freedom. When he turned eighteen in 1864, during the last year of the Civil War, he tried to enlist in a Wisconsin regiment but was turned away. His father and three brothers were already in the Union Army, and he was told that he was needed more urgently on the farm. One of his brothers was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga and later died in the notorious Andersonville prison camp.
As a young man Edward A. Abbott went to Kansas, where he became a Baptist preacher and sheriff. After his marriage to Sara Jane Schooley in 1872, they returned to Wisconsin where he was a Baptist clergyman in Brant, Calumet County. Later, he oversaw another church at Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin. In the early 1900's he established a ranch in Northern Idaho. After he and his wife separated he moved to Montana, where he continued ranching until late in life. For a few years in the 1920's he lived with his daughter Ada and son-in-law Will Colvin on their wheat ranch near Binford, North Dakota; after that, he went to live in a retirement home for Baptist clergymen in Michigan. He died there in about 1932.
As a young man Edward A. Abbott went to Kansas, where he became a Baptist preacher and sheriff. After his marriage to Sara Jane Schooley in 1872, they returned to Wisconsin where he was a Baptist clergyman in Brant, Calumet County. Later, he oversaw another church at Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin. In the early 1900's he established a ranch in Northern Idaho. After he and his wife separated he moved to Montana, where he continued ranching until late in life. For a few years in the 1920's he lived with his daughter Ada and son-in-law Will Colvin on their wheat ranch near Binford, North Dakota; after that, he went to live in a retirement home for Baptist clergymen in Michigan. He died there in about 1932.
Edward Abbott was born in Freedom, Outagamie County, Wisconsin on February 28, 1846. He was the fourth son of Elon B. and Eleanor (Webster) Abbott. He grew up on his parents' farm near Freedom. When he turned eighteen in 1864, during the last year of the Civil War, he tried to enlist in a Wisconsin regiment but was turned away. His father and three brothers were already in the Union Army, and he was told that he was needed more urgently on the farm. One of his brothers was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga and later died in the notorious Andersonville prison camp.
As a young man Edward A. Abbott went to Kansas, where he became a Baptist preacher and sheriff. After his marriage to Sara Jane Schooley in 1872, they returned to Wisconsin where he was a Baptist clergyman in Brant, Calumet County. Later, he oversaw another church at Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin. In the early 1900's he established a ranch in Northern Idaho. After he and his wife separated he moved to Montana, where he continued ranching until late in life. For a few years in the 1920's he lived with his daughter Ada and son-in-law Will Colvin on their wheat ranch near Binford, North Dakota; after that, he went to live in a retirement home for Baptist clergymen in Michigan. He died there in about 1932.
As a young man Edward A. Abbott went to Kansas, where he became a Baptist preacher and sheriff. After his marriage to Sara Jane Schooley in 1872, they returned to Wisconsin where he was a Baptist clergyman in Brant, Calumet County. Later, he oversaw another church at Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin. In the early 1900's he established a ranch in Northern Idaho. After he and his wife separated he moved to Montana, where he continued ranching until late in life. For a few years in the 1920's he lived with his daughter Ada and son-in-law Will Colvin on their wheat ranch near Binford, North Dakota; after that, he went to live in a retirement home for Baptist clergymen in Michigan. He died there in about 1932.
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