Suggested edit: JOSHUA K. ABBOTT
Representative in 1850 from Genesee county, was born in Concord, N. H., in 1810.
He came to Michigan in 1838.
By trade a bookbinder.
On coming to Michigan he became a merchant and farmer at Grand Blanc.
He was postmaster for twenty years.
He went to the war as sutler of the 30th Iowa, of which his brother was colonel.
He was taken sick in front of Vicksburg and died on his way home at Cairo, February 4, 1863.
His son, Charles H., is a State Senator in Colorado, and a prominent miner.
[Contributed by Barb Z. Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators By Stephen D. Bingham Published by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888 ]
Representative in 1850 from Genesee county, was born in Concord, N. H., in 1810.
He came to Michigan in 1838.
By trade a bookbinder.
On coming to Michigan he became a merchant and farmer at Grand Blanc.
He was postmaster for twenty years.
He went to the war as sutler of the 30th Iowa, of which his brother was colonel.
He was taken sick in front of Vicksburg and died on his way home at Cairo, February 4, 1863.
His son, Charles H., is a State Senator in Colorado, and a prominent miner.
[Contributed by Barb Z. Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators By Stephen D. Bingham Published by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888 ]
Suggested edit: JOSHUA K. ABBOTT
Representative in 1850 from Genesee county, was born in Concord, N. H., in 1810.
He came to Michigan in 1838.
By trade a bookbinder.
On coming to Michigan he became a merchant and farmer at Grand Blanc.
He was postmaster for twenty years.
He went to the war as sutler of the 30th Iowa, of which his brother was colonel.
He was taken sick in front of Vicksburg and died on his way home at Cairo, February 4, 1863.
His son, Charles H., is a State Senator in Colorado, and a prominent miner.
[Contributed by Barb Z. Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators By Stephen D. Bingham Published by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888 ]
Representative in 1850 from Genesee county, was born in Concord, N. H., in 1810.
He came to Michigan in 1838.
By trade a bookbinder.
On coming to Michigan he became a merchant and farmer at Grand Blanc.
He was postmaster for twenty years.
He went to the war as sutler of the 30th Iowa, of which his brother was colonel.
He was taken sick in front of Vicksburg and died on his way home at Cairo, February 4, 1863.
His son, Charles H., is a State Senator in Colorado, and a prominent miner.
[Contributed by Barb Z. Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators By Stephen D. Bingham Published by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888 ]
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Born in Concord, N.H. Died in Grand Blanc.
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