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William Alanson Abbe

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William Alanson Abbe

Birth
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
25 Nov 1892 (aged 57)
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

William Alanson Abbe, b. Aug. 24, 1835 (b in Litchfield CT); d. Dec. (?), 1892.

He was graduated from Harvard and Amherst, studied law but engaged in the smelting business. He resided in New Bedford, Mass., and in Black Hawk, Colo., where he was mayor of the city.

Married (1) March 4, 1875, Helen C. Bourne, b. April 13, 1844 ; d. in Boston, May 8, 1879, daughter of Jonathan and Emily Summers (Howland) Bourne. No children.

Married (2) Feb. 2, 1882, Hannah Tobey Bourne, sister of his first wife, b. in New Bedford, Sept. 10, 1840; d. in Greenwich, Conn., Feb. 11, 1914. No children.

She left large bequests to the 'Jonathan Bourne Scholarship Fund" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and to St. Luke's Hospital of New Bedford.
From the book published in 1916 "Abbe -Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

William Alanson Abbe, b. Aug. 24, 1835 (b in Litchfield CT); d. Dec. (?), 1892.

He was graduated from Harvard and Amherst, studied law but engaged in the smelting business. He resided in New Bedford, Mass., and in Black Hawk, Colo., where he was mayor of the city.

Married (1) March 4, 1875, Helen C. Bourne, b. April 13, 1844 ; d. in Boston, May 8, 1879, daughter of Jonathan and Emily Summers (Howland) Bourne. No children.

Married (2) Feb. 2, 1882, Hannah Tobey Bourne, sister of his first wife, b. in New Bedford, Sept. 10, 1840; d. in Greenwich, Conn., Feb. 11, 1914. No children.

She left large bequests to the 'Jonathan Bourne Scholarship Fund" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and to St. Luke's Hospital of New Bedford.

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