Brief Life History of John Smith
When John Smith Abbott was born on 18 December 1832, in Hornellsville, Steuben, New York, United States, his father, James Abbott, was 33 and his mother, Mary Jane Jones, was 26. He married Amy Flavia Coy on 2 May 1869, in DeWitt, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Bingham Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and De Witt, DeWitt, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 31 August 1880, in Wapella, DeWitt, Illinois, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Wapella Township, DeWitt, Illinois, United States.
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- John S Abbott, "United States Census, 1870"
- John S Abbott, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- JOHN S ABBOTT, "BillionGraves Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Macon, Illinois, United States 1839: DeWitt, Illinois, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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