When Samuel Abbott was born on 21 February 1819, in Switzerland, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel Abbott, was 47 and his mother, Polly Currier, was 42. He married Eliza Ann Lester on 30 August 1840, in Wabash, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Chester Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Lagro, Lagro Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 1 December 1903, in Huntington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lagro, Lagro Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Historical Boundaries 1832: Huntington, Indiana, United States
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
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.
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