Person:Henry Abbott (5)

1850 census-Henry; 9; IL

1860 census-MO-St Louis-pg 58-dwelling 289-family 275-line 4-Henry Abbott; 17; apprentice to butcher; IL; this household starts on pg 57 and head of house is John Chambers, also a butcher. There are 4 butchers on these two pages.

1870 census-IL-Scott-Naples-1 Aug 1870-hotel-household 48-line 40-Henry Abbott; 27; grocer; personal estate $3,000; IL [this is the same page that John Abbott, his father, appears on; household 45]

1880 census-Illinois-Scott County-outside of Naples-pg 10-ED 241-date 5-8 Jun 1880-lines 12-15; family 5; Henry Abbott, 37, married, hardware/grocery, born IL, parents born Eng. Minnie, 24, keeping house, born IL, parents born MD. Children: Mary E, 2; Helen, 6 mos. both born IL

1900 census-Illinois-Scott County-Naples Precinct-shows Henry Abbott, born Nov 1844, age 55, married 23 years, born in Illinois with his father and mother being born in England, he is a farmer owning his farm mortgage free and further information can be found on farm schedule 48. His wife, Minna L is 46, born Sep 1853, her father is born in Maryland. The children are Helen K, age 20 born Dec 1879; Emily R, age 18 born Mar 1882 and Merton H, age 15 born Nov 1884

Henry Abbott, the subject of this sketch, was born in Morgan county, Illinois, November 24, 1843. He resided in that county until he was five years old and then the family moved to Naples, Scott county, which place he has since called home. Although he was a child of parents who were moderately well-to-do, his father, believing that every young man should have a trade something to fall back upon in the hour of need sent him to St. Louis in 1857 to serve an apprenticeship as watchmaker and jeweler. At this he worked about one and a half years, and then gave it up to accept a position in a mercantile establishment, thinking it more to his liking. After a time he attended school in St. Louis, taking a full course in the Jones Commercial College, graduating and receiving his diploma.

In 1864, after seven years spent in the city, his father, who was getting up in years, recalled the young man to Naples to assist in take an interest in his business. In 1866 he purchased his father’s interest in the business and continued the same until 1896, when he retired. Between the years of 1870 and 1880 he conducted at Naples a lucrative and flourishing wholesale business.

In September, 1871, he married to Miss Mary Thompson, and after a very happy married life, covering but few months, she died in June 1872. In 1877 he again married, Miss Minna L. Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Long of Barry, Illinois, being the lady of his choice. Of this union six children have been born, four daughters, and two sons.

1. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census (1)
   Database online. Naples, Scott, Illinois, ED 241, roll T9_250, page 602.1000, image 0691.

   Record for Henry Abbott _FOOT: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Naples, Scott, Illinois, ED 241, roll T9_250, page 602.1000, image 0691.

2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census (1). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
   Database online. Scott, Illinois, ED 137, roll T623 344, page 6B.

   Record for Henry Abbott _FOOT: Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Database online. Scott, Illinois, ED 137, roll T623 344, page 6B.