Harry Durham Abbott


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Death Date: 1955-03-11                 Birth Date: 1878-07-06                 Spouse: Bessie Pearl Hurd Abbott (d. May 4, 1949)
Survived By: daughters, Mrs. Minabelle (Ralph) Hutchins (Pipua, OH); Mrs. Alexina (Irvin) Pruss of Dillsboro, IN and Mrs. Martha (E.W.) Eads of Shelby, OH; six grandchildren; brother, Irvin Walker Abbott of Cathedral City, CA.
Other: 76 years old. Resident of Washington township, IN. Died at Margaret-Mary Hospital, Batesville, IN of a cerebral hemorrhage. Born on Mount Tabor Ridge, Washington township and lived on the same farm where and his parents spent their entire lives. It has been in the Abbott family since President John Adams was president of the USA. Life long member of Mt. Tabor Methodist Church; member of the Dillsboro Conservation Club, the Ohio Field Trial Association and Indiana Fox Hunters Association. Funeral was held at Ulrich and Sibbett Funeral Home, Dillsboro, IN. Harry was the son of Rufus, and Martha Jane Durham Abbott. He was a farmer that lived on RR #1, Aurora, Indiana. Married Bessie October 5, 1908. Harry was widowed at the time of his death
Cemetery: River View Cemetery, Aurora, IN.
Obituary Source:
DC Register March 17, 1955, page 1, column 2 - LXD
www.findagrave.com, Memorial ID: 19866479