Dr. Burr Reeve Abbe

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Dr. Burr Reeve Abbe

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Death: November 13, 1897 (66)
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: 453 Fairfield Avenue, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, 06114, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Dr. Alanson Abbe and Eliza Woodruff Abbe
Husband of Elizabeth Swift Abbe and Julia Arnold Abbe
Father of Elizabeth Wright; Thomas Abbe; Marion Chappell Abbe; Mary Allen Grant Abbe; John P Abbe and 6 others
Brother of Dr. Edward Payson Abbe; Rev. Frederick Randolph Abbe; William Alanson Abbe; Benjamin Burgess Abbe; Julius Barnes Abbe and 2 others

Managed by: John H. Nye
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About Dr. Burr Reeve Abbe

Dr. Burr Reeve Abbe

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14627429/burr_reeve_abbe

From the book published in 1916 "Abbe-Abbey Genealogy In Memory of John Abbe and his Descendants" by Cleveland Abbe and Joseph Genung Nichols

Dr. Abbe, son of Alanson and Eliza Woodruff (Barnes) Abbe, born in the town of Litchfield, Connecticut, November 20, 1830; died in Hartford, Connecticut, March 13, 1897, where he had been a broker and banker for thirty years.

He was educated at Yale College, M.D. 1854; studied medicine and in his earlier days was a great traveler, having lived at times in China, India, Egypt, California, and in Paris and other European cities.

Married (1) July, 1855, ELIZABETH SWIFT NYE. She died April 4, 1863, on board the ship "Viscount Canning" in the China Sea. She was on her way home from China with her two children on the ship "Hotspur" when it was wrecked. After nine days in an open boat she was rescued by a Chinese junk but died at sea as a result of the exposure.

Married (2) August 16, 1865, JULIA ARNOLD JONES, born March 29, 1839, daughter of Reverend Elisha Cowles and Julia (Chappell) Jones of Southington, Connecticut. She resides in Brockton, Massachusetts.

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Dr. Burr Reeve Abbe's Timeline

1830
November 30, 1830
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1856
June 12, 1856
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1859
November 9, 1859
New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1866
August 17, 1866
1868
August 19, 1868
Hartford, Hartford, CT, United States
1870
August 15, 1870
Hartford, Hartford, CT, United States
1872
July 2, 1872
Hartford, Hartford, CT, United States
1873
July 23, 1873
Hartford, Hartford, CT, United States
1877
July 30, 1877
Hartford, Hartford, CT, United States