Rev. Edward Abbott

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Rev. Edward Abbott

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Birthplace: Farmington, Franklin County, Maine, United States
Death: April 05, 1908 (66)
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Son of Jacob Abbott and Harriet Vaughn
Husband of Clara E. Abbott and Katharine Abbott
Father of Edward Apthorp Abbott; Madeline Vaughan Abbott and Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Brother of Benjamin Vaughan Abbott; Austin Abbott; Rev. Lyman Abbott, Dr.; Frances Elizabeth Abbott; George Abbott and 1 other

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About Rev. Edward Abbott

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Abbott_(clergyman)

Edward Abbott (1841–1908) was an American clergyman, journalist, and author, son of Jacob Abbott, born at Farmington, Maine. He graduated in 1860 at the University of New York, studied from 1860 to 1862 at the Andover Theological Seminary, and in 1863 served in the United States Sanitary Commission at Washington with the Army of the Potomac. He was ordained in 1863 to the Congregational ministry, and was pastor of Pilgrim Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1865 to 1869. From 1869 to 1878 he was associate editor of The Congregationalist, and from 1878 to 1888 editor of the Literary World, whose direction he again assumed in 1895. In 1879 he was ordained a priest of the Episcopal Church and appointed rector of St. James's parish, Cambridge. His publications include The Conversations of Jesus (1875) and Phillips Brooks (1900).

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Rev. Edward Abbott's Timeline

1841
July 15, 1841
Farmington, Franklin County, Maine, United States
1908
April 5, 1908
Age 66
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