Abbott, Jacob
educator, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 14, 1803, in Hallowell, Maine. He was an educator of New England, who was a voluminous and popular writer for young people. Among his numerous writings the best known Marco are are The Franconia Stories; Marco a Paul's Adventures; The Rollo Books; Histories of Celebrated Sovereigns; and Harper's Story Books. Few writers have given to the public a greater number of volumes. He has addressed himself principally to the young, with whom his works have been exceedingly popular. Nearly all of his books have been republished in England, and many have been translated into the various European and Asiatic languages. The twenty-eight volumes of Rollo Books are perhaps his best known. He died Oct. 31, 1879, in Farmington, Maine.
ABBOTT, JO, soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, Hillsboro, Texas, was born Jan. 15, 1840, near Decatur, Ala. He served in the Twelfth Texas cavalry, confederate army, as first lieutenant.
He was elected to the state legislature in 1869 and served one term. He was appointed by Governor Roberts judge of the twenty-eighth judicial district in 1879; was elected to the same position in 1880, and served four years. He was elected to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-fourth congress as a democrat.
ABBOTT, JOHN STEVENS CABOT, educator, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 18, 1805, in Brunswick, Maine. He was for some years a congregational minister, but after 1844 devoted himself to literature and educational work. Among his works are comprised The Mother at Home; Practical Christianity; Romance of Spanish History; American Pioneers and Patriots; History of Napoleon; Napoleon at St. Helena; History of the French Revolution; History of the Civil War in America; Lives of the Presidents; History of Maine from Its Discovery by Northmen; Christopher Carson; History of Napoleon III; History of Frederick the Great; and History of Christianity.
He died June 17, 1877, in Fair Haven, Conn.