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Submitted: 10/15/14 • Approved: 10/15/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R30110-G0-S3
US Navy
World War I
February 10, 1894 - April 13, 1921
Served aboard the U S S Florida
May 30, 1917 - July 4, 1919
"All for God, Humanity and Native Land"
Notation: While in the Navy He wrote his family often, all saved by his mother (over 40 letters). He never married. He died of TB at age 27.
Son of Silas Alexander Abbott (1862 - 1950)
and Martha Ann Layne Abbott (1866 - 1960)
Siblings:
Vernor Henry Abbott (1890 - 1891)
Ralph William Abbott (1891 - 1971)
Nancy Ann Abbott Tudor (1896 - 1990)
Clara Mae Howerton (1898 - 1981)
Mamie Lee Abbott Laurence (1901 - 1987)
Maude Mary Abbott Watson (1904 - 1996)
Blanche Edna Abbott Buster, Todd (1909 - 1987)
Buried April 14, 1921
Englewood Cemetery
Original East
Block 236 Space 12
Slaton, Lubbock, Texas
Photo and Information Courtesy of
Sue Thompson Patterson
Contributed on 10/15/14
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Record #: 30110