This one-page typewritten account had me stumped until I read it a few times. The Loretta Abbott Williamson mentioned here appears to be the same as Luretta Abbott Williamson mentioned in Long Ago & Far Away and other references, so the assumption can be made that Luretta is the correct spelling. She is the daughter of Isaac C. Abbott, who is the grandfather of A. G. Abbott, thus making her the aunt of A. G. Abbott.
The last sentence (?) does not end with a period so there may have been more to this account. True or embellished, the last paragraph is interesting reading. The Mary Jane Jenkins mentioned was the paternal grandmother of A. G. Abbott and Jenny Cunningham was his great grandmother.
(Information concerning Abbott history, from Dorothy Salomon. She stated that Loretta Abbott was our grandfather Abbott's sister. The following information was sent to Kenneth Abbott by Mrs. Edwin Allinger (834 Lakeview Drive, Redding California 96001), who was a niece of our grandfather Abbott.)
The following information is from Mary Salisbary who is Loretta Abbott Williamson's granddaughter.
Loretta Abbott Williamson was born Sept. 25, 1847 in Ohio (probably in or near Cincinatti). Died Dec. 27, 1912 at Hillsburo, Iowa where she is buried.
She had a daughter (Mary Salsbury's mother) Laura Emma Williamson Kelly who was born at Caly Grove¹, Iowa, Jan. 25, 1869. Died at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa Jan. 5, 1953 and is buried at Houghton, Iowa. Married James Samuel Kelly who was born at La Crew, Iowa, Jan. 7, 1869. Died Oct. 4, 1943 at Iowa City. Buried at Houghton, Iowa.
The children of Laura and James Kelly:
James William, born at La Crew, Iowa Oct. 25, 1892
Samuel Oran born at La Crew, Iowa Oct. 7, 1896. Died Oct. 12, 1970 at Davenport, Iowa.
Mary Emma Hattie Kelly Salisbury, born at La Crew, Iowa, Nov. 16, 1900.
Some of the remembrances of Abbott family of Mary Salisbury are:
The name "Emma" that Laura and Mary both have was after a relative — Emma Abbott, a great singer in the East when Laura was born (1869).
Hearing that Isaac Carson Abbott came from Mass.² to Ohio and bought considerable land in Ohio for $1.00 per acre which is now part of Cincinnati. He leased it for 99 years and she recalled hearing that the lease was up a few years ago and that the heirs were unable to do anything about it. She also thinks that her grandmother said she was the youngest of the family. She recalls hearing that Isaac Carson owned a small farm at Houghton, Iowa.
Mary Salisbury relates the following very interesting story concerning Mary Jane Jenkins' background. I had not heard it before and wonder if any of you heard this.
Mary Jane Jenkins' mother was Jenny Cunningham, daughter of the Earl of Edinborough³ of Scotland. She married Jenkins who was of Royalty of Italy. He was the oldest son and was supposed to marry, but he wanted to be a Priest so he was exiled and went to Scotland and became a gardner in the Earl's gardens. He met Jenny and they fell in love and were secretly married. Then both were exiled and came to America. Jenkins did not live long after they came to America. Mary Jane was very small when he died. Then Mary Jane's mother married a man named Reed and they had a son, P. Risher Reed who became an artist and poet. The night of the great Chicago fire, he was to open his own Art Gallery. He had sold thousands of tickets to it. He had a big house on Chicago Gold Coast. He fire burned most of his pictures and poems. Only what was left in his home were saved. He then sold his home and his poems to well known poets of his time who used them as their own. He also wrote the first drawing book used in the Chicago schools. After the fire, he went up in the mountains of Colorado and had a waylay station. He stayed there until death. He is buried in Burlington, Iowa. He was Mary Jane's half-brother
¹most likely Clay Grove.
²Don't get your hopes up before going to this link. Isaac C. (grandfather of A. G. Abbott) was born in 1810. His father, Josiah, was born in 1770. However, people in those days were likely to name their children after relatives. Link to another Isaac Abbott:
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7704410.html
³I can find no reference on the Internet to the Earl of Edinborough or the Earl of Edinburgh.
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I am a distant relative of Isaac Abbott. My grandfather was Arthur Wilbur Goode the son of Samuel and Minnie Abbott Goode. My mother Geraldine Goode Hopkins was the daughter of Arthur Goode. My name is Mary Lynn Hopkins Strohbehn. I live in Durant, Iowa. Me and my sister are in desperate need of finding the history of the Abbotts.
Isaac Carson Abbott is my great-great grandfather on my mother's side of the family. My mother is the Mary Emma Hattie Kelly Salisbury in "Perplexed, Confused, Bewildered." My research has uncovered a few minor inconsistancies in the information provided. However, am overjoyed to finally find the P. Fishe Reed connection I have been missing. Mary Doody, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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