Washington Digital Archives Death Index gives father Edson Abbott; mother Adriana Bourham
From the Bellingham Herald of Monday, 24 Apr 1950:
EDSON ABBOTT, OF SEDRO, CALLED
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, at 2 p.m., at the Lemley chapel in Sedro Woolley, for Edson Gilman Abbott, pioneer automobile dealer and motion picture exhibitor, who died in a Sedro Woolley hospital late Saturday.
Born in 1865, in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Abbott was 84 at the time of his death. In 1889 he married Miss Ada Packard, after going to Marshalltown, Iowa. Miss Packard was the daughter of the Hon. Stephen Bennett Packard, Civil war governor of Louisiana, and consul for the U.S. to Liverpool, England.
Mrs. Abbott and their son, Bennett, died during the 1918 influenza epidemic. Mr. Abbott went in 1898 to Alaska, where he spent three years in Nome, and constructed the first bank building there. He also operated a store and cafe across the street there from the well-known Tex Rickard.
Residing after that period in Seattle, for 11 years, Mr. Abbott went to Port Angeles, where he was in the hotel business. Settling in Sedro Woolley in 1916, he became one of the first Chevrolet dealers on the Pacific Coast, and operated Sedro Woolley's Dream theater.
A Mason, a Shriner and a former member of the Rotarians, Mr. Abbott is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Emma Abbott Ridgway, of Sedro Woolley; and a son Edson Abbott, of Anacortes.
One sister resides in Everett and another in Portland. There also are five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
The services Wednesday will be under the direction of the Rev. William Forbes, of Mount Vernon, and cremation will follow, at Washelli, Seattle.
From the Bellingham Herald of Monday, 24 Apr 1950:
EDSON ABBOTT, OF SEDRO, CALLED
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, at 2 p.m., at the Lemley chapel in Sedro Woolley, for Edson Gilman Abbott, pioneer automobile dealer and motion picture exhibitor, who died in a Sedro Woolley hospital late Saturday.
Born in 1865, in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Abbott was 84 at the time of his death. In 1889 he married Miss Ada Packard, after going to Marshalltown, Iowa. Miss Packard was the daughter of the Hon. Stephen Bennett Packard, Civil war governor of Louisiana, and consul for the U.S. to Liverpool, England.
Mrs. Abbott and their son, Bennett, died during the 1918 influenza epidemic. Mr. Abbott went in 1898 to Alaska, where he spent three years in Nome, and constructed the first bank building there. He also operated a store and cafe across the street there from the well-known Tex Rickard.
Residing after that period in Seattle, for 11 years, Mr. Abbott went to Port Angeles, where he was in the hotel business. Settling in Sedro Woolley in 1916, he became one of the first Chevrolet dealers on the Pacific Coast, and operated Sedro Woolley's Dream theater.
A Mason, a Shriner and a former member of the Rotarians, Mr. Abbott is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Emma Abbott Ridgway, of Sedro Woolley; and a son Edson Abbott, of Anacortes.
One sister resides in Everett and another in Portland. There also are five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
The services Wednesday will be under the direction of the Rev. William Forbes, of Mount Vernon, and cremation will follow, at Washelli, Seattle.
Washington Digital Archives Death Index gives father Edson Abbott; mother Adriana Bourham
From the Bellingham Herald of Monday, 24 Apr 1950:
EDSON ABBOTT, OF SEDRO, CALLED
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, at 2 p.m., at the Lemley chapel in Sedro Woolley, for Edson Gilman Abbott, pioneer automobile dealer and motion picture exhibitor, who died in a Sedro Woolley hospital late Saturday.
Born in 1865, in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Abbott was 84 at the time of his death. In 1889 he married Miss Ada Packard, after going to Marshalltown, Iowa. Miss Packard was the daughter of the Hon. Stephen Bennett Packard, Civil war governor of Louisiana, and consul for the U.S. to Liverpool, England.
Mrs. Abbott and their son, Bennett, died during the 1918 influenza epidemic. Mr. Abbott went in 1898 to Alaska, where he spent three years in Nome, and constructed the first bank building there. He also operated a store and cafe across the street there from the well-known Tex Rickard.
Residing after that period in Seattle, for 11 years, Mr. Abbott went to Port Angeles, where he was in the hotel business. Settling in Sedro Woolley in 1916, he became one of the first Chevrolet dealers on the Pacific Coast, and operated Sedro Woolley's Dream theater.
A Mason, a Shriner and a former member of the Rotarians, Mr. Abbott is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Emma Abbott Ridgway, of Sedro Woolley; and a son Edson Abbott, of Anacortes.
One sister resides in Everett and another in Portland. There also are five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
The services Wednesday will be under the direction of the Rev. William Forbes, of Mount Vernon, and cremation will follow, at Washelli, Seattle.
From the Bellingham Herald of Monday, 24 Apr 1950:
EDSON ABBOTT, OF SEDRO, CALLED
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, at 2 p.m., at the Lemley chapel in Sedro Woolley, for Edson Gilman Abbott, pioneer automobile dealer and motion picture exhibitor, who died in a Sedro Woolley hospital late Saturday.
Born in 1865, in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Abbott was 84 at the time of his death. In 1889 he married Miss Ada Packard, after going to Marshalltown, Iowa. Miss Packard was the daughter of the Hon. Stephen Bennett Packard, Civil war governor of Louisiana, and consul for the U.S. to Liverpool, England.
Mrs. Abbott and their son, Bennett, died during the 1918 influenza epidemic. Mr. Abbott went in 1898 to Alaska, where he spent three years in Nome, and constructed the first bank building there. He also operated a store and cafe across the street there from the well-known Tex Rickard.
Residing after that period in Seattle, for 11 years, Mr. Abbott went to Port Angeles, where he was in the hotel business. Settling in Sedro Woolley in 1916, he became one of the first Chevrolet dealers on the Pacific Coast, and operated Sedro Woolley's Dream theater.
A Mason, a Shriner and a former member of the Rotarians, Mr. Abbott is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Emma Abbott Ridgway, of Sedro Woolley; and a son Edson Abbott, of Anacortes.
One sister resides in Everett and another in Portland. There also are five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
The services Wednesday will be under the direction of the Rev. William Forbes, of Mount Vernon, and cremation will follow, at Washelli, Seattle.
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