Abbott, George Weldon Jr.

1915 - 1985  (70 years)

• Name	Abbott, George Weldon
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	5 Mar 1915	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	The 1930 census lists him as George W. Abbott.
  		1940 Census, Clay City (Village), Clay County, Illinois, page 01a 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 02, page 01a The writing in the 1940 Federal census for Clay City, Illinois is sometimes difficult to read. Ancestry.com has attempted to index this census, but there are many transcription errors.
  Occupation	Oil Field Swamper  [3]
  Reference Number	ABBO.G002
  _FGRAVE	26558537
  Death	23 Mar 1985	Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [4, 5]
  	Vivian's obituary lists his death as March 23, 1984.
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [4]
  	Plot: Lot 5, 2 Add., R-10
  		Headstone, Abbott, Vivian and George Jr.
  		Headstone, Abbott, Vivian and George Jr.
  Person ID	I355	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Luke - Fuller Thomas Luke and Drusella Cossal Fuller Descendants, Luke - Harrington William David Luke and Barbara Harrington Descendants
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Abbott, George A.,   b. 1876, Illinois d. 26 Nov 1963, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Luke, Maude May,   b. 29 May 1883, Illinois d. 14 May 1945, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	7 Aug 1911	Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 6]
  Family ID	F120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Newton, Vivian Mae,   b. 24 May 1921, Noble, Richland County, Illinois d. 4 Sep 2002, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3, 4]
  	Vivian's obituary lists him as George Weldon Abbott.
  Family ID	F399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Mar 1915 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Death - 23 Mar 1985 - Clay County Hospital (Old Location), Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  George Abbott, Jr., 70, Clay City, died Friday, March 22, at 4 a m. in the Clay County Hospital in Flora. Visitation with Oddfellow services and funeral services will be in the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City with Bro.Barry Sikes and Rev. Charles Allen presiding. Burial will be Clay City Cemetery. Mr. Abbott was born March 5, 1915, in Clay City, the son of George and Maude (Luke) Abbott. He married Vivian Newton Nov. 25, 1939, and she survives. He was a retired roustabout for J.W. Rudy Oil Co. and a member of the Clay City Christian Church and the Clay City Oddfellows. Other survivors include a son, Donald, O'Fallon; two brothers, Albert Wilson, Clay City; Harold Abbott, Sailor Springs; three sisters, Mrs. Elmo (Lorena) Dehart, Genelle Hance, Viola Williamson, all of Clay City; and two grandchildren. Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL, Mar, 1985. George was electrocuted while working on top of a truck, but did not die from those injuries.

  
  

• Sources

  [S223] Ancestry.com, 1930 Federal Census, Noble, Richland County, Illinois, District 11, page 6b, (http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/BookView.aspx?dbid=6224&iid=4584635_00138&sid=&gskw=), none. (Reliability: 2). [S224] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 4A, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00614&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S225] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 02, page 1a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.asp) (Reliability: 2). [S501] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Abbott, Vivian and George Jr., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26558537/george-weldon-abbott), none. (Reliability: 2). [S502] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Abbott, Vivian M., 82, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26558547/vivian-mae-abbott), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14368] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900, Marriage Index, Abbott, George and Wilson, Maude (Mrs.), Volume 003, Page 0249, License #00000092, (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriageSearch.do) (Reliability: 2).