Abbott, Harry Alexander

1880 - 1956  (75 years)

• Name	Abbott, Harry Alexander
  Birth	30 Aug 1880	Homer, Champaign County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	ABBO.H005
  _FGRAVE	105677314
  Death	7 Jul 1956	Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
  Burial	GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois
  Person ID	I54937	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Abbott, John,   b. 25 Oct 1826, Ohio d. 7 Dec 1888, South Homer Township, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Wright, Tennessee America 'Anna',   b. 22 Sep 1847, Tennessee d. 2 Mar 1927, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F19938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Aug 1880 - Homer, Champaign County, Illinois Death - 7 Jul 1956 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois Burial - - GAR Cemetery, Homer, Champaign County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The Homer Enterprise Friday, July 13, 1956, p 1 Funeral services were conducted for Harry Abbott at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Morehouse funeral Home by Dale Scheffer, minister of the Church of Christ, and interment was made in the GAR cemetery. Mr. Abbott, 75, was born near Homer on August 30, 1880 to John and Ann Wright Abbott. He was married about fifty years ago to Lydia Jane Reffett, and she preceded him in death in April of 1955. Surviving are a son, Herman of Catlin; two brothers, Abe, a resident of the Champaign county Nursing Home, Urbana; and Reuben of Champaign; a sister, Mrs. Grace Bird, of Decatur; and a half-brother, Benton Barnes, at the Veterans’ Administration in Danville. Also two grandchildren.