Abbot family.

  1. Abbot family.
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William Richardson Abbot

1839 January 1 Born in Hagerstown, Md. 1855 1857 University of Virginia, distinction in the Study of Law 1857 Teacher at Mr. Halliwell's School, Alexandria, Va. 1858 1860 Teacher at Dr. Charles Minor's Brookhill School, outside Charlottesville, Va. 1860 1861 Tutor to family of Dr.Arthur Taylor, Opelouses, St. Landry Parish, La., until outbreak of Civil War 1861 Clerk at General Post Office Department, Auditor's Office to the Treasury of the Southern Confederacy, Richmond, Va. 1862 Clerk at First Auditor's Office to the War Department, Richmond Va. 1863 1865 Enlistment in the First Regiment of Engineers Troops, Army of Virginia; served in the field as Second Lieutenant; was present with Robert E. Lee at Appomattox. 1863 Marriage to Lucy Ridgway Minor, daughter of Dr. Charles Minor of Brookhill School, Charlottesville, Va. 1866 1870 Opened school for boys in Charlottesville 1870 1873 Teacher of Classics and English; Associate Headmaster with founder James P. Holcombe at Bellevue High School, Va. 1873 1901 Headmaster of Bellevue on the death of J.P. Holcombe 1882 Purchased Bellevue 1902 1909 Bellevue administered chiefly by W.R. Abbot's son, Associate Principal Charles Minor Abbot 1909 Closed and converted Bellevue to personal residence; continued to reside at Bellevue with his family 1916, October 5 Died at Bellevue, Va.

Ellen Harris Abbot

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