Ephraim Abbott

EPHRAIM A. ABBOTT, farmer, resides on Section 30, Town 18, Range 9, P. O. Fremont, is the son of Nicholas and Mary J. Abbott. Was born in Blue Hill, Maine, June, 1833. He came to Nebraska in 1861, living until 1867 in Douglas and Washington Counties. He has a fine farm of 1,220 acres on the line of the Sioux City & Pacific Railway, between Fremont and Nickerson; 450 acres are under cultivation, the remainder being grass land and all under fence; has good improvements, consisting of good house, barn and cattle sheds, etc. He is also extensively engaged in dealing in and raising live stock. Has been in the business since he came to the State. The first years he dealt exclusively in raising small grain. The past seven years he has devoted almost his entire attention to the stock business. Has at the present time a herd of 300 cattle and thirty head of horses and mules, 200 sheep. In the year of 1881, he sold $7,000 worth of fat cattle. His dealings in live stock aggregate over $10,000 per year. He was married at Fremont, March 29, 1870, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Hamilton and Sarah C. Dorsey. She was born in Loudoun County, Va., and came to Nebraska in 1869. They have five children--Myra Kate, Lizzie Keene, George Dorsey, Clara Frances and Pansy Jewett.

Brother of Luther Abbott

Source: HISTORY of the State of Nebraska; Pub.1882