ABBE, William

ABBE, CLENDENNING

Posted By: Administrator
Date: 10/2/2001 at 12:59:02

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) pgs 669-697
Biographical sketches of Clinton residents

WILLIAM ABBE, passenger conductor on the C. &. N. W. Railroad; residence corner Tenth avenue and Fifth streets; is a native of Linn Co., Iowa, and was born July 10, 1843; his parents were among the earliest settlers of Linn Co., and came
there in 1838; his father was a member of Seventh and Eighth Legislative Assemblies of the State of Iowa. William was brought up and lived in Linn Co., until 16 years of age; then went to Ohio, and upon the breaking-out of the war, he enlisted in the three-months service in the Eighth Ohio Infantry; he afterward enlisted in the Ninth Regiment Iowa Infantry, Co. K, and served three
years. He was in all the battles of the regiment. After the war, he engaged in
railroading, and has been connected with the Chicago & North-Western Railroad since April, 1866, when he removed to Clinton. On the 15th of July, 1869, he was united in marriage to Miss Estella , from Salem, Ohio; they have
two daughters -- Edith and Mary; they have lost one daughter -- Pearl.