G.C. Abbey 1879

ABBEY

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Date: 7/15/2009 at 21:43:31

G.C. ABBEY, merchant and Postmaster, Cottonville; born in Ontario Co., N.Y., April 18, 1820; went to Michigan in 1837; to New Orleans the fall of 1843; then returned to the East. In 1850, he came to Jackson Co., Iowa, and remained a short time; thence to Delaware Co., Iowa; then to Pike's Peak, where he remained but a short time, when he returned to Andrew, and enlisted, August, 1862, in the 21st I.V.I., and remained until the close of the war, when he returned and settled in Cottonville. - Source: 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg 688.