Cumberland County, Maine - Cyrus Abbott
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Biography
Cyrus Abbott
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 701


Cyrus Abbott, a successful merchant of Gorham, Me., was born in Limington, York
County, Me., December 29, 1836, son of John and Sophia (Blake) Abbott. Mr.
Abbott's paternal grandfather, Nathaniel Abbott, emigrated from England and
settled in Limington, where he engaged in agriculture. He owned a good farm, and
devoted himself with painstaking diligence to its cultivation, residing there
for the rest of his life. He reared a family of four children.

John Abbott, son of Nathaniel, was born in Limington; and when a young man he
there learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed in connection with
farming during the active period of his life. He died in Limington at the age of
sixty-eight years. His wife, Sophia Blake, who was a daughter of Samuel Blake, a
prosperous farmer of Baldwin, Me., became the mother of six children, namely
Jane; Francis; John; Leonard; Cyrus, the subject of this sketch; and Sophia.

Cyrus Abbott attended the common schools of his native town, and, after
finishing his studies, began to fit himself for a mercantile calling by entering
a general store in Limington, where he was employed as a clerk for three years.
He then engaged in shoemaking; and in 1861 he moved to Gorham, where he carried
on that occupation for some years. In 1869 he here established himself in the
grocery business, which he has since conducted with energy and profit. In 1892
his store was destroyed by fire, but with true Yankee enterprise he immediately
began the erection of his present building, which was completed and ready for
occupancy in twenty-four days. He carries a large stock of groceries, harnesses,
blankets, and other articles of general merchandise, and also deals in wood and
coal. He is a progressive and successful business man and a highly respected
citizen.

Mr. Abbott and Elizabeth C. Richardson, daughter of Abner Richardson, of
Limington, were married in 1861. Four children were born to them, namely: Flora,
who married Sherman E. Rand, and resides in Portland; Nellie M., who resides at
home; Ernest C., who died at the age of nine years; and Fred J., who died at the
age of seven years.

Mr. Abbott is a Democrat in politics, and is an active supporter of that party,
being a member of the County Committee; and he has filled the position of
Chairman of the Town Committee for the past six years. He is a member of Dirigo
Lodge, No. 21, Knights of Pythias, of Gorham; and he attends the Congregational
church.