From the book History of Walworth County Wisconsin, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Pages 655 - 666
 
FRANCIS X. ABBOTT.  The career of Francis X. ABBOTT, a public-spirited citizen 
of Geneva township, Walworth county, has ever been such as to warrant the trust 
and confidence of those with whom he has come into contact, for he has ever 
conducted all transactions on the strictest principles of honor and integrity.  
His devotion to the public good is unquestioned and arises from a sincere 
interest in his fellow men.
 
Mr. ABBOTT was born in Warren county, Pennsylvania, May 4, 1850.  He is the son 
of John and Sarah (HERRICK) ABBOTT, the former having been the son of Xavir and 
Elizabeth (STEVENS) ABBOTT.  Xavir ABBOTT was in the war of 1812.  When the 
subject of this sketch was four years old the family moved to Chautauqua 
county, New York, and lived there on a farm until 1866, in which year they 
moved west, locating about a mile from Elkhorn, Wisconsin.  After living there 
a year the father bought a farm a mile north of Como and there the parents 
spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying on August 23, 1889, and 
the mother on January 4, 1892.  Both were members of the Baptist church.  The 
father was a quiet, home man, an industrious an highly respected citizen.
 
Francis X. ABBOTT remained on the home farm until March 1903.  He was educated 
in the public schools.  He was second in order of birth in a family of four 
children, one son and three daughters; Emeline, who married Lyman JAMES and 
returned to New York, where she died, leaving six children.  Marietta, the 
third in order of birth, married Albert DENSMORE; they live at Elkhorn, and 
have one child, Ethel.  Jane, the youngest child, married Floyd GRAY; they live 
at Como and have two children, sons.
 
On May 4, 1879, Mr. ABBOTT was married to Alice S. GOODRICH, daughter of Harvey 
Curtis GOODRICH and Sarah Emma (DALRYMPLE) GOODRICH.  She was born, reared and 
educated in Geneva township.  When a young man her father came to Walworth 
county from Troy, Vermont, and here he was married to Sarah E. DALRYMPLE, a 
native of Chautauqua county, New York.
 
Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. ABBOTT, namely: Ivy, who married 
W. E. PALMER, lives three miles northeast of Como, and has three children, 
Beulah Eileen, Alice Alveretta, and Edwin Eugene.  Bertha ABBOTT married George 
McCORMICK; they live in Lafayette township and have one child, Ethel Mavis.  
John, who is the youngest of Mr. ABBOTT's children, married Ella Belle RANDALL, 
daughter of William and Bertha RANDALL.
 
Politically, Mr. ABBOTT is a Republican and he has always been active in 
politics, and has been a frequent delegate to state conventions and active and 
influential in the same.  He has been clerk of Geneva township for over twenty 
years, which is certainly a criterion of the confidence which his neighbors 
repose in his ability and integrity.  He has held various other offices in his 
community, always with ability and credit.  Fraternally, he is a member of the 
Modern Woodmen and the Mystic Workers, and is prominent in each.  He and his 
wife are members of the Baptist church.

Submitted By:  Carol
(carolann612@charter.net)