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Forrest Chaffee Abbott was born in Old Town to Herbert Burr Abbott and Geneva M. Spearin on February 5, 1916. He graduated from Old Town High School in 1935.{{sfn|Sachem|1935|p=[https://oldtown.historyarchives.online/viewer?fn=sachem_usa_maine_old_town_19350101_english_9 8]}} In that same year he also married Vivian Gertrude Eastman (1918-1967) of Milford.{{sfn|ME.Marriages|loc=[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJZ-F1M FamilySearch]}} By the time of the 1940 Census, they lived on Lincoln Street---with two kids and both working as laborers at the Moose River Shoe Company. Later on, Abbott worked for the T. M. Chapman Company, where he was employed when he joined the war effort. While after the war his brothers all lived on Abbott Street, Forrest may not have returned to Old Town after his discharge from the military. In | Forrest Chaffee Abbott was born in Old Town to Herbert Burr Abbott and Geneva M. Spearin on February 5, 1916. He graduated from Old Town High School in 1935.{{sfn|Sachem|1935|p=[https://oldtown.historyarchives.online/viewer?fn=sachem_usa_maine_old_town_19350101_english_9 8]}} In that same year he also married Vivian Gertrude Eastman (1918-1967) of Milford.{{sfn|ME.Marriages|loc=[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCJZ-F1M FamilySearch]}} By the time of the 1940 Census, they lived on Lincoln Street---with two kids and both working as laborers at the Moose River Shoe Company. Later on, Abbott worked for the T. M. Chapman Company, where he was employed when he joined the war effort. While after the war his brothers all lived on Abbott Street, Forrest may not have returned to Old Town after his discharge from the military. In 1958 he is reported to be living in Los Angeles (CA) and not to have been back in Old Town in eight years. At the time of his wife's death, he was a mechanic with the United States Motor Co. in Anaheim (CA).<ref>See {{harvnb|PT19580731|loc=[https://oldtown.historyarchives.online/viewer?fn=penobscot_times_usa_maine_old_town_19580731_english_3 OTPL-DA]}} and **. The Forrest Abbott mentioned a few times in the Penobscot Times as living in the Old Town area in the late 1950s and 1960s was Forrest Keith Abbott (1922-1975), who does not appear to have been related.</ref> In the 1990s, Abbott lived in Chino Valley (AZ), which is probably where he passed away on April 13, 1999. He is buried at Wickenburg Cemetery (AZ).<ref>See Find-a-Grave. [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12821052/forrest_c_abbott Memorial for Forrest C. Abbott]</ref> | ||
One confounding set of facts is that while Abbott and Eastman appear to (still) be married in 1967, Eastman is on record to have remarried in 1947, while Abbott remarried in 1953. There does not appear to be a record of Abbott and Eastman remarrying each other. | One confounding set of facts is that while Abbott and Eastman appear to (still) be married in 1967, Eastman is on record to have remarried in 1947, while Abbott remarried in 1953. There does not appear to be a record of Abbott and Eastman remarrying each other. | ||
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|title = Old Town Personal Notes and News Brevities | |||
|newspaper = The Penobscot Times | |||
|volume = 111 | |||
|issue = 24 | |||
|date = 1958-07-31 | |||
|pp = 3 | |||
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Revision as of 06:27, 14 January 2025
Biography
Forrest Chaffee Abbott was born in Old Town to Herbert Burr Abbott and Geneva M. Spearin on February 5, 1916. He graduated from Old Town High School in 1935.[1] In that same year he also married Vivian Gertrude Eastman (1918-1967) of Milford.[2] By the time of the 1940 Census, they lived on Lincoln Street---with two kids and both working as laborers at the Moose River Shoe Company. Later on, Abbott worked for the T. M. Chapman Company, where he was employed when he joined the war effort. While after the war his brothers all lived on Abbott Street, Forrest may not have returned to Old Town after his discharge from the military. In 1958 he is reported to be living in Los Angeles (CA) and not to have been back in Old Town in eight years. At the time of his wife's death, he was a mechanic with the United States Motor Co. in Anaheim (CA).[3] In the 1990s, Abbott lived in Chino Valley (AZ), which is probably where he passed away on April 13, 1999. He is buried at Wickenburg Cemetery (AZ).[4]
One confounding set of facts is that while Abbott and Eastman appear to (still) be married in 1967, Eastman is on record to have remarried in 1947, while Abbott remarried in 1953. There does not appear to be a record of Abbott and Eastman remarrying each other.
Notes
- ↑ Sachem 1935, p. 8.
- ↑ ME.Marriages, FamilySearch.
- ↑ See PT19580731, OTPL-DA and **. The Forrest Abbott mentioned a few times in the Penobscot Times as living in the Old Town area in the late 1950s and 1960s was Forrest Keith Abbott (1922-1975), who does not appear to have been related.
- ↑ See Find-a-Grave. Memorial for Forrest C. Abbott
References
- The Sachem (= Old Town High School Yearbook). 1935.
- Maine. Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996.
- "Old Town Personal Notes and News Brevities". The Penobscot Times. Vol. 111, no. 24. 1958-07-31. p. 3.
