Simon Cheney ABBOTT

(b. 28 February 1825 , Paxton, Massachusetts, USA d. 2 April 1898 , Paxton, Massachusetts, USA )

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Simon Cheney ABBOTT was born 28 February 1825 in Paxton, Massachusetts, USA

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Simon Cheney married Elizabeth C CHAPIN 16 January 1851 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA . Elizabeth C CHAPIN was born abt. 1825 Elizabeth C died abt. 1908 in Massachusetts, USA.

Simon Cheney ABBOTT died 2 April 1898 in Paxton, Massachusetts, USA.
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Simon Cheney ABBOTT married

Elizabeth C CHAPIN-- Date: 16 January 1851 Place: Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Name: Simon C. Abbott
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 16 Jan 1851
Event Place: Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Age: 25
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Birth Year (Estimated): 1826
Father's Name: Aaron Abbott
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Mother's Name: Betsey Abbott
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Spouse's Name: Elizabeth C. Chapin
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Spouse's Father's Name: Otis Chapin
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Spouse's Mother's Name: Betsey Chapin
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Certificate Number: 63
GS Film number: 1432877
Digital Folder Number: 4279740
Image Number: 00706
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"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 03 Nov 2013), Simon C. Abbott and Elizabeth C. Chapin, 1851.

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1825 Birth
28 February 1825
Paxton, Massachusetts, USA

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1851 Marriage / Partner
Simon Cheney ABBOTT and Elizabeth C CHAPIN 16 January 1851, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

He was 25 years old.

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1855 Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Simon C Abbott
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1855
Event Place: Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Age: 30
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Gender: Male
Race:
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Family Number: 137
Line Number:
GS Film number: 000953963
Digital Folder Number: 004279377
Image Number: 00709
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Simon C Abbott M 30 Massachusetts, United States
Elizabeth C Abbott F 30 Massachusetts, United States
1855 Massachusetts Census
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1856 Birth of Son
Name: Charlie Chapin Abbott
Gender: Male
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Birth Date: 13 Jul 1856
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Father's Name: Simon C. Abbott
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Mother's Name: Elisabeth C. Abbott
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01249-9
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2080165
Reference ID: item 1 p 26

'Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F4K9-M8J : accessed 03 Nov 2013), Simon C. Abbott in entry for Charlie Chapin Abbott, 13 Jul 1856.
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1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1856 Death of Son
Name: Charles C. Abbott
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Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Sep 1856
Event Place: Paxton, Massachusetts
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Address:
Gender: Male
Age: 0
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Birthplace: Paxton, Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
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Father's Name: Simon C. Abbott
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Mother's Name: Elizabeth C. Abbott
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Reference ID: 178
GS Film number: 960172
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4219408
Image Number: 702

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N7TH-SBH : accessed 03 Nov 2013), Simon C. Abbott in entry for Charles C. Abbott, 1856.
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1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 Birth of Daughter
Name: Lizzia Sophia Abbott
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
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Birth Date: 18 Sep 1860
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Father's Name: Simon C. Abbott
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Mother's Name: Elizabeth C. Abbott (M.N. Chopin)
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01249-9
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 2080165
Reference ID: item 1 p 31

'Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F4K9-975 : accessed 03 Nov 2013), Simon C. Abbott in entry for Lizzia Sophia Abbott, 18 Sep 1860.
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1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Simon C Abbott
Age (Expanded): 40 years
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Gender: Male
Race:
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Event Place: Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Family Number: 24
Line Number: 4
GS Film number: 0954382
Digital Folder Number: 4286762
Image Number: 00387
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Simon C Abbott M 40y Massachusetts
Catharine E Abbott F 40y Massachusetts
Lizzie S Abbott F 4y Massachusetts
1865 Massachusetts Census
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April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Name: Simon C Abbott
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1824-1825
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Page Number: 8
Household ID: 69
Line Number: 9
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M593
GS Film number: 000552154
Digital Folder Number: 004271396
Image Number: 00343
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Simon C Abbott M 45 Massachusetts
Elizabeth C Abbott F 45 Massachusetts
Lizzie S Abbott F 9 Massachusetts
1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Name: Simon C. Abbot
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Teamster
Race (Original): W
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Birth Date: 1825
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth C. Abbot
Spouse's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Father's Name:
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Page: 443
Page Letter: A
Entry Number: 38
Affiliate Film Number: T9-0563
GS Film number: 1254563
Digital Folder Number: 004241645
Image Number: 00589
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Simon C. Abbot M 55 Massachusetts, United States
Wife Elizabeth C. Abbot F 55 Massachusetts, United States
Daughter Lizzie S. Abbot F 19 Massachusetts, United States
1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 Death of Daughter
Name: Lizzie S. Abbott
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 09 May 1883
Event Place: Paxton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Paxton
Address:
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Dressmaker
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Paxton
Birth Year (Estimated): 1861
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father's Name: Simon C. Abbott
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Paxton
Mother's Name: E.C Abbott
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Bernardston
Additional Relatives:
Spouse's Name:
Reference ID: v 348 p 442
GS Film number: 960225
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4223249
Image Number: 478

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ N7GR-33L : accessed 03 Nov 2013), Simon C. Abbott in entry for Lizzie S. Abbott, 1883.
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1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

Death
Name: Simon C. Abbott
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 02 Apr 1898
Event Place: Paxton, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Paxton, Mass
Address:
Gender: Male
Age: 73
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Retired
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Paxton, Mass.
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father's Name: Aaron Abbott
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Paxton
Mother's Name: Betsy Abbott
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Paxton
Additional Relatives:
Spouse's Name:
Reference ID: v 483 p 753
GS Film number: 961527
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4225846
Image Number: 52

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ NWCW-7JZ : accessed 03 Nov 2013), Simon C. Abbott, 1898.

Grave

Paxton Center Cemetery Paxton Worcester County Massachusetts, USA

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1908 Death of his wife
Name: Elizabeth C Abbott
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 14 Jan 1908
Event Place: Paxton,,Massachusetts
Residence Place:
Address:
Gender: Female
Age: 82
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation:
Birth Date: 1826
Birthplace: Bernardston, Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1826
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father's Name: Otis Chapin
Father's Titles and Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Stevens
Mother's Titles and Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Additional Relatives:
Spouse's Name: Simon C Abbott
Reference ID: 220
GS Film number: 2257410
Frame Number:
Digital Folder Number: 4282951
Image Number: 00737

'Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ NWB8-DRM : accessed 03 Nov 2013), Simon C Abbott in entry for Elizabeth C Abbott, 1908.
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Simon is buried at: Paxton Center Cemetery Paxton Worcester County Massachusetts, USA

Added: 11/3/2013 9:53:21 AM - Updated: 7/11/2025 6:20:53 PM