Hancock County, Maine Biographies

LUTHER J. ABBOTT, M. D., physician and surgeon, was born in Blue Hill, Hancock Co., Me., September 15, 1831. Moved with his parents to Troy, Miami Co., Ohio, in 1834, and lived there until he came to Nebraska in the summer of 1861; he then located on a farm at what is now known as Irvington, and engaged in sheep-raising and practicing for four years; then spent two years at Fontanelle, and finally came to Fremont, where he has resided since 1867. He is Assistant Surgeon for the Union Pacific Railway, and Surgeon for the Fremont Division of the Sioux City & Pacific Railway. He has been President of the State Medical Society. The Doctor has been a member of the Legislature, and was Pension Examiner for a great many years. He has been President of the Board of Education and member of the Board of Health. He is a Commissioner of the State Board of Insanity. He has also held various other positions. Was married at Troy, Ohio, in 1854, to Clara F. Culbertson, a native of that place. They have seven children--Anna E., now Mrs. E. M. Collins, of Fremont; Osee M., John W. C., Jennie H., Luther J., Edward C. and L. Keene; they lost one son--Ephraim B.
Source: "History of Dodge County, Neb" - submitted by Foxie Hagerty