“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


STEPHEN ABBOTT,  farmer, Sec. 9;  P.O. Fort Atkinson; born in Bath, 
Somersetshire, England, May 29, 1821; son of James and Mary 
(Shepherd); came to America in 1845, and located in Onondaga Co., 
N.Y.; came to Wisconsin in 1845 and located in Koshkonong; purchased 
his present homestead in 1867, consisting of eighty acres in Sec. 9.  
Married, March 18, 1844, Mary Atwood, daughter of James and Hannah 
(Combs); had five children - Ellen L., Charles, Agnes, Eva and Florence.  
Liberal in religion;  Republican.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel