Alice E (Scott) Abbott (1856 - 1920)

Born May 1856 in Champaign, Illinois, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of George H. Abbott — married 24 Feb 1876 in Champaign Co., Illinois

Died 21 Oct 1920 at age 64 in Bunnell, Flagler, Florida, United States

Biography

Alice Scott, daughter of Patrick and Adelia, was born about 1856. She was born in Champaign County, Illinois. ^[1]

Alice married George H. Abbot in Champaign County, Illinois on Feb 24, 1876. ^[2]

In 1880 she lived in Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois with her husband George, age 29 and one daughter Winnifard (sic), age 2. ^[3]

In 1900 she lived in Taylor Township, Greene County, Missouri. George, age 50, and Alllace (sic), age 42, were the only people in the household. ^[4]

In 1910 the census lists her in Campbell, Greene County, Missouri. The household includes only George age 57, Alice age 53. ^[5]

In 1920 Alice, age 64, and her husband George, age 70, lived in Bunnell, Florida. ^[6]

She died 21 Oct 1920 in Bunnell, Flagler, Florida. ^[1] and is buried at Espanola Cemetery, in Espanola, Flagler, Florida. ^[7]

Obituary Her obituary appeared in the THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE, October 21, 920 ^[8] excerpts

Mrs. Alice Scott Abbott...was claimed by the grim reaper shortly after the noon hour today. The end was not unexpected but none the less a shock to Mrs. Abbot's host of friends in Bunnell and Flagler County, and will be deeply regretted in many sections of the United States, for she was widely known as a lecturer in the W.C.T.U. and Woman Suffrage movements during her long and eventful like.

She was loved and respected by everyone who knew her and the sympathies of the entire community goes out to her immediate relatives in their loss.

Activities

Mrs. Abbott was widely known as a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). "During the early stages of the strike of 1910 [In Missouri], Alice Scott Abbot, a state WCTU lecturer and organizer helped form a local chapter in Ilasco. She and New London's Jennie Alexander... addressed the opening meeting. ^[9]

From an article in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, "Women's right to vote: The anniversary of the 19th Amendment: ^[10]

By 1914, the suffrage trail found its way to Flagler County. A prominent lecturer and organizer for the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Alice Scott Abbott joined her husband as they boarded a train leaving Springfield, Missouri, bound for Bunnell.

Attending the Annual Convention of the WCTU as a delegate-at-large from Bunnell, Mrs. Abbott witnessed the organization champion women’s efforts to secure the vote in order to protect women and girls earning wages, stop the sale of legal liquor to prevent abuse from drunken men, and defeat trafficking of women and girls.

In addition to her temperance duties, she was a local music teacher and music director for the Bunnell Methodist and Seventh Day Adventist churches.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP9W-4HS : 8 August 2019), Alice Scott Abbott, 1920.
2. ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2G2-C4J : 19 February 2021), George H Abbott and Allie E Scott, 1876; citing Champaign, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 338,050.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXN4-LR3 : 11 August 2017), Alice Abbott in household of George Abbott, Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet 182B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,179.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CL-PXD : accessed 30 August 2020), Allace Abbott in household of George Abbott, Taylor Township, Greene, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 10A, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,856.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2YQ-99T : accessed 30 August 2020), Alice Scott Abbott in household of George H Abbott, Campbell, Greene, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 20, sheet 11B, family 246, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 782; FHL microfilm 1,374,795.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNYJ-TG5 : accessed 30 August 2020), Alice Abbott in household of George H Abbott, Bunnell, Flagler, Florida, United States; citing ED 86, sheet 1A, line 32, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 220; FHL microfilm 1,820,220.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 August 2020), memorial page for Alice Scott Abbott (May 1856–21 Oct 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #66629969, citing Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Lynda S. Wise (contributor 46481022) .
8. ↑ THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE, Bunnell, Florida, Thursday, October 21, 1920
9. ↑ Andrews, Gregg. City of Dust: A Cement Company Town in the Land of Tom Sawyer. University of Missouri Press. P. 207
10. ↑ Kimble Medley, Women's right to vote: The anniversary of the 19th Amendment, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, Published 3:47 p.m. ET, August 17, 2020, https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/lifestyle/2020/08/17/women-celebrate-19th-amendment-anniversary/3381175001/ Accessed 8/30/2020