Anne Wales Abbott (1808 - 1908)

Born 10 Apr 1808 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 1 Jun 1908 at age 100 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Anne Wales Abbott was born on April 10, 1808 in Beverly, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Abiel Abbott and Eunice Wales.^[1]

Anne designed the card game, Dr. Busby, which sold 15,000 copies in the 1st 18 months after its creation. She was also the author of Autumn Leaves: Original Pieces in Prose and Verse , which was published in 1853. She also authored Doctor Busby and His Neighbors, Kate and Lizzie, Six Months Out of School, Lost Wheelbarrow and Other Stories, and The Tamed and the Untamed and Other Stories, which were children's stories.^[2]

Anne died on June 1, 1908, at 100 years of age.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZG-JBW : 15 January 2020), Ann Wales Abbot, 1808.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Abbott
3. ↑ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWYZ-SPF : 2 March 2021), Anne Wales Abbot, 01 Jun 1908; citing Cambridge,,Massachusetts, 380, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,257,000.

• United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9RT-F2Y : 22 January 2022), Anne W Abbot in entry for Emily Everett, 1900.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102103636/anne-abbot

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 December 2021, 22:33), entry for Anne Wales Abbott (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7NZ-HCP ); contributed by various users.