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Gift of Anna Abbe Yeager, 1988.36.0a-b, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Elizabeth Abbe
Gift of Anna Abbe Yeager, 1988.36.0a-b, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain

Elizabeth Abbe

American, 1856 - 1899
BiographyElizabeth Abbe was born 12 June 1856, the daughter of Burr Reeve Abbe (1830-1897) and his first wife, Elizabeth Swift Nye Abbe (d. 1863). Her father was a broker and banker, who studied at Yale University and took his degree in 1854. Her mother died after a shipwreck while returning from China with her two children. Elizabeth had a brother, Thomas Abbe (b. 1859). Elizabeth Abbe married Reverend Richard Wright on 12 November 1890. She died on 10 April 1899.


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