Abbott's life was a varied one and characteristic of many a western career. He was a native of London, England, and his parents were among the rich people of the English metropolis. In his youth he gave way to the insidious of the wanderlust and went to India, thence going to Australiz and also to the West Indies. It was in 1872 that he arrived in the United States and struck for the interior, landing in Colorado where he remained seven or eight years, following the occupation of trapper and hunter. His next move was to the southwest and he arrived in Arizona territory about 1880. for a time he was engaged in business at Globe with John H. Fitzpatrick. Eventually the firm dissolved and Mr. Fitzpatrick came to Miami. He was soon followed by his former partner, and here Abbott remained until called on the long tramp beyond the grave.
At different times Abbott came into the possession of considerable sums of money trough inheritance on the death of relatives. In addition, he also received large remittances from home. But a generous nature and habits anything but miserly, a trait of the wanderer and particularly the men of the old-time frontier, caused him to regard wealth slightly. The money went as easily and almost as rapidly as it was acquired and when the end came it found "Jim" Abbott as he was best known, dependent upon the generosity of old friends and companions. Those who shared his wealth when he had it did not forget him in his days of adversity. They made his final days comfortable and also saw to it that he should be buried respectably and decently, the last tribute they could pay to the memory of one who had his faults, faults that were outweighed by traits of real manhood and nobility of mind and soul.
(The Daily Arizona Silver Belt, Feb. 12, 1913; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Contributor: LA Powers (47900440)
At different times Abbott came into the possession of considerable sums of money trough inheritance on the death of relatives. In addition, he also received large remittances from home. But a generous nature and habits anything but miserly, a trait of the wanderer and particularly the men of the old-time frontier, caused him to regard wealth slightly. The money went as easily and almost as rapidly as it was acquired and when the end came it found "Jim" Abbott as he was best known, dependent upon the generosity of old friends and companions. Those who shared his wealth when he had it did not forget him in his days of adversity. They made his final days comfortable and also saw to it that he should be buried respectably and decently, the last tribute they could pay to the memory of one who had his faults, faults that were outweighed by traits of real manhood and nobility of mind and soul.
(The Daily Arizona Silver Belt, Feb. 12, 1913; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Contributor: LA Powers (47900440)
Abbott's life was a varied one and characteristic of many a western career. He was a native of London, England, and his parents were among the rich people of the English metropolis. In his youth he gave way to the insidious of the wanderlust and went to India, thence going to Australiz and also to the West Indies. It was in 1872 that he arrived in the United States and struck for the interior, landing in Colorado where he remained seven or eight years, following the occupation of trapper and hunter. His next move was to the southwest and he arrived in Arizona territory about 1880. for a time he was engaged in business at Globe with John H. Fitzpatrick. Eventually the firm dissolved and Mr. Fitzpatrick came to Miami. He was soon followed by his former partner, and here Abbott remained until called on the long tramp beyond the grave.
At different times Abbott came into the possession of considerable sums of money trough inheritance on the death of relatives. In addition, he also received large remittances from home. But a generous nature and habits anything but miserly, a trait of the wanderer and particularly the men of the old-time frontier, caused him to regard wealth slightly. The money went as easily and almost as rapidly as it was acquired and when the end came it found "Jim" Abbott as he was best known, dependent upon the generosity of old friends and companions. Those who shared his wealth when he had it did not forget him in his days of adversity. They made his final days comfortable and also saw to it that he should be buried respectably and decently, the last tribute they could pay to the memory of one who had his faults, faults that were outweighed by traits of real manhood and nobility of mind and soul.
(The Daily Arizona Silver Belt, Feb. 12, 1913; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Contributor: LA Powers (47900440)
At different times Abbott came into the possession of considerable sums of money trough inheritance on the death of relatives. In addition, he also received large remittances from home. But a generous nature and habits anything but miserly, a trait of the wanderer and particularly the men of the old-time frontier, caused him to regard wealth slightly. The money went as easily and almost as rapidly as it was acquired and when the end came it found "Jim" Abbott as he was best known, dependent upon the generosity of old friends and companions. Those who shared his wealth when he had it did not forget him in his days of adversity. They made his final days comfortable and also saw to it that he should be buried respectably and decently, the last tribute they could pay to the memory of one who had his faults, faults that were outweighed by traits of real manhood and nobility of mind and soul.
(The Daily Arizona Silver Belt, Feb. 12, 1913; courtesy Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum, Miami, Az.)
Contributor: LA Powers (47900440)
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