TITLE:  Mariah E. Abbott

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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ABBOTT, Mariah E.
Keowee Courier, Mrs. Mariah E. Abbott Dead Passed Away Tuesday of Last 
Week Aged 69 Years. On Tuesday evening of last week Mrs. Mariah Earle 
Abbott, wife of Rev. W. W. Abbott, died at her home near Seneca, 
having been sick only a short while. Mrs. Abbott was 69 years of age, 
and was born in Oconee. She was a daughter of Rev. Thomas Dawson, one 
of the early Baptist missionaries, who died some years ago at 
Pendleton. She was married to Rev. Mr. Abbott on December 23, 1847, 
and is survived by her aged husband, six sons and two daughters. 
Eleven children were born to them, three having died. The sons and 
daughters living are Rev. W. T. Abbott, of Liberty; Jonas B. Abbott, 
Woodruff: Geo. L., Joseph M., M. D., and John J. Abbott, of Seneca: 
Mrs. Sallie Hopkins, of Atlanta, and Miss Mary Abbott, of Seneca. The 
bereaved husband is now in his 88th years, and is one of the oldest 
and most highly revered ministers of the Baptist church in Oconee. 
Mrs. Abbott was a splendid woman, a devout Christian and consistant 
church member, in early life she joined the Baptist church, having 
been a member about fifty years. In her death truly a good woman has 
been called in her reward and she will be sadly missed both in her 
family and in the community in which she spent a long period of years.
To the bereaved ones the deepest sympathy of hosts of friends in all 
parts of the county is extended. Funeral services were conducted by 
Rev. D. W. Hiott, of Pickens county, and the remains were lowered to 
their last resting place in the Hopewell church yard in the presence 
of a large concourse of sorrowing friends. Contributed by: Susan 
Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com 



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