TITLE:  Warren Turner Abbott

SOURCE:  The Keowee Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  Susan Brock-Booker

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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ABBOTT, Warren Turner 
(1856-1932) Tugaloo Tribune August 9, 1932, Funeral services for W. T. 
Abbott, veteran engineer for the Southern Railway who was stricken 
suddenly while on his way to work Tuesday morning, will be held at 
Floyd's Mortuary at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, the Rev. Howard 
Wilson officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery. Mr. Abbott,
who was 73 years old, had served the Southern for 42 years and was one 
of that railroad's most trusted and valued employees. He had made 
Spartanburg his home for 32 years, and had made thousands of friends 
by his unfailing courtesy and exceptional efficiency. Hundreds of 
youngsters knew him as a friendly counselor, and their elders admired 
him for his perennial good humor and fidelity to duty. He was regarded 
by experienced railroad men as one of the most capable engineers in 
the service, and his assoliates were proud of his remarkable record. 
His close attention to duty was one of the traditions of local 
railroad circles, and his death came as a profound shock to the men 
with whom he had worked for four decades. Mr. Abbott was born in 
Oconee County. He was a member of the Baptist church and active in the 
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. 
Rebecca Fayssoux Abbott, and the following children: Mrs. C. W. Boggs, 
Calhoun; Mrs. William Jewell, Spartanburg; Miss Mattie Abbott, 
Asheville, N. C.; Mrs. B. T. Justice, Uree, N. C.; Mrs. J. H. Safford, 
Erwin, Tenn.; Mrs. W. P. Justice, Spartanburg; Mrs. T. L. Sprouse, 
Arcadia; N. Z. Abbott, Jean, Texas; A. I. Abbott, Dallas, Texas; A. M. 
Abbott, Clemson College, and R. B. Abbott, Hazelton, Pa. One brother, 
A. E. Abbott, of Hartsville, also survives him. Spartanburg Herald, 
August 3. There are many relatives and friends of Mr. Abbott in Oconee 
shocked to learn of his death. He was born in the Coneross section and 
was lived in this county until 1890 when he entered the service of the 
Richmond and Danville Railroad company, now the Southern. He was a 
brother of the late Marshall Abbott, and uncle of Miss Kate Abbott, 
Z. T. Abbott and Mrs. E. R. White of this place. He was here last 
March when Mrs. Mary Abbott died. First wife of Mr. Abbott was Miss 
Collie Davis of Oconee a sister of Mr. Robert Davis of Retreat. 
Contributed by: Susan Brock-Booker, sbrockbooker@aol.com



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