Curtis Augustus Abbott, M.D. b. 1869
Dr. Curtis Augustus Abbott, to whom has
been accorded a liberal patronage during the
years in which he has engaged in the practice
of medicine and surgery in Oskaloosa, was born
in Athens county, Ohio, in 1869. His father,
William Abbott, was born in Athens county,
Ohio, and died in 1876, at the age of fifty-
seven years. He removed to Kentucky when
his son Curtis was but three years of age and
although a blacksmith by trade he followed the
occupation of farming for a long period and
during the last few years of his life was a
merchant in Caner county, Kentucky. An
earnest Christian man, he held membership in the
Methodist Episcopal church and took an active
and helpful interest in its work. His political
support was given to the republican party. In
business affairs he possessed keen discernment
and enterprise and became well-to-do. His
wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary
Coleman, was born in Ohio and died in 1900, at the
age of seventy-four years. She, too, was an
earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. In their family were twelve children,
six sons and six daughters, all of whom reached
adult age, and in the course of years
represented various occupations. By a former
marriage the father had had two children and one
of these, James Abbott, was a soldier in the
Union army during the Civil war.
Dr. Abbott attended school in Kentucky and
at Valparaiso, Indiana, where he pursued his
more specifically literary course. He afterward
entered the Kentucky School of Medicine, at
Louisville, in 1889, and was graduated in 1893.
He took up post-graduate work in 1897 and
spent one year in the Kentucky University, at
Louisville. He also spent a year as interne in
the post-graduate school in Chicago, and thus
added to his theoretical knowledge broad
practical training and experience. Following his
graduation from the Kentucky School of
Medicine he entered upon the practice of his
profession at Beacon, Iowa, where he remained for
four years, and in 1900 he came to Oskaloosa,
forming a partnership with Dr. John F.
Swarens under the firm style of Abbott & Swarens.
This relation was maintained until February
20, 1906, and Dr. Abbott is now practicing
alone.
On the 19th of August, 1903, the Doctor
was married to Edith Allen, who was born in
Illinois in 1879, a daughter of David and
Adelaide Allen. The father was a farmer and mine
superintendent. Dr. and Mrs. Abbott have one
child, Maxine, born December 28, 1905. They
hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal
church and occupy a very enviable position in
social circles. Dr. Abbott votes with the
republican party and has fraternal relations with
the Knights of Pythias lodge, while in the line
of his profession he is connected with the
Mahaska County Medical Association. In his
practice he is meeting with well deserved
success, having carefully prepared for his
profession and bringing to his work a sense of
conscientious obligation which enables, him to ably
perform each day's duty.
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from Past and Present of Mahaska County, Iowa by Manoah Hedge
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1906
Past and Present of Mahaska County, Iowa
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