. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . rsand held all the offices in the order. He wasalso a 32d degree Mason. He leaves a widow. ISAAC N. ABBOTT Isaac Newton Abbot, born in Concord,January 4, 1834, died there February 2, 1912. Mr. Abbott was the son of the late JosephStory and Esther (Farnum) Abbott, and wasborn on the farm where he spent his life andon which he died—one of the best in Merri-mack County, and well known for many years as the Dimond Hill Farm. He attendedthe public schools and the Hopkinton andNew London Academies,
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . rsand held all the offices in the order. He wasalso a 32d degree Mason. He leaves a widow. ISAAC N. ABBOTT Isaac Newton Abbot, born in Concord,January 4, 1834, died there February 2, 1912. Mr. Abbott was the son of the late JosephStory and Esther (Farnum) Abbott, and wasborn on the farm where he spent his life andon which he died—one of the best in Merri-mack County, and well known for many years as the Dimond Hill Farm. He attendedthe public schools and the Hopkinton andNew London Academies, and then devotedhis life to agriculture with great success,milk production for the Concord marketbeing his leading specialty in later years. Mr. Abbott, had a record for continuousservice in public office for a longer period thanany other man in the state, so far as is known,having been clerk of his school district for52 years, being elected in old No. Sevenwhen 23 years of age, and continuing, after itsmerger in the town district, until March, 1910,when he retired and was succeeded by his son,. Isaac N. Abbott at 50 Joseph N. Abbott. He had also served as amember of both branches of the Concord CityGovernment, and as a representative in thelegislature from Ward 7. He held the con-fidence and esteem of his fellow citizens inlarge measure, and was entrusted with thecare and settlement of many estates. Inpolitics he was a Republican and in religiona Congregationalist, worshipping at the oldNorth Church in Concord. He married, November 26, 1862, Martha,daughter of Aaron and Eliza (Sherburne)Smith, who died December 11, 1908, leavingthree children who now survive—Almira F.,wife of Alfred Clark, Joseph Newton whooccupies the heme place, and Helen S., all ofConcord. EDITOR AND PUBLISHERS NOTES An event of interest to New Hampshirefriends who have been familiar with hisnotably successful career was the observance,on the twentieth of January last, at theUniversity Club in New York,
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