. History of the Abell family of Baltimore . seph F. Edwards, and grandson of George W. Edwards, aleading financier of Philadelphia. 2. Sallie Abell, who married Moncure Robinson, son of the lateMr. and Mrs. John Moncure Robinson, of Baltimore. She waseducated at Mt. de Sales Academy, near Baltimore, and upongraduation received the highest honors of the school. possesses great personal magnetism, has an unusual giftfor music and languages, and is now a resident of Philadelphia. 3. Walter R. Abell, unmarried, received his preliminary educa-tion at Mt. St. Marys College, Emmitsburg,
. History of the Abell family of Baltimore . seph F. Edwards, and grandson of George W. Edwards, aleading financier of Philadelphia. 2. Sallie Abell, who married Moncure Robinson, son of the lateMr. and Mrs. John Moncure Robinson, of Baltimore. She waseducated at Mt. de Sales Academy, near Baltimore, and upongraduation received the highest honors of the school. possesses great personal magnetism, has an unusual giftfor music and languages, and is now a resident of Philadelphia. 3. Walter R. Abell, unmarried, received his preliminary educa-tion at Mt. St. Marys College, Emmitsburg, Maryland, and con-cluded his course of educational training at Holy Cross Univer-sity, South Bend, Indiana. Mr. Abell was associated with TheSun during the administrations of his cousins, W. W. Abell andCharles S. Abell, and won for himself the affection and respectof all his business associates. He possesses a genial manner andkindness of disposition which attracts warm and lasting friend-ships. In person he is strikingly like his >7^^^.-^C^ ^y^r-c-i^ ^ 31ARUNAH S. ABELL The history of the Abell family of Baltimore is closely con-nected with the history of The Baltimore Sun, of which ArunahShepherdson Abell was the organizer and one of the proprietors,and the ancestral history of the family will be found in thesketches of Arunah Shepherdson Abell and Edwin FranklinAbell, grandfather and father of the subject of this sketch. Arunah Shepherdson Abell, the second to bear this honoredname, was born at Pikesville, Baltimore county. Maryland, eldestson of Edwin Franklin and Margaret (Curley) Abell. From hisearliest youth he was of a robust constitution, and exceedinglyfond of athletic sports and country life in general. He enjoyedthe advantages of an excellent education, being first a student atMt. St. Marys College at Emmitsburg, Maryland, and then atGeorgetown University, Washington, D. C. Mental activity has always been a distinguishing trait of themembers of the Abe
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