. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . end the high schoolin the village, and in some way fitted himself for college. Heentered Dartmouth in 1854, and completed the full course andgraduated in 1858, having paid his way by teaching school dur-ing the winters and by working at other occupations as he couldfind opportunity. After leaving college he studied law in the office of Minot andMugridge at Concord, and was admitted to the Merrimack countybar about i860. In 1861 he left New England to find a home inthe far West where he hoped to succeed in his profe
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . end the high schoolin the village, and in some way fitted himself for college. Heentered Dartmouth in 1854, and completed the full course andgraduated in 1858, having paid his way by teaching school dur-ing the winters and by working at other occupations as he couldfind opportunity. After leaving college he studied law in the office of Minot andMugridge at Concord, and was admitted to the Merrimack countybar about i860. In 1861 he left New England to find a home inthe far West where he hoped to succeed in his profession. He firstlocated in Benicia, Cal, where he was employed as teacher of PROF. JOHN E. ABBOTT. 403 law in a school in that city for about six years. In 1867 he tookthe position of cashier in a bank at Vallejo, Cal., remaining thereuntil 1880; he then moved to San Francisco where he resideduntil 1885. While in San Francisco he served as supervisor ofthe city for two years. Having accumulated a fair competency,Professor Abbott desired a change from city life, and in 1885 he. Prof. John E. Abbott. purchased a fine ranch at Mountain View, Santa Clara Co., wherehe erected a substantial residence and settled down as a countrygentleman and engaged in the culture of grapes and fruit. In 1869 Professor Abbott returned to Penacook on a visit, andwhile at the old home married Mary Franc, daughter of H. Hosmer, and then with his wife returned to first son, Ralph Hosmer, born in December, 1870, now 404 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. resides at San Francisco. Their second son, Frank Brown, bornin November, 1873, resides with his mother at the homestead inMountain View, Cal. Professor Abbott was mortally wounded by being thrown fromhis carriage, and died November 13, 1887, and was buried withMasonic rites and honors, he having joined that order at Vallejoin 1868. His widow and son Frank made an extended visit atPenacook during the present year, returning to California in Sep-
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