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“ He was educated in Boston and was graduated with honors from the University of the City of New York in 1851, After his admission to the bar he practised as attorney and counsellor-at-law, in partnership with his brother, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, the firm name becoming, after the subsequent admission of their brother Lyman, "Abbott Brothers." ”

“ After the dissolution of the firm he continued to practise alone. In 1854 he was married to Ella L. D., daughter of S. K. Gillman, and in 1879 to Anna Rowe Worth. His reputation as an advocate was made known by his able defence of Mr. ”