Andover Biography - Amos Abbott

• Born September 10,1786 - Died November 1868
• Lived in the Issac Abbott Tavern on Elm Street and later at 112 Main Street.
• Held many town offices, was a State Representative and Senator and a U.S. Representative (Whig) from 1843-1849
• He was the first president of the Andover Institution of Savings.
• Founder of the Boston and Portland Railroad (later the Boston & Maine Railroad).

See

• Andover Historic Preservation 112 Main Street
• Andover Townsman Oct. 1892, Dec. 1893
• Chronology and Documentary Handbook of the State of Massachusetts ' R747.4 Chr, page 39.

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--Eleanor 17:21, February 2, 2006 (EST)