State Senator. President of the First National Bank of Morristown. Morris Company Golf. Spring Brook Country, Salaam Temple, Rotary, Lake Hopatcong Yacht
Background
Frank Dale Abell. State Senator was born on July 26, 1878 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Erastus Corning and Alice (Tainter) Abell. His paternal grandparents were Lansing Duane Abell, of Albany, New York, and his wife, Marie Louise (Herrick) Abell. His maternal grandparents were Thomas T. and Josephine (Brooks) Tainter
Residence: Over Yonder, Sand Spring Road.
Office: 38 Park Place, Morristown, N.J.
Education
Educated in public and private schools.
Career
Business
Banker. President of the First National Bank of Morristown (since 1930), New Jersey. Member of the American Bankers Association and President and Member of the Executive Committee of the Morris County Bankers Association. Director of the New Jersey Central Power & Light Company, chairman of the finance committee.
Politics and Public Service
Republican Member and Director of the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders (1913-1925). Treasurer of Morristown (1912-1918). Member of the New Jersey Assembly (1925), State Senator (1926-1932). In the Senate Frank Dale Abell was Chairman of Banking and Insurance Commission (1927); Chairman of the Appropriation Committee (1928); Chairman of the Audit and Finance Commission (1929-1930). Member of the Board of Managers of the New Jersey State Hospital, at Greystone Park. Director of the Morristown Young Men's Christian Association. Director of the Morristown Rotary Club. He was affiliated with the Masonic Order. Member of the Morris County Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, the Morris County Golf Club, Morristown Club.
Religion
Protestant Episcopal faith. Vestryman of Saint Peter's Church.
Membership
Clubs: Morristown. Morris Company Golf. Spring Brook Country, Salaam Temple, Rotary, Lake Hopatcong Yacht.
Connections
Spouse Elvira Dudley Dean, April 2, 1918, Morristown, N.