Background
Kittredge, Abbott Eliot was born on July 20, 1834 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States.
Kittredge, Abbott Eliot was born on July 20, 1834 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States.
Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Kittredge graduated from Williams College in 1854. Taught in Wilton, Connecticut, for a year, and graduated from the Andover Theological Seminary in 1859.
His work in presiding over the Chicago congregation attracted nationwide attention. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Williams College in 1878. In 1896 he returned to New York city to lead the Madison Avenue Reformed church, until 1896.
He was relieved of work for a time on account of ill health, and later, after extended travel, he again assumed the responsibility of the services.