Background
Shotwell, Abel V. was born on January 7, 1883 in Marengo, Ohio, United States. Son of Hudson Burr and Emma Jane (Noe) Shotwell.
Shotwell, Abel V. was born on January 7, 1883 in Marengo, Ohio, United States. Son of Hudson Burr and Emma Jane (Noe) Shotwell.
Student Ohio Wesleyan University, 1900-1901. Graduate Ohio State University, 1905.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1904. Admitted to Nebraska bar, 1905. Engaged in general practice of law, Omaha, Nebraska, since 1905.
Senior member Shotwell, Vance & Marchetti.
County attorney Douglas County, Nebraska, 1919-1923.
Member of advisory board for registrants. Selective Service Acting, 1940. Member Republican State and Douglas County central committees since 1924.
Member Omaha (president 1925), Nebraska State (member executive council 1940-1943, president 1949) and American bar associations, Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Member Ak Sar Ben, Mayflower Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Sigma Chirurgical Member First Presbyterian Church.
Married Hilda East. Condron, June 22, 1907. Children: Ruth (Mistress Tom McAndrews), Hudson Burr (former army officer United States Army), Gordon Stewart (parachute officer, killed in action), Anabel (wife of Major Verne Alder).