Background
ABBOTT, Howard Strickland was born on September 15, 1862 in Farmington, Minnesota, United States. Son of Abiel Howard and Mary Ellen (Strickland) Abbott.
Master in Chancery United States District Court
ABBOTT, Howard Strickland was born on September 15, 1862 in Farmington, Minnesota, United States. Son of Abiel Howard and Mary Ellen (Strickland) Abbott.
University of Minnesota, Bachelor of Laws, 1885.
Assistant General Solicitor, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company, Soo Line Railway Company, 1887-1890. Secretary, Wisconsin, Minn, and Pacific Railway Company, 1888-1890: Attorney, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, 1890-1897. Master-inChancery, United States District Court, 1898, Special Master-in-Chancery, Union Pacific Railroad Receiverships, 1897-1901, Special Master, Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company, since 1923.
Special Master, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Dubuque and Rochester Railroad, 1918-1920, Electric Short Line Railroad, 1923-1924. Professorial Lecturer, Private and Public Corps. Civil Law, University of Minnesota Law School, 1897-1927.
Director, Minnesota Saving Fund and Investment Company, 1888-1890. Minneapolis Trust Company, 1902-1920. Commissioner for Minnesota, American Bar Association on Uniform Legislation, 1907-1912.
Trustee Diocese, Minnesota, many yrs.
Episcopal Church.
Member: American, Minnesota State, Hennepin Company Bar Associations. New England Historic and Genealogical Society. Delta Kappa Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Minneapolis, Minikahda, Lafayette, Six O’clock. Reserve; 900-6 St., S.E.
Spouse Mary Louise Johnson, June 29, 1893, Racine, Wisconsin.