Background
Abbott, Samuel Appleton Browne was born on March 6, 1846 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Josiah Gardner and Carolina (Livermore) Abbott.
Abbott, Samuel Appleton Browne was born on March 6, 1846 in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Josiah Gardner and Carolina (Livermore) Abbott.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1866, A.M., 1872. Admitted to bar, 1868.
Practiced Boston, since 1868. Police commissioner, 1887-1889. Trustee Boston Public Library, 1879-1892 (president, 1889-1894).
Acting librarian, same, 1890-1894. Director American Academy in Rome, 1897-1903.
Married Mary Goddard, May 21, 1869. Married second, Abby Frances Woods, October 15, 1873.; married second, Maria Elizabeth Dexter, April.
Children: Helen Frances (Mistress Maurice K. Washburn), Madeline Livermore (Mistress John Ormsbee Ames), Anne Franice (Mistress Charles Kilvert), Caroline Livermore.