Terms of Service

• House, 18th ^{(1) (2)} Legislature
  1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
  Democrat
  

(1) When Presidio County was organized in 1871, it included the areas of present Jeff Davis and Brewster counties. Fort Davis was the county seat of Presidio County until Marfa replaced it in 1885. Jeff Davis County was not established until 1887. Handbook of Texas Online .
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. George H. Abbott, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• George H. Abbott, birth date 1/27/1847 in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, death date 9/30/1895 in Greenwood, Mississippi. Residence in Fort Davis, Presidio County, in 1880. Descendants of Major John Whistler 2012 Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
• Census of 1880 - George Abbott, Fort Davis, Presidio County, age 36, born circa 1844 in Canada, merchant.
  FamilySearch . 1880
• Personal, San Antonio Daily Light, 1/9/1886, p. 4. Proprietor of Abbott-Davis trading post at Fort Davis. "Mr. Abbott is a member of the Legislature, and is, of course, very pronounced in the western man's view of the land and grass question." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Death notice, El Paso Daily Times, 10/16/1895, p. 3, crediting the Abilene Library Consortium. "Death of George H. Abbott, which occurred at Greenwood, Mississippi, September 30th. The deceased was one of the old time residents of this county, having been of the firm of Abbott and Davis, the old post traders at Fort Davis in the early days of the post." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
• Biographical sketch, pp. 266-267. Born 1845 in Canada. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Committee Information

• 18th R.S. - 1883
• Indian Affairs  
• Stock and Stockraising