William C. Abbott, son of Ira Coray Abbott
Seeking any leads to my g-ggrandfather William C. Abbott (born 1860 in Burr Oak(St. Joseph Cty), Michigan....He is son of IRA CORAY ABBOTT (b. NY 1825 d. Wash DC 1908...buried in Arlington National Cemetary)and Electa Ariminta Shear (b. NY 1840 d. DC 1915 - Arlington also)....William was married to Minnie Emma Kinney (possibly from Chicago...or so I was told, though not sure where),but my Great Grandfather Harold Curtis Abbott was born in Bedford County, Virginia (1886, died Davenport Iowa, 1972) He married my great grandmother, Grace Sowerby in Coldwater (Branch Cty) Michigan in 1907...BUT I know absolutely nothing about William or Minnie, except they were in the DC area during the early 1900's...