This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Abel Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VEC.2ACI/3835 Message Board Post: Anthony M Abel Although Anthony M. Abel has been a resident of Snohomish for only two years, he has already gained the favorable regard of the public both by reason of his excellent traits of character and his ability on the line of chosen profession, the law. He is now serving for a second term in the position of city attorney. Mr. Abel was born in Sussex county, England, on the 20th of September, 1874, but is of Scotch lineage. In 1882 his father, George Abel, brought his family to the United States. He had married Amelia A. Hagber, a native of England, and on crossing the Atlantic they took up abode in Salina, Kansas, where they are still living. Mr. Abel is a florist, having always followed that business. Both he and his wife are fifty-four years of age. The members of their family are as follows: William H., who is serving as prosecuting attorney of Chehalis county, Washington; George D., of Lincoln county, Kansas, who was formerly prosecuting attorney there, and is first lieutenant in Company C, of the Twenty-second Kansas Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was raised for service in the Philippine war.; Annie H., who is instructor of English in the high school of Lawrence, Kansas; Rosa, who is assistant principal in the high school of Burlington, Kansas; Lena who is principal of he high school! of Florence, Kansas; and Lucy, who is attending the Kansas University. It will thus be seen that the members of the family have attended considerable distinction along those lines of labor demanding strong intellectuality nad marked mental ability. Anthony M. Abel was a youth of eight years when he came with his parents to America. He first attended the public schools of Salina, Kansas, and afterward became a student in the Salina Normal College, while subsequently he matriculated in the Kansas State University, at Lawrence, where he was graduated in the class of 1900, with the degree of Bachelor of the Arts. After completing his collegiate course he came to the Pacific coast and for a short time was a member of the Bar of Chehalis county, but came to Snohomish in Mat, 1901, and opened an office here. He has gained a very gratifying clientage during two years of his residence here, for the public, recognizing his professional skill, has entrusted important litigated interests to his care. In the fall of 1901 he was appointed to fill out and unexpired term as a city attorney, and later in the year he was nominated on both tickets for the position and was re-elected in 190, so that is now the incumbent in the office, ser! ving for the second term. He has always voted with the Democracy, and takes and active interest in the growth and success of the party. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodman of America. He is yet a young man, possessed of laudable ambition, strong resolution and energy and with these qualities to serve as a foundation on which to rear the superstructure of success, it is not difficult to predict what his future will be. Source: A history of the Puget Sound country : its resources, its commerce and its people : with some reference to discoveries and explorations in North America from the time of Christopher Columbus down to that of George Vancouver in 1792, when the beauty, richness and vast commercial advantages of this region were first made known to the world. Prosser, William Farrand New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903, 1348 pgs. Page 356