Abbott, Leon M., 1867-1932
Parallel Names
- Abbott, Leon Martin, 1867-1932
Biography
Leon Martin Abbott (1867-1932) was a prominent and influential Freemason, lawyer, and philanthropist. He was born on August 28, 1867, to Joseph Brown Abbott (1835-1892) and Lydia Cole Martin (1838-1893). Educated in Keene, New Hampshire, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1891. Abbott practiced law in Boston, turning down offers of judgeships and political office to remain a private citizen. He became Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, upon the retirement of Barton Smith in 1921 and held the position until 1932.
Abbott married Florence May Tallman (1866-1949) in 1894. They had no children. At age sixty-five, Abbott died suddenly from a heart attack on October 10, 1932. He was buried with his parents and his wife at Greenlawn Cemetery in Keene, New Hampshire. After his death, he willed much of his estate to the Supreme Council.
Occupations
- Sovereign Grand Commander, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite -- Date: 1921 - 1932
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Max Schever, Sovereign Grand Commander, suit against Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander, 1927
Court case records from the Supreme Court of New York County on the suit between Max Scheuer, Sovereign Grand Commander of and for the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the Thirty-Third and Last Degree, A.A.S.R., for the United States of America, Its Territories and Dependencies, against Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander of and for the Supreme Council, Thirty-Third Degree, A.A.S.R., for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America.
Records of Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1908-1932
Scottish Rite Committee on Education records, 1922-1991
College scholarship applications and correspondence sent to and from Frederick W. Hamilton, the chairman of the Committee on Education. It also includes correspondence to and from Sovereign Grand Commander Leon Abbott.
Two postcards from Leon M. Abbott to William R. Shaw, 1959
Vatet, Eugene, 1932
The following topics are mentioned: Death of sov. Gran. Com. Abbott, finances