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Author and illustrator of children's books, Munro Leaf lived in Andover from 1955 to 1975.  He is best known for ''The Story of Ferdinand'' (1936) and his "can be fun" series.
Charlotte Helen Abbott was born in 1844 and died in 1921. She was a member of the Punchard High's first graduating class in 1859.  Both a teacher and a dressmaker, her real love was documenting the families of early Andover History.  In fact, for 25 years she wrote a column in the ''Andover Townsman''; some of these articles have been added to the Andover Massachusetts page on the Essex County USGenWeb Project. See the link below.  Also, below is a list containing the dates that her column appeared in the Townsman.
He also wrote a long running monthly feature for ''Ladies Home Journal'' and was an instructor at Phillips Academy.  
She authored the [http://www.mhl.org/abbott-genealogies Abbott Genealogies],a compiled genealogies of the first Andover families.
 
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*"Charlotte Helen Abbott: Genealogist, Dressmaker, Naturalist", by Joan Patrakis Andover Historical Society Newsletter, Spring 1939, volume 14, number 1.
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*"Charlotte Helen Abbott: Genealogist, Dressmaker Naturalist by Marcia Lindberg ''The Essex Genealogist''Volume 24, 2004, page 45.
 
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Index of Sketches Published in The Andover Townsman by Charlotte Helen Abbott




'''See'''
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* ''Andover Townsman'', November 5, 1964. p. 4,5.
* Andover Street Lists, 1955-1975.
* American National Biography, vol. 13, pages 325-326.
* ''Lawrence Eagle Tribune'', December 22, 1976. p. 1
*From Every Walk of Life, Famous Have Called Andover Home. ''Andover Townsman'' October 7, 1999, p.23A (Andover 2000 section)
*"Famous People Who Call Andover Home", Andover Townsman Centennial Issue, July 21, 1998, page 38A.
*[http://www.librarypoint.org/author_munro_leaf Munro Leaf]




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Charlotte Helen Abbott was born in 1844 and died in 1921. She was a member of the Punchard High's first graduating class in 1859. Both a teacher and a dressmaker, her real love was documenting the families of early Andover History. In fact, for 25 years she wrote a column in the Andover Townsman; some of these articles have been added to the Andover Massachusetts page on the Essex County USGenWeb Project. See the link below. Also, below is a list containing the dates that her column appeared in the Townsman.

She authored the Abbott Genealogies,a compiled genealogies of the first Andover families.

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  • "Charlotte Helen Abbott: Genealogist, Dressmaker, Naturalist", by Joan Patrakis Andover Historical Society Newsletter, Spring 1939, volume 14, number 1.


  • "Charlotte Helen Abbott: Genealogist, Dressmaker Naturalist by Marcia Lindberg The Essex GenealogistVolume 24, 2004, page 45.
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...Andover Historical Series in the Townsman.... click to enlarge

Index of Sketches Published in The Andover Townsman by Charlotte Helen Abbott




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