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SIMEON ABEL, FITCHVILLE (BOZRAH): Farmer.

Simeon Abel, a native of Bozrah, was born in 1822 and educated in the common schools. He is a farmer, and is prominent in the community in which he has been so long a resident.

In the days of the old state militia Mr. Abel held the commission of a lieutenant. He is a republican in politics and has been assessor, member of the board of relief, selectman, constable, and collector, the latter for twenty years. In 1869 he represented Bozrah in the legislature, serving on the committee on banks. He was the census enumerator in his town for 1880 and 1890, and is now a justice of the peace. These offices he has filled with great acceptance to his constituents and the town, whose interests he has always earnestly striven to promote to the best of his ability. He is a member of the Congregational church, and its clerk.

His wife, who is living, was Fanny E. Stark, and he has three sons.

Source: Builders of Our Nation, Men of 1914 pub. Men of Nineteen-Fourteen, Chicago, Ill. 1915.

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