Date of Death: 25 Dec 1897 Subject: David P. Abbott Source: St. Joseph Gazette, 26 Dec 1897, p. 5
David P. Abbott, of Savannah, fell dead at the corner of Fourth and Jule streets, about 9:30 o’clock last night, and his daughter, Maud, was the only witness to his sudden demise.
The screams of the young lady soon brought assistance and a carriage bore the remains to the home of L. O. Stiles, Twelfth and Felix, from which place the deceased had departed a few minutes before in apparently splendid health and spirits.
Dr. T. H. Doyle was called and arrived by the time the body did, but life was extinct, and the physician was called on to wait on the daughter, who was almost hysterical over the sudden death of her father. Mr. Abbott was one of the wealthiest and best-known citizens of Savannah and came down yesterday with . . . [Yes! There’s more!]