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: Illustrated Popular Biography of
Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford
Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891