Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Chicago-Portland: Pioneer Historical
Pub. Co., 1922.  pg. 139.
 
M. H. ABBEY

     M. H. Abbey is the senior member of the firm of M. H. & E. J. Abbey,
proprietors of the Abbey Hotel at Newport, a hostelry which is known throughout
the Pacific northwest, and he also has valuable holdings in lead and silver
mines in British Columbia.  He is a most enterprising and successful business
man and in the conduct of his various interests displays sound judgment and
excellent executive ability.  Mr. Abbey is a representative of one of the old
and honored pioneer families of the state.  He was born in the city where he now
resides on the 11th of April, 1869, and is a son of Peter M. and Sarina S.
(Earl) Abbey, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of Canada.  The father
was employed as a clerk in mercantile establishments in his native state and
later went to Canada, where he resided for a year.  He then returned to the
States and in 1866 came to Oregon, taking up his residence in Elk City, Lincoln
county, where, in partnership with his brothers, he engaged in general
merchandising until 1869, when he removed to Newport.  Here he opened a general
mercantile establishment and also established the Abbey Hotel, continuing active
in those lines throughout the remainder of his life.  He was most successful in
the conduct of his mercantile interests and the excellent service afforded by
his hotel soon gained for it widespread popularity and it became known
throughout the Pacific northwest.  He passed away on the 6th of February, 1916,
at the age of seventy-nine years and the mother's demise occurred in April of
that year, when she was sixty-eight years of age.  They were widely known and
highly esteemed as honored pioneer settlers of the state.
     Their son, M. H. Abbey, was reared in Newport and here attended the public
schools, later pursuing a course in Philomath College, while his brother, E. J.
Abbey, was for three years a student in the public schools of Corvallis, Oregon.
On entering business life the three brothers became associated with their father
in the conduct of the hotel and following his demise they became sole
proprietors of the business, conducting their interests under the firm name of
M. H. & E. J. Abbey.  In 1910 they erected a fine modern hotel, three stories in
height, containing eighty-five rooms and supplied with all the latest equipment
and conveniences to be found in a first-class hostelry.  The hotel is noted for
its excellent cuisine and it has found favor with the traveling public, being
known from Alaska to San Diego.  It is conducted along the most modern and
progressive lines and the service rendered patrons is high grade in every
particular.  M. H. Abbey is also a stockholder in the Western State Bank of
Newport and is likewise extensively interested in lead and silver mines in
British Columbia.  His investments have been judiciously made and capably
managed and by reason of his enterprise and diligence he has won a substantial
measure of success.
     In November, 1901, Mr. Abbey was united in marriage to Miss Sadie Kist of
Ashland, Oregon, and they became the parents of a daughter, Irene, who is now
the wife of E. A. Scram of Los Angeles.  On the 1st of January, 1917, Mr. Abbey
wedded Miss Sadie Patterson and they have a large circle of friends in the city
where they reside.
     In his political views Mr. Abbey is a republican and is much interested in
public affairs of his community, having served for two terms as port
commissioner of Newport, which position he capably filled until January 1, 1921.
His fraternal connections are with the Woodmen of the World and the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks.  His entire life has been passed in Oregon and he is
actuated by the spirit of western enterprise and progress that has been a
dominant factor in bringing about the rapid upbuilding and substantial growth of
the state.  His is a man of high principles and honorable purposes and wherever
known he commands the respect and confidence of all with whom he is associated.
 
 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2005 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.