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Albert W Gabbey

Male 1868 - 1947  (~ 79 years)


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  • Name Albert W Gabbey 
    Born Aug 1868  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Sep 1947  Jenny Lake, Teton County, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rigby Pioneer Cemetery, Rigby, Jefferson County, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I12052  Rossville
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2019 

    Father Robert Smiley Gabbey,   b. 4 May 1833, Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1900, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Anne (Annie) Welton Gabbey,   b. 17 Nov 1836, Hardy County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1901, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1854  Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2494  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lida Cox Gabbey,   d. 1961 
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2017 16:06:40 
    Family ID F2497  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Obituary- Gabbey, Albert
    Obituary- Gabbey, Albert
    Findagrave.com Information

    Union Hotel, Rossville, Kansas In 1871, on the comer of Pearl and Perry streets, A.C. Sherman constructed the first hotel in Rossville. M.V. Lee operated the hotel until June 1877 when he sold it to Mr. O. Woods, who sold it in 1878 to S.B. Maxwell, who then renovated the hotel. The hotel became known as the Maxwell House. A.W. Gabbey, son of Dr. Gabbey, purchased the hotel and renamed It The Rossville Hotel, operating it until Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vorhies took ownership of the Union Hotel in 1898. They continued running the business until it burned on February 14, 1901.
    The following information about the parents of Albert Gabbey was obtained from the Kansas Historical Society.
    Robert S. Gabbey was born May 4, 1833, his father died in 1838 and his mother in 1842. After his parent's deaths, Gabbey lived with an uncle in Cannonsburg (Michigan). On September 27, 1848, he studied under a private tutor and in September 1850 Gabbey entered Jefferson College to study medicine. Gabbey studied under several doctors in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and graduated in March 1855. He married Anne Welton on October 5, 1854. Gabbey started practicing medicine in Terre Haute, Indiana in April,
    1855. Later he practiced medicine in several states including Illinois, Missouri, and Georgia. In 1857 Gabbey President Buchanan was appointed physician to the Pottawatomie Indians near Rossville, Kansas. After serving seven years with the Pottawatomie, he took his family to Montana via covered wagon, in search of gold. While in Montana he became a star route mail contractor and established the one of the first stage lines in the territory. Two years later, he returned to Kansas and purchased a farm east of Rossville. Gabbey was the first justice of the peace in Rossville township and served four terms. He was twice appointed postmaster. He was an inventor and patented several pieces of agricultural equipment and an airship. Robert S. Gabbey died January 25, 1900 and Anne Welton Gabbey died January 8, 1901.