John T. Abbott
John True Abbott was an American diplomat and lawyer who served as the United States Ambassador to Columbia from 1899 to 1913.Biography
Born in Keene, New Hampshire, he was the son of Rev. Stephen G. and Sarah Burbank Abbott, and he married Alice E. Merriman in 1874. Abbott was educated at Bates College, and read law. As an attorney, he served as city solicitor and counsel to the Santo Domingo Development Company. He was nominated as Minister to Colombia in 1889, and served to 1893. He is interred at the Woodland Cemetery in Keene, N.H.
