From "Cyclopedia of Georgia," edited by Allen Daniel Candler, Clement Anselm Evans, pp. 17-18.

Abbot, William Wright, the popular cashier of the First National bank of Louisville, and recognized as one of the representative business men of Jefferson county, was born on a plantation in Butler county, Ala., April 1, 1861, being a son of Captain Cato and Euphrasia A. (Carter) Abbot, both of whom were born in Wan en [sic] county, Ga. Captain Abbot was a planter by vocation and was among the first to go forth in defense of the cause of the Confederacy in the Civil war, having been captain of his company and having died in 1863, as the result of wounds received on the field of battle. His widow died in 1868, when the subject of this sketch was but seven years of age, and the latter was reared by his mother's sister, the late Mrs. Amanda Sammons, of Jefferson county. He was afforded the advantages of the schools of this county, including a course in the Louisville academy. He continued to attend school until he had attained the age of seventeen years, when he became a clerk in a local mercantile establishment. He finally engaged in the same line of enterprise, in Louisville, having been for five years a member of the firm of Sinquefield, Abbot & Stone, and thereafter, for ten years, a member of the firm of Abbot & Stone. In April, 1902, he became one of the organizers and incorporators of the First National bank of Louisville, of which he has since been cashier and a member of the board of directors. The bank is fortified by ample capital and able executive control and has gained place among the substantial and popular financial institutions of this part of the state. Mr. Abbot is also manager and a director of the Louisville Manufacturing Company. As a citizen and business man he has the uniform confidence and esteem of the community which has represented his home during practically his entire life. In politics he is a staunch Democrat, and he is a prominent member of the local Baptist church, of which he is clerk. April 8, 1890, witnessed the marriage of Mr. Abbot to Miss Julia F. Phillips, daughter of the late Rev. David G. Phillips, D. D., of Louisville, and they have four children—Ruth, William Wright, Jr., Gardner Phillips, and Julia Frances.

The Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia
05 May 1926, Wed • Page 26

The Abbot-Stone Building in downtown Louisville, Ga. built in the late 1880's by William Wright Abbot and William Alexander Stone

The Abbot home, 801 Mulberry Street, Louisville, GA built approximately 1900