O. E. ABEL, physician and surgeon, at Bryant, was
born in Jay County, April 16, 1860,
son of C. W. and Esther
(Reed) Abel, pioneers of this county. The parents had six
children, of whom our subject is the fifth. He was reared in Madison
and Pike
Townships, and completed his education at Ridgeville
College.
In 1882, he commenced the study of medicine under
Dr. Philip Dickes, of Boundary.
In 1883 and 1884 he attended
lectures at the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor,
and in
1885 at Indianapolis, receiving his diploma February 26, 1885, at
the Medical
College of Indiana. He at once located at Bryant,
where he has built up a good practice,
and it is constantly
increasing. His office is situated on the main street of the
village.
He was married May 14, 1885, to Miss Ada Miller, of
this county, daughter of Daniel
Miller, of Portland. They have
one child—Claude Miller.
The doctor is a member of Red Cross Lodge, No. 88, K. of P., of Portland.
Biographical and Historical Record of Jay County, Lewis Publishing Company, 1887