Mary Ogden Abbott was an American wood carving and line drawing artist, world traveler, equestrian and an early Grand Canyon River runner.
Occupation
illustrator, painter, sculptor, wood carver
Citizenship
United States
Born
1894
Died
1981
Overview
Mary Ogden Abbott (October 12, 1894 – May 11, 1981) was an American wood carving and line drawing artist, world traveler, equestrian and an early Grand Canyon River runner.
Early life
Mary Ogden Abbott was born in Concord, Massachusetts on October 12, 1894. She was the daughter of Grafton St. Loe Abbott and Mary Ogden (née Adams) Abbott.
On her mother's side, she was a granddaughter of Charles Francis Adams Jr. and was a descendant of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. On her father's side, she was a granddaughter of U.S. Representative Josiah Gardner Abbott and was a descendant of George Abbott, one of the early settlers in Andover, Massachusetts.
Mary attended the Westover School in Connecticut and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in Boston, Mass.
