1825–1887

Alonzo was the son of David Ab­bey and Nancy Farn­ham, and broth­er to Ho­ra­tio Ab­bey. He mar­ried twice: to Mar­ga­ret Rut­ledge (1848) and Mary Eliz­a­beth Top­ping (1862).

Abbey taught mu­sic for sev­er­al years, and was a mu­sic pub­lish­er. His works in­clude:

• The Sil­ver Foun­tain Of Sab­bath School Mel­o­dies (New York: Ho­ra­tio G. Ab­bey, 1866)
• The Tri­ad: A New Col­lec­tion of Vo­cal Mu­sic, Sac­red, and Sec­u­lar, for Choirs, Sing­ing Schools, and Mu­sic­al Con­ven­tions (New York: Ho­ra­tio G. Ab­bey 1866)
• Songs of the Bi­ble for the Sun­day School, with Wil­liam Og­den (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Per­kin­pine & Hig­gins, 1873)
• White Robes for the Sun­day-School, with Mer­ritt Mun­ger (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1879)
• The Ban­ner of Vic­to­ry, with Mer­ritt Mun­ger (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1881)
• Green Pas­tures for the Lambs, with Mer­ritt Mun­ger (Cleve­land, Ohio: S. Brain­ard’s Sons, 1886)
• Children’s Di­a­dem, with Mer­ritt Mun­ger (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Ol­iv­er Dit­son, 1887)

• Findagrave, accessed 2 Jan 2018
• Hughes, p. 289
• Nutter, p. 452

1. Be Kind to Thy Fath­er
2. Better Years Be­gin, The
3. Come to Je­sus Now
4. Come to the Sav­ior, Child­ren, To­day
5. Far Away
6. Jesus Is Call­ing
7. Merry Christ­mas Bells, The
8. There Is an Ear­nest Voice

1. Banner of Vic­tory
2. Beautiful Home, A
3. Birthday of Our King, The
4. Blessèd Bi­ble!
5. Bright Glo­ry to Come
6. Christmas Bells
7. Christmas Car­ol
8. Cooling
9. Family Bi­ble, The
10. Fitchburg
11. Give Me Thine Heart!
12. Green Pas­tures
13. Harvest Is White, The
14. He Is Ris­en
15. He Will Lead Me Home
16. Here Again
17. Joy in Hea­ven
18. Merry Christ­mas Bells
19. Only a Lit­tle While
20. Our Risen Sav­ior!
21. Speed the Gos­pel On
22. Tübingen
23. We Shall Reap By and By
24. Work While the Day Lasts