Introduction

Biography

Alonzo was the son of David Ab­bey and Nan­cy Farn­ham, and bro­ther of 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.

Works

• The Sil­ver Foun­tain of Sab­bath School Me­lo­dies (New York: Ho­ra­tio G. Ab­bey, 1866)
• The Tri­ad (New York: Ho­ra­tio G. Ab­bey 1866)
• Songs of the Bi­ble, with Wil­liam Og­den (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Per­kin­pine & Hig­gins, 1873)
• White Robes, 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)