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          ABBOTT, ANDERSON RUFFIN, physician, educator, journalist, office holder, and hospital administrator; b. 7 April 1837 in Toronto, son of Wilson Ruffin Abbott* and Ellen Toyer; m. 9 Aug. 1871 Mary Ann Casey in Toronto, and they had three daughters and two sons; d. there 29 Dec. 1913.

          Anderson R. Abbott was born into a prominent black family in Toronto.

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        3. He was a well-educated scholar, a decorated veteran of the American Civil War, and an accomplished musician and lecturer.
        4. Anderson Abbott was a doctor and surgeon who was the first Canadian-born person of colour to graduate from medical school.

          5. After his parents’ store in Alabama had been ransacked, they moved to the northern states. They lived a short time in New York, but in 1835 or 1836 the negative racial climate precipitated their relocation in Toronto. Wilson Abbott soon began to acquire land and buildings – by 1871 he would own 48 properties, most of them in Toronto – and he became active in politics.

          His family’s means and his keen intellect allowed Anderson to receive an excellent education.

          He attended private and public institutions, including William King*’s school in the black settlement of Buxton, ne