Wilson Ruffin Abbott [SEP] place of death
Wilson Ruffin Abbott
Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876) was an American-born Black Canadian and successful businessman and landowner in Toronto, Ontario. He was the father of Anderson Ruffin Abbott, Canada's first Black physician.
Born to a Scotch-Irish father and a free West African mother in Richmond, Virginia, Abbott left home when he was aged 15 to work as a steward on a Mississippi River steamer.
He married Ellen Toyer, and moved to Mobile, Alabama, where he opened a general grocery store
List of people with given name Wilson
Wilson is a male first name. Notable people with the name include:
People.
- Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876), Canadian businessman
- Wilson Asinobi Ake (born 1955), Nigerian politician
- Wilson Alcorro (born 1973), Colombian boxer
- Wilson Álvarez (born 1970), Venezuelan baseball player
- Wilson Alvarez (American football) (born 1957), Bolivian football player
- Wilson Francisco Alves (1927–1998), Brazilian football player