Surname: Abbey Forename(s): Henry b. 11 July 1842. d. 7 June 1911. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Poet. Born in Rondout, New York. Published prolifically in periodicals, and also worked
as a bank teller before joining his father’s grain business. Member of the Pfaff Group,
a literary circle that met in Pfaff’s café in New York City, which also included Walt
Whitman. Poetry volumes include May Dreams (1862), Ralph, and Other Poems (1866), Stories in Verse (1869), Ballads of Good Deeds, and Other Verses (1872). Biographical information: ANB. (AC)