Eddie Abbott

Eddie Abbott
Born	Edward Brannon Abbott August 2 1882 New Jersey
Died	November 23 1932 (age 50)
Resting place	Atlantic City Cemetery
Nationality	American

Eddie Abbott, (1882-1932) "The Boy Wonder Magician," headlined in vaudeville from age six.

Biography

Eddie Abbott was born in Millville, NJ, in 1882, the son of Harmon J. Abbott and Mary Brannon Abbot. His father taught him magic at an early age. Young Eddie, assisted by his father, toured the USA and Canada from the age of six. He appeared in major vaudeville halls, including Tony Pastor's in New York and Keith's Bijou in Philadelphia. He was billed as "The Wonder of the Nineteenth Century" and "The Only Boy Magician." According to Hardin J. Burlingame "He well deserves the warm words of praise the press has bestowed on him. He treads the stage like a veteran, and performs remarkable tricks in magic with the greatest ease and with the most captivating sangfroid". The first part of his show generally consisted of standard conjuring tricks common at the time; the second part was a demonstration of "Black art."

As an adult he left show business to earn his living as an electrician. He married twice, having a step-daughter with his first wife and two children with his second. He is buried in Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, NJ.