[1] He attended school in Cambridge and Troy, New York, before studying theology in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

He was involved in water transportation facilities before becoming a railroad businessman.

[4] Abrams served as Chairman of the Board and President for the railroad.

He served as Vice-President of the Soldiers Orphans Home in Madison, Wisconsin.

[10] Abrams died on September 12, 1900, in Wisconsin and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.