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{{short description|American industrialist and entrepreneur}}
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'''Abel Minard''' (September 25, 1814 - January 31, 1871) was an American [[industrialist]] and entrepreneur. He established the Minard home in Morristown to provide education for female orphans of Methodist foreign missionaries and clergymen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minard, Abel from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. |url=https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/M/minard-abel.html |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Porter |first=James |title=A Comprehensive History of Methodism |publisher=Outlook Verlag |year=2024 |isbn=978-3-368-72159-6 |pages=535 |language=en}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Minard was born September 25, 1814 on Morristown, New Jersey. Abel Minard was the son of Abel Minard, a glass blower from [[Sandlake, New York|Sandlake, NY]]. Little is known about his business ventures but he was noted for his commitment to support the education and empowerment of young women. In 1870, he donated a Morristown property to Edmund S. Janes to be converted as a home to female orphans and half orphans of foreign missionaries and deceased ministers.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |title=Journal of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Held in Brooklyn, N. Y. |date=2023 |publisher=Outlook Verlag |isbn=978-3-382-13819-6 |location=Frankfurt |pages=353 |language=en}}</ref>
Minard died on January 31, 1871.<ref name=":0" /> <!-- The elder Minard -->
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