W.W. Abell was active as an architect in the USA from the late nineteenth century onwards. He was elected a member of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.) in 1901. He died at Elgin, Illinois, January 23, 1916.
Source: Brief Biographies of American Architects Who Died Between 1897 and 1947. Transcribed from the American Art Annual by Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Director, Maine Historic Preservation Commission. [PDF online]