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James Monroe ABEL 1837 – 1914 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1837

Birth Location: Monroe County, Tennessee, USA

Death Date: 25 Jun 1914

Death Location: Bulcher, Cooke County, Texas, USA

Father: James Abel

Mother: Jane Leather

Spouse(s): Elmina Ables, Susan Hodges

Children(s): Thomas Ables, Francis Ables, E Ables, Cansada Ables

Born in 1837 in Monroe County, Tennessee, USA, James Monroe ABEL was the child of James Ables Abel and Jane Abel Leather. In time, James Monroe ABEL married Elmina Ables and Susan Hodges, and they raised a family that included Thomas J Ables, Francis I Ables, E V Ables and Cansada Ables. James Monroe ABEL died in Bulcher, Cooke County, Texas, USA in 1914.

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Parents

James Abel
1795 – 1855
Birth Location: Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
JA
Jane Leather
1810 – 1859
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States of America
JL

Spouses(s)

Elmina Ables
1837 –
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
EA
Susan Hodges
Birth Location: –
SH

Children(s)

Thomas Ables
1858 –
Birth Location: Alabama
TA
Francis Ables
1859 –
Birth Location: Alabama
FA
E Ables
1861 –
Birth Location: Alabama
EA
Cansada Ables
1865 –
Birth Location: Alabama
CA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1837
    Event Place: Monroe County, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, 1870 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 12 Range 7, Etowah, Alabama; Roll: M593_16; Page: 282A, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Cooke, Texas; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 1241623, Year: 1860; Census Place: Ranges 5, 6, and 7, Calhoun, Alabama; Page: 598

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Ranges 5, 6, and 7, Calhoun, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Ranges 5, 6, and 7, Calhoun, Alabama; Page: 598

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Township 12 Range 7, Etowah, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 12 Range 7, Etowah, Alabama; Roll: M593_16; Page: 282A

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Justice Precinct 5, Cooke, Texas, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Cooke, Texas; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 1241623

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 Jun 1914
    Event Place: Bulcher, Cooke County, Texas, USA
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