Typed By: Theresa Carhart
Andrew Jackson Ables
Surnames: ABLES, SIMMONS, DUNN, WARROCK, HOLT, WRIGHT, GRAFA
Andrew Jackson Ables, b May 22, 1844 in Lincoln County, Tennessee, d 1926
in Oklahoma - was a son of Moses and Rebecca Ables -both natives of Georgia.
Andrew left to go to Alabama, where he enlisted on August 13, 1861 in Company D, 19th
Alabama Infantry Regiment, of the Confederate States Army during the Civil War,
in which he served as a Teamster.
After the war,
on February 1, 1866, Andrew married in Etowab County, Alabama to Icy Ann
Simmons, b ca 1848 in Alabama, d 1928 in Oklahoma - a daughter of William and
Lucretia (Dunn) Simmons. Four children were born before the family left Alabama
for Texas - traveling through Comanche, McLennan, Hunt, and Collins Counties and
reaching the Westphalia area of Falls County in the 1890's where they settled
and farmed. When the 1900 land rush started in Oklahoma, Andrew and Icy left
several married children in Falls County, and moved to Indian Territory
(Oklahoma), where they both died. They were the parents of twelve children -
including a pair of twins:
William Marion Ables, b January 29,1867, Alabama.
Mary Jane Ables, b December 19, 1869 in Alabama - married Will Warrock, founder
of "The Rosebud News".
Sarah Ann Ables, b December 19, 1870 in Alabama - married a Mr. Holt, and died
at Haskell, Texas.
James Thomas Ables, b March 2, 1872 in Alabama.
Lula Lucretia Ables, b August 27, 1874 in Comanche County, Texas - married James
Meredith Wright in Falls County.
James A. Ables, b January 22, 1877 in McLennan County, Texas.
Joseph Edward Ables, b May 15, 1879 in Hunt County, Texas.
Robert Lee Ables, b February 8, 1881 in Collins County, Texas.
Andrew Jackson Ables, II, b March 6, 1883 in Collins County, Texas.
George W. Ables, b May 14, 1885 in Collins County, Texas.
Leonard Ables - a Twin, b March 24, 1891 in Collins County, Texas.
Leota Ables -- a Twin, b March 24, 1891 in Collins County, Texas - married a Mr.
Grafa, and died in Denton, Texas.
The children of
Andrew Jackson and Icy Ann (Simmons) Abels who remained in Falls County, Texas
were William who died in Rosebud; Lula Lucretia (Ables) Wright of Lott, Texas;
and Mary Jane (Ables) Warrock, of Rosebud, Texas.
Permission granted Theresa Carhart
for copyright to this page by the Falls County Historical Commission
Families of Falls County, complied and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission
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