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Rebecca Hazlett Nelms

Rebecca Hazlett Nelms

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  • Name Rebecca Hazlett Nelms 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I6978  1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Family John Madison Abell,   b. 26 Mar 1839   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1859  Christian Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • mdstmary@rootsweb.com
      Beth Jones wrote:
      > Of Course!! Didn't read far enough!! Catherine "Arena" BOWLES m. Kenelum
      > MURPHY. Their daughter Louisa Jane MURPHY m. Peter JARBOE.
      >
      > John Madison ABELL, son of John Henry ABELL and Dorothy BOWLES, m. Rebecca
      > Hazlett NELMS, a widow, in Christian Co, IL, in 1859. In 1870, he got
      > "Texas fever", left his family behind and never returned. He married twice
      > more and had a second family, without any sign of divorce.
      >
      > In 1877 in Christian County, IL, Rebecca Hazlett Nelms ABELL married (3rd
      > try!), to Peter JARBOE, widower, from Marion Co KY - who had previously been
      > married to John Madison's first cousin!
      >
      > She had no better luck. Around 1880 he also took off for TX, and it's been
      > passed down he started off with John's 10-yr old twin sons in tow, perhaps
      > taking them to their father? A neighbor is said to have persuaded him to
      > let the boys return home - as one of the twins was my grt-grandfather, I'm
      > grateful!!