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Martha A. Abels

Martha A. Abels

Female 1842 -

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  1. 1.  Martha A. AbelsMartha A. Abels was born in 1842 in Attala County, Mississippi; died in in possibly Paris, Lamar County, Texas.

    Martha married Benjamin Franklin McCuistion on 8 Mar 1866 in Lamar County, Texas. Benjamin (son of Anthony McCuistion and Nancy Pollett Winnsett) was born on 8 Aug 1835 in Ray County, Missouri; died on 11 Feb 1870 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas; was buried in Pattonville, Lamar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. George Bedford McCuistion  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Dec 1866 in Lamar County, Texas; died on 28 Jan 1883 in Lamar County, Texas; was buried after 28 Jan 1883 in Pattonville, Lamar County, Texas.
    2. 3. Dr. Benjamin Franklin McCuistion, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1868 in Lamar County, Texas; died on 28 Feb 1902 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas; was buried in Mar 1902 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas.

    Martha married James W. Finley in 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Bedford McCuistionGeorge Bedford McCuistion Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 11 Dec 1866 in Lamar County, Texas; died on 28 Jan 1883 in Lamar County, Texas; was buried after 28 Jan 1883 in Pattonville, Lamar County, Texas.

  2. 3.  Dr. Benjamin Franklin McCuistion, Jr.Dr. Benjamin Franklin McCuistion, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 22 Jun 1868 in Lamar County, Texas; died on 28 Feb 1902 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas; was buried in Mar 1902 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning Dr. Ben F. McChristian, a well known physician, was shot and mortally wounded in the rear part of the Pullman Bar, at the southeast corner of the square. A double-barreled shotgun was the weapon used and two shots were fired. The first missed the mark, the charge striking the beer chest and side wall of the saloon. The deceased after the first shot started to run out at a side door opening on Clarksville street, when a second shot was fired, the charge taking effect in his right side and breast. After receiving the wound the deceased staggered out of the door and fell in a stairway. He was conveyed to his office, over Barry & Co.'s drug store, where he expired in a few minutes.

    There were conflicting rumors concerning the trouble between Dr. McChristian and Mr. McComas. McComas claimed that Dr. McChristian had made indecent proposals to his daughter, however friends of Dr. McCuistion claimed that the he was killed because he was an important witness against McComas in a divorce trial, McComas and his wife had separated.

    The gun with which the tragedy was enacted was loaded with duckshot and had been rented from a hardware dealer a few doors above the saloon about thirty minutes before the shooting.

    A. W. McComas, a painter and carpenter, was placed under arrest on the scene by Officers Terry and Minton immediately after the shooting and was turned over to the county authorities. An inquest was held before Justice of the Peace Deweese this afternoon.

    Benjamin married Dora V. Roberts about 1890. Dora was born in Mar 1864 in Kentucky; died on 15 Apr 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]