He abandoned his family leaving his wife and 5 children in Kaufman County Texas. Their oldest son was 11 years old.
She eventually obtained a divorce from John York in 1883.
She met and married George Abbott (who was a few years younger) in 1884.
They lived in Oklahoma and he worked in the coal mine there.
They lived together off and on for 20 years and were divorced in 1904.
He remarried and died 9 years later of Tuberculosis.
She died of heart failure.
Note: Martha was living in Grand Prairie, Dallas Co., TX in 1936. (John York Obit)
Her grave is not marked but she is buried next to her son in law, William M. McDonald in Sands Springs Cemetery, near Mineola, Texas. at 1930 Wood Co.,TX
Contributor: Jan Turner (36116736)
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1857
Birthplace: Ark
Father's Name: James Rye
Cemetery: Sand Spring
Burial Place: Rt 2, Mineola, Texas
Burial Date: 07 Aug 1936
Film Number: 2116964
Digital Film Number: 4166612
Image Number: 1458
Reference Number: 43575
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Martha Abbot (21256018)
Contributor: Jan Turner (36116736) • [email protected]
He abandoned his family leaving his wife and 5 children in Kaufman County Texas. Their oldest son was 11 years old.
She eventually obtained a divorce from John York in 1883.
She met and married George Abbott (who was a few years younger) in 1884.
They lived in Oklahoma and he worked in the coal mine there.
They lived together off and on for 20 years and were divorced in 1904.
He remarried and died 9 years later of Tuberculosis.
She died of heart failure.
Note: Martha was living in Grand Prairie, Dallas Co., TX in 1936. (John York Obit)
Her grave is not marked but she is buried next to her son in law, William M. McDonald in Sands Springs Cemetery, near Mineola, Texas. at 1930 Wood Co.,TX
Contributor: Jan Turner (36116736)
Birth Date: 04 Jan 1857
Birthplace: Ark
Father's Name: James Rye
Cemetery: Sand Spring
Burial Place: Rt 2, Mineola, Texas
Burial Date: 07 Aug 1936
Film Number: 2116964
Digital Film Number: 4166612
Image Number: 1458
Reference Number: 43575
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Martha Abbot (21256018)
Contributor: Jan Turner (36116736) • [email protected]
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