Typed by : Kay Cunningham
OAKES, Robert Allen
Surnames: OAKES, NEAL, WARD, SMITH, KINLEY, McCLANAHAN, DUFF, COONE, GILL, REED,
BARTON, WILSON, PHILLIPS, CLAYBROOK, GILBERT, JONES, FISER, RAINS, JERICHOW,
GOODE, FANNIN, BERCOVICH, BEATTY,
Robert Allen Oakes, b April 11, 1831, in Tennessee, d May 3, 1923, in Marlin,
Falls County, Texas -- was a son of Charles and Susan (Neal) Oakes, natives of
Virginia and Tennessee, respectively.
Robert Allen Oakes (called "Al") came to Texas with his parents in 1845; and in
1854, he married first to Mary Helen Ward, b April 2, 1836, in Georgia, d August
31, 1873, -- a daughter of John and Mary Helen (Rhodes) Ward. "Al" married
secondly in 1875 to Mrs. Leone (Smith) Kinley -- widow of Abraham Kinley of
Bosque County, Texas, and a daughter of James A. Smith of Anderson County,
Texas, who was a brother of Mrs. John R. McClanahan. Leone (Smith) was born
November 13, 1842, d January 10, 1920. Robert Allen Oakes, at age 85, married
thirdly in 1916 at Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas to a Miss Alice Duff, b ca
1896 in Alvarado, Texas. She was not listed as a survivor, when his obituary was
written in 1923.
By his first marriage to Mary Helen (Ward), Robert Allen Oakes had eight
children:
Adeline ("Addie") Oakes -- married Marcus Henry Coone.
Sam Houston Oakes -- was killed "with a horse."
Susan Jane Oakes ("Sue"), b September 5, 1859, d January 6, 1930, -- was the
second wife of John A. Gill, b May 5, 1850, d October 13, 1911, whose first wife
was Fredonia (Reed) Gill, b September 1, 1855, d February 29, 1888, -- a
daughter of Thomas Didley and Sarah (Oakes) Reed.
Charles H. Oakes -- while there is a tombstone in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin,
Texas, with his name on it, there are no dates of birth or death.
Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Oakes, b December 27, 1864, d March 3, 1948, -- married
George A. Gill, b November 6, 1861, d August 8, 1889.
Francis Marion Oakes ("Frank"), b January 3, 1867, d October 27, 1930, -- Mary
Alice Smith, b October 30, 1874, d June 23, 1946, and both buried in Calvary
Cemetery in Marlin, Texas. They were members of the First Presbyterian Church in
Marlin, and had their on Walker Street. The beautiful flowers of Mary Alice
often adorned the church. No further information.
Robert Allen Oakes -- a daughter called "Allie" -- was born January 1, 1869, d
December 22, 1959, -- married Isaac Barton, son of David G. and Mary Paralee
(Wilson) Oakes, and had eight children.
Mary ("Mollie") Oakes -- married first to Frank Phillips, and second to Jack H.
Claybrook. They built their on land which belonged to her father.
By his second marriage to Mrs. Leona (Smith) Kinley, Robert Allen Oakes had two
children:
James Mitchell Oakes, b September 29, 1875, d September 5, 1962 -- married
Hattie Lee Gilbery, b April 25, 1877, d February 4, 1954, and both buried by his
mother in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin.
Georgia Oakes, b February 20, 1877, d April 1, 1953 and buried by her mother and
brother in Calvary Cemetery at Marlin -- married first to Wiley Carter Jones --
a son of Hardy R. and Mary Jane (Fiser) Jones, and had one son, Dr. Wiley O.
Jones who married first Mary Agnes Rains and had Churchill Jones, who married
Carol Jerichow of Falls County, Texas and have Christopher and Courtney Jones.
Wiley Jones married second in 1971 to Mrs. Elizabeth (Goode) Fannin who had two
children by her first husband, Ernest FanninJr., Shirle Ann Fannin, b May 3,
1941, Hector M. Bercovich and resides in Houston; and Timothy Ernest Fannin, b
August 5, 1950 -- married Donna Beatty of Virginia, and resides in Fairfax,
Virginia. Georgia (Oakes) Jones later married a Mr. Gilbert, but had no children
by this marriage.
Robert Allen oakes established himself in the mercantile business until the
outbreak of the Civil War. He first enlisted in the Confederate States Army with
his younger brother, Francis Marion Oakes, and served in Company B, 4th Texas
Regiment until 1863. While his brother remained with the CSA, Robert Allen
deserted in 1863 and made his way to Mexico, where he joined the company of
Union soldiers organized by his older brother, William E. Oakes, and served in
that group until the end of the Civil war. Returning to Marlin. he resumed the
mercantile business until 1868, when Governor Davis appointed him Sheriff of
Falls County. After two years as Sheriff, he resigned, and settled on his land.
In 1892, he owned over 3,000 acres, and had about 1,200 cattle and 75 horses and
mules. His annual cotton crop at that time amounted to about 400 bales.
Oakes Street in Marlin was named for this family.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart and her volunteers for printing
these bio of these Falls County Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls County," Compiled and Edited by the Falls County
Historical Commission, page 330, column 2, page 331, column 1&2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
This book is out of Print, and very few copies are available.
