Typed by: Kay Cunningham
Charles Oakes
Surnames: OAKES, NEAL, BARTON, BARNES, JACKSON, CLARK, WARD, SMITH, KINLEY,
REED, CAPPS, PAGE, & 1 UNKNOWN.
Charles Oakes, b 1795 in Virginia, d 1847 in Texas -- moved as a young man to
Tennessee, where he married in 1822 to Susan Neal, b there in 1801, d 1854 in
Marlin, Falls County, Texas while visiting a son. In 1845, Charles and Susan
moved from Tennessee to Texas -- locating in the area which later became Falls
County. They had nine children -- all born in Tennessee.
Elizabeth ("Bettie") Oakes, b ca 1825 -- married first ca 1847 to Richard Albert
Barton, b 1820 in Tennessee, d 1851, and had two identified children: Robert
Joshua Barton, b 1848, and Susan Barton, b ca 1849. She married second to Samuel
Barnes.
Fredonia Oakes, b ca 1827 -- married first to a Mr. Jackson and had Milton
Jackson; married second in 1847 to David G. Barton.
William E. Oakes, b 1829, d 1870 -- married Eleanor Turney, who married after
his death to John Clark.
Robert Allen Oakes, b April 11, 1831, d May 3, 1923, -- married first in 1854 to
Mary Helen Ward; married second to Mrs. Leone (Smith) Kinley.
Mary Oakes, b ca 1833, d before 1870 -- married William M. Reed.
America Oakes, b 1835, died before 1870 -- married James Capps and had four
children.
Sarah Oakes, b August 29, 1839, d February 13, 1885, -- married Thomas Dudley
Reed.
Charles Houston Oakes, b ca 1840, d in Bosque County, Texas -- married "Lizzie"
Page and had Robert, Dollie, Nettie, Dona, and Minn.
Francis Marion Oakes, b 1842 or 1843, served throughout the Civil War in the
Confederate States Army, and went with Captain Willis Lang's company to Val
Verde, New Mexico -- married Luvenna (maiden name unknown), b February 1845, d
August 1869 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Texas. No further
information.
After the death of Charles, his widow, Susan (Neal) Oakes made her in Waco,
McLennan County, Texas, where she has purchased 320 acres of land and built her
home. It has been reported that part of her land is where Baylor University is
now located.
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 1 & 2.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission
This book is out of Print, and very few copies are available.
