ABNER MANDELL PEACOCK

     Abner Mandell Peacock, b ca 1890 d in 1966, was a prosperous farmer in the Highbank area of Falls County, Texas until the heavy floods of the Brazos River wiped him out. He was a brother of Frank Peacock, who settled in Marlin, Texas.

     In 1915, Abner married Mary L. Jones, b March 21,1898 in Reagan-a daughter of Charles D. Jones (b April 1, 1874, d October 19, 1941) and his wife, Dovie (Marlin) Jones (b November 18, 1877, d August 11, 1954), who married in 1895 in Falls County, Texas. Dovie's parents were William Payne Marlin (b April 14, 1855 at Hog Island in Falls County, d October 5, 1916) and his wife, Sarah Ellen Erwin (b September 22, 1854, d January 23, 1923) - a daughter of A. J. Erwin (b ca 1825 in Tennessee) and Ellen A. (Adams) Erwin (b ca 1830 in Arkansas, d before 1870). A. J. Erwin married second to Minerva Curry. William Payne Marlin was a son of James Marlin (b October 29, 1794 in Tennessee, d July 28, 1862) and his second wife, Emeline (Payne) Gentry (widow of Samuel Gentry), who was b April 3, 1816, d in 1881 in Falls County, Texas.

     Abner Mandell and Mary L. (Jones) Peacock had four children:

     Abner Mandell Peacock, Jr., b February 3, 1916; Richard Lee Peacock, b March 26, 1918, married Katherine Gillespie; Mary Louise Peacock, b September 15, 1919; and Dorothy Jean Peacock, b March 26, 1924.

     The Abner M. Peacock family moved to Marlin, where the children all attended school. Abner and Mary were later divorced, and she remarried Sam H. Oakes, having one son, Charles Robert Oakes, b February 3, 1944.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 347 column 1 and 2.  
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.