Camilla S. Brooks Abel Family, 1848-1878

(Descendants of Henry Abel series.)

Camilla was born 20 January 1848 to James M. Brooks and his wife Mary J.  It is unclear to me whether Camilla was born in the state of Alabama or Georgia, but by the 1850 census – taken when she was just two years old – the family was living in Lumpkin, Stewart County, Georgia.  This city is located about twenty miles from the Alabama / Georgia state line.

Ten years later, in 1860, Camilla was residing with her father and mother and five siblings in Randolph County, Georgia.  This is where she, at the age of 19, would marry Frederick "Fred" T. Abel of Bibb County.  He was the son of Henry and Elizabeth Abel.  The city of Macon in Bibb County, Georgia is where the couple would reside.

"Georgia County Marriages, 1785 - 1950", database, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,
FamilySearch, (http://www.familysearch.org), image, Frederick T. Able m. Camilla S. Brooks 11 April 1867
at Randolph County.

It's worth noting, including Camilla, three Brooks siblings married three Abel siblings. Laura Elizabeth Brooks married John Henry Abel, and James P. Brooks married Louisa Abel.

Camilla and Fred would be together for just under 11 years before they were separated by death.  The young and devoted wife and mother died 19 March 1878, a couple of months after her 30th birthday.

Within hours of Camilla's death, Fred would suffer another loss.  The couple's 8-year-old son Henry Bartrum Abel would also succumb, necessitating a double funeral and burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.  Following from the 21 March 1878 edition, Macon Telegraph and Messenger:

Affliction.
We regret to learn of the sad affliction of Mr. F. T. Abel, on whom the double loss of his wife and infant son has fallen.  Both died in a few hours of each other.  The funeral of both took place from the First Street Methodist Church yesterday afternoon and was largely attended.

Six months later, Fred Abel would trudge to the family lot in Rose Hill Cemetery yet again, to bury his young son George.

Children of Camilla S. Brooks and Frederick T. Abel (an asterisk (*) denotes individual also buried in Rose Hill Cemetery):

• Carrie Gertrude Abel Bonner Wilkinson (b. 6 January 1868 Georgia; d. 10 January 1961 Lowndes County, Georgia)
• Henry Bartrum Abel* (b. abt December 1869 Georgia; d. 20 March 1878)
• Fred T. Abel, Jr. (b. 15 December 1869 Georgia; d. 29 December 1925 Macon, Bibb County, Georgia)
• Mamie L. Abel McKay* (b. 1873-7 Georgia; d. 2 July 1914)
• infant Abel* (d. 1 June 1873)
• George Abel* (d. September 1878)

Fred T. Abel would marry again six months after the death of Camilla.  He wed Rebecca "Bessie" G., daughter of Dabney Holloway, in Jasper County, Georgia.  This couple had at least three children (an asterisk (*) denotes individual also buried in Rose Hill Cemetery):

• Louis R. Abel (b. 23 March 1883 Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; d. 28 October 1922 Macon, Bibb County, Georgia)
• William Wolff Abel* (b. 27 September 1885 Macon, Bibb County, Georgia; d. 4 July 1948 Bibb County, Georgia)
• Ida Abel* (b. 1887; d. 22 September 1888)

Some Additional Sources:

1. "Georgia County Marriages, 1785 - 1950", database, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (http://www.familysearch.org), image, Frederick T. Able m. Camilla S. Brooks 11 April 1867 at Randolph County.
2. Rose Hill Cemetery (Macon, Bibb County, Georgia), Grave Marker Transcription by Stephanie Lincecum, Acquired between 2003 - 2013.
3. "Married," issued 6 October 1878, accessed 25 May 2017, names of interest: Mr. F. T. Abel and Miss Bessie Holloway, Macon Telegraph and Messenger, Macon, Georgia, online image (http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html).
4. "Mother of Twenty-Two Children Died in Macon," issued 10 January 1905, accessed 25 May 2017, name of interest: Mrs. Elizabeth Abel, Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Georgia, online image (http://www.genealogybank.com).
5. 1870 census of United States, population schedule, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, Page No. 220, dwelling 1562, family 1910, Fred T. Abel household, accessed May 2017. Includes Camilla F. (age 26); Carrie (age 2); and Henry (b. Dec 1869); digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org).
6. Sunset Hill Cemetery (Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia), image of tombstone by Robert Strickland (2009) via FindAGrave memorial #42174544 -- Carrie Bonner Wilkerson. http://www.findagrave.com/.
7. Friends of Rose Hill, "Historic Rose Hill Cemetery Directory", database, Historic Rose Hill (http://www.rosehillcemetery.org)
8. "Deaths and Funerals: Abel," issued 12 September 1909, accessed 25 May 2017, name of interest: Mr. Fred T. Abel, Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, online image (http://www.genealogybank.com).
9. "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", database, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (http://www.familysearch.org), death certificate image for Fred T. Abel, d. 29 December 1925 at Bibb County.
10. 1880 census of United States, population schedule, Fourth Fire Ward, Macon, Bibb, Georgia, E. D. No. 16, Page No. 58, dwelling 427, family 573, Frederick T. Abel household, accessed May 2017. Includes wife Bessie; daughters Carrie and Mamie; and son Frederick; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com).
11. "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990", database, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (http://www.familysearch.org), Bibb County Will Book E, image of last will and testament of Fred T. Abel.
12. 1900 census of United States, population schedule, 481 Militia District, Bibb, Georgia, E. D. No. 11, sheet no. 27A, dwelling 521, family 577, Frederick T. Abell household, accessed 18 May 2017. Includes wife Bessie G.; and sons Lewis R. and William W.; digital image, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org).
13. Riverside Cemetery & Conservancy, Genealogy Data; Riverside Cemetery, Inc., Macon, Georgia, USA, 2017. Entry for Louis R. Abel, d. 28 October 1922. http://www.riversidecemetery.com/.