Gabriel Sims Boswell

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Seeking additional information on GABRIEL 'GABE' SIMS BOSWELL, my great uncle. He was born in Gordon county, Ga. in 1850. Around 1869 the family moved to Texas. They lived in Lamar, Fannin, Hopkins counties. Somehow Gabe ended up in Sabine county, Texas. He married Mary 'Mollie' Speights in Orange, Texas in 1882. Mary was daughter of the prominent Joshua Speights. Gabe and Mary lived in Logansport where I understand he had a mercantile business. When Mary died in 1886, Gabe rented out the business and moved to Many. I would like to learn more about his mercantile business, such as where it was located, how long he was the proprietor, etc. This is new information to me and am curious. Also about 1899, Gabe left his family and went to Old Mexico for about a year....I wonder does anyone know anything about this? My relationship to Gabe is that his sister, Fanny (Boswell) Cook, is my great grandmother.

Ruthie HalfMoonBay@centurytel.net

Gabriel married Mary "Mollie" Rebecca Speights on 23 Dec 1882 in Orange County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Joshua Hopkins Speights and Esther C. Leece) was born on 12 Jun 1856 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 15 Sep 1886 in Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
"Mary Rebecca Speights that married G.S. Boswell is step daughter of Sarah Jane Youngblood-Speights http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DlB.2ACE/445.1.1.1

They were the parents of Grover Boswell, and the grandparents of Voyght Willard Boswell, know professionally as James C. Vanderbilt, a retired U. S. Navy veteran and artist of Sonoma, California. His obituary was in the May 20, 1998 issue of the Sabine County Reporter, titled "Museum benefactor Vanderbilt dies in Califorinia." (Page 12).

1. Grover Cleveland Boswell was born on 17 Dec 1885 in Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; and died.
2. Hoyt Boswell was born on 26 Mar 1886 in Louisiana; and died.