Absolom Kuykendall (1814 - 1900)

Born 25 Aug 1814 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Dean — married 14 Sep 1834 in Nashville, Tennessee

Husband of Drusilla Dragoo — married 1855 in Michigan, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1900 at age 85 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States

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Biography

This letter is from Andrew Briggs Kuykendall, San Antonio, Texas. ^[1] He says:

"I will give you a genealogy of my forefathers, as given me in a written statement, by my father, several years before his death, which occurred in San Antonio, Texas, January 1, 1900 at the age of 86 years and six months. My great great grandfather came from Holland. His name was Abram and he served in the Revolutionary War as a Captain. My Great Grandfather's name was Matthew. He was born in North Carolina, about the year 1760. He served three years in the Revolutionary War."

"I will not give you the names of grandather's children. They were Rebecca, Mary, Elizabeth, Mildred, William, Abram, John, James, Matthew, Abner, Jacob and Absolem, my father, who was the youngest child. Abram and Abner came to Texas about 1830. My father, Absolem came in 1837. His father Matthew Kukyendall, married Nancy Johnson, in North Carolina. Her parents were from England. My father, Absolem Kuykendall was born in Tennessee, August 25, 1814, was married to Nancy Dean, in Nashville, Tennessee, September 14, 1834. My mother, Nancy (Dean) Kuykendall, was born December 17, in Tennessee; her father was English, her mother was Welsh. The children of my father, by my mother were:

• Ruth Clarinda Kuykendall, born July 18, 1835, in Tennessee

• John Calloway Kuykendall, born October 22, 1836, in Tennessee

• Nancy Jane Kuykendall, born March 5, 1839, in Texas

• Mary Elizabeth Kuykendall, born February 11, 1841, in Texas

• Abner Robertson Kuykendall, born April 21, 1842, in Texas

• William Dean Kuykendall, born October 15, 1844, in Texas

• Andrew Briggs Kuykendall, born May 26, 1846, in Texas

• Mildred Minishia Kuykendall, born February 12, 1848, in Texas

• Wiley Preston Kuykendall, born November 24, 1850, in Texas

• Absolem Russell Kuykendall, born October 17, 1852, in Texas

My mother, Nancy (Dean) Kuykendall, wife of Absolem Kuykendall, died May 2, 1853. My father married his second wife, whose maiden name was Druzilla Dragoo, in Michigan, in 1855. Their children were:

• Druzilla Amanda Kuykendall, born April 12, 1856, in Michigan

• Matthew Johnson Kuykendall, born April 7, 1858, in Wisconsin

• James Kuykendall, born in 1860, in Iowa

• David Edmond Kuykendall, born April 6, 1862, in Iowa

• George Richardson Kuykendall, born 1865, in Iowa

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Kuykendall family since its settlement in Dutch New York in 1646 ... by George Benson Kuykendall, Kilham Stationery & Printing company, 1919, pages 216-217

• Source: S37 Author: Martha Brown Title: Brown Web Site Text:

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  Family site: Brown Web Site

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Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Kuykendall-127 created through the import of Powell.ged on Jan 9, 2013 by Shaun Powell