Gabriel Abner Bourland

Research Interest: Direct Ancestor

Name: Gabriel Abner Bourland

Born: October 8, 1847, Franklin County, Alabama

Died: November 16, 1907, Hill County, Texas

Burial: Itasca, Texas

Father: Benjamin Bourland (1820)

Mother: Abigail (See information below)

Spouse: Elizabeth Jane Eaton (1855 or 1859) married on July 2, 1871 in Colbert County, Alabama

Children:

Lihue Parker Bourland (1874 - 1947)

James Henry Bourland (1876 - 1944)

A. J. Bourland (born about 1879)

Martisa May (Tisha) Bourland (1880 - 1962)

Spouse: Sarah Ann Snoddy (1858 - 1950) on June 14, 1888 in Ellis County, Texas

Children:

Ora Lee Bourland (1989 - 1969)

George Carl Bourland (1891 - 1972)

Elizabeth Bourland (1892 - )

Joe Blaire Bourland (1897 - 1983)

Richard Bourland (1894 - 1917)

Abner Benjamin Bourland (1900 - 1973)

Millie Bourland

Gabriel Abner Bourland is the son of Benjamin and Abigal Bourland. He was born in 1847 in Franklin County, Alabama. He is listed in the 1850 and 1870 census with his parents. The family moved to Hill County, Texas, in 1874. No 1860 Census record has been found.

In 1871 Gabriel married Elizabeth J. Eaton on July 2 in Colbert, Alabama.

1874 - The family came to Hill County, Texas in 1874. According to the obituary of their son L. P Bourland, they arrived in Hill County when he was 8 months old.

Information from computer transcription of 1880 census:

Gabriel Bourland - Age 33 - Place of Birth: Alabama

E J - Spouse - Age 25 - Place of Birth: Alabama

E. P. - Age 6

James H - Age 4

A. J. - Age 1

L. T. - Age 6 MOS

Fathers Birthplace - KY

Mothers Birthplace - TN

Garrett Bourland., son of J. W. Bourland has also come to Hill County from Franklin County, Alabama. A circumstantial case can be made that J. W. and Benjamin Bourland are grandsons of Ebenezer Bourland. Ebenezer Bourland and his sons settled for a while in Franklin County, Alabama. The circumstances of James W. and Gabriel Bourland, their date of birth and where they lived, makes it likely they are related to Ebenezer, but not certain. For more information on a possible relationship to Ebenezer Bourland, see Benjamin Bourland's page.

Francis Marion, Gabriel's brothers and Benjamin's son, came to Hill County no later than 1873 when his son Benjamin is born. Mackey Jane Bourland, Gabriel's sister, moved to Hill County with her husband Isaac Andrew Eaton around 1879. Julia, the younger sister of Gabriel and Francis, is living with her parents in 1880 in Alabama. Sometimes afterwards she also comes to Texas. Julia Etta Bourland would marry George Washington Petty in Hill County in 1894. Julia Etta Bourland's journal lists her relatives of Hill County as Mary E. Bourland born Sept 1860, F.M Bourland born May 5, 1835, G.A. Bourland died Nov. 15, 1907, B.A. Bourland died Jan 23, 1892. Also mentioned is J. P. Bourland. (Source: email from living descendant)

1850 Census - Alabama, Franklin, District 6

By 1900 Gabriel has married again. No information is available on the death of Elizabeth, his first wife. He married Sarah A Groves on June 14, 1888 in Ellis County, Texas. Groves is Sarah's name from her first marriage. Her maiden name is Snoddy.

Gabriel has eight children with his second wife. In 1907 Gabriel passes from this life and is buried in Itasca, Texas. His Brother, Francis Marion Bourland, would die 15 days later. Gabriel's second wife would remarry. When she dies in 1950 she is buried in the family plot with Gabriel, their son Richard who died in 1917, and James Christian, who she married after the death of Gabriel.

1900 Census - Hill County, Texas

The three children of Gabriel by his first marriage with Elizabeth Eaton, would all move to west Texas, Jones and Taylor County, where they would raise their families.

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