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Reuben and Lela Rabe

Reuben Daniel RABE
 b. 8 NOV 1872, Van Zandt County TX
 m. Lela Kate WYNN, 16 OCT 1892,
 Eastland County
 d. 19 Nov 1942, Lone Grove,
 Carter County, OK
 Provence Cemetery,
 Carter County OK

Lela Kate WYNN
 b. 5 MAY 1874, Stephenville,
 Erath County TX
 m. Reuben Daniel RABE,
 16 OCT 1892, Eastland County
 d. 26 MAR 1963, Ardmore,
 Carter County OK
 Provence Cemetery,
 Carter County OK

L>R: Robert, Lela, Reuben Daniel Rabe, Lela Kate Wynn Rabe, Walton, Jack, Elmer Rabe, Old Jock circa 1910, Eastland County Texas

CHILDREN

1. Willie Loraine RABE, Jack
    b. 27 JUL 1893, Gorman, Eastland County, TX
    m. Pearl BENN
    d. 20 MAR 1972, Sulpher, Carter County OK
    Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, Carter County OK
   
   
2. Robert Jay RABE
    b. 23 Dec 1894, Desdemona, Eastland County TX
    d. 19 DEC 1918, Athens, TX
    Troy TX, died of pneumonia, in service at the time.
   
   
3. Lela Pearl RABE
    b. 14 SEP 1898, Breckenridge, Stephens County TX
    m. Julius SOSEBEE
    m. Elmo Fredrick "Shorty" PARKER, 15 Jan 1927, Surphur, Murray County OK
    m. Lonnie FORD
    d. 3 AUG 1976, Ardmore, Carter County OK
    Provence Cemetery, Ardmore, Carter County OK
   
   
4. Elmer Leander RABE
    b. 9 AUG 1900, Desdemona, Eastland County TX
    m. Georgia Dean CANTERBURY, 28 NOV 1922, Berwyn, Carter County OK
    d. 6 APR 1985, Carter County OK
    Hillcrest Cemetery, Carter County OK
   
   
5. Walton Ladell RABE, W.L.
    b. 13 JUL 1908, Desdemona, Eastland County, TX
    m. Tilmae HINSHAW, 11 APR 1931, Ardmore, Carter County OK
    d. 17 APR 1991, Ardmore, Carter County OK
    Lone Grove Cemetery, Lone Grove, Carter County OK
   
   
6. Edna Lucile RABE
    b. 16 AUG 1910
    d. 9 OCT 1922, typhoid fever
    Troy OK

1900 Eastland County Census, 20 JUN 1900
Reuben is listed in the 1900 Eastland County census living 2 doors down from his uncle, Joseph Coleman Stewart and his family.

1920 Weatherford, Parker County Census, pt 1 and pt 2
In 1920 the Reuben Rabe family is in Parker County. Lela Pearl has moved back in with them. She is divorced and has two twins, aged 2 1/2.

Georgia Dean Rabe is listed at Burials in Carter County, Oklahoma as Elmer's wife, b. 14 FEB 1901, d. 11 JAN 1962.

Kate Wynn is the younger sister of Desdemona Wynn, for whom the town of Desdemona Texas was named. Desdemona Wynn is buried in Thompson Cemetery, Laird Hill, Rusk County TX. Walton Ladell was named for Kate's brother Willie Walton Wynn, who lived in Indian Territory.

Mrs. Kate Rabe
Services are set at 2 p.m. Thursday in Bettes Chapel for Mrs. Kate Rabe, 1003 Heath St., SE, who diec Tuesday in a local hospital.

The Rev. Baron Awthey of the Blue Ribbon Baptist Church, Ringling, is to officiate. Comittal will be at Provence. Bearers are to be Paul DeHaven, Dillard Chilton, Ralph Sikes, Fred Hudson, Carl Arnold and Mike Thompson.

Born at Stephenville, Tex., May 4, 1874, Mrs. Rabe was married in 1942 to Reuben D. Rabe, who preceded her in death. She came to Carter County 42 years ago from Weaterford, Tex.

Survivors are three sons, Elmer, 1102 Bailey; Walton, Lone Grove; Jack, Sulphur; and a daughter, Mrs. L.M. Ford, 1003 Heath. Also 10 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren.

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