James Quentin Ables (1918 - 2001)

Born 1 Nov 1918 in Sikeston, Scott, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Alehandrina Benitez — married 29 Jun 1940 in District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

James was born in 1918. He was the son of Morgan Ables and Hazel Gaddis. He passed away in 2001. In his daughters memoir referenced below: "Although born in Washington, D.C., I grew up in Latin America. My father, James Quentin Ables, a Missouri farm-boy, had, after his military service, moved to the capital to work as a senate page. In Washington, he had fallen in love with Martha Benitez, a Puerto Rican beauty. My mother opened my father's eyes to the foreign and exotic. So it was't any surprise that, after their wedding, Daddy signed up with the Foreign Service." "I was just over a year old when our small family moved to Mexico City, where Daddy served as Vice-Counsul, Military and Agricultural Attache at the American Embassy."

Sources

• Bag Lady, a memoir Written by Sandra Benitez the daughter of James Quentin Ables.

Bag Lady: A Memoir ISBN-13: 9780977484805 ISBN-10: 0977484807 Author: Sandra Benitez Edition: 1st Publisher: Benitez Books Published: 2006

• 1920 US Census Harvey township Smith County Kansas dwelling 45
• 1930 US Census Twin Falls Idaho dwelling 33--with other and Stepfather Orion Mills.
• Washington D.C. Marriage Records
• US SS Death Index