Absolum told his descendants that his step-mother, Jemima, was notgood t o him so he left home.
From Caryl Criswell: "The 1860 census showsAbsalom living in FranklinC o Mo. with a Henry Stubblefield, possibly a brother or uncle. It hasal so been passed down through Absaloms family that he served in theConfe derate Army During the Civil War. Absalom evidently returned toFrankli n Co. Mo (where he married).....To this union twelve childrenwere born . One of whom was Sally Stubblefield, she was crippled byPolio, her br others carried her where ever she wanted to go, Sallydied at age 18 in B arry Co. Mo.
Absalom and Mary moved their family from Barry Co. Mo. to BristowOkla. Creek Co. on Polecat Creek in 1907 before Okla. became a state.Absalom a nd his family were among the first to settle in Creek Co.Okla. Absalom w as a Live Stock Farmer until his death."
The cause of death was urenic poisoning from nephortitis complicatedby a n enlarged prostate.
