Simon Abeles · WashU & Slavery

Name

Simon Abeles

Description

Simon Abeles lived from 1829 to 1862. He moved to Missouri in 1844, two years after his brother, Adolph Abeles. Simon is recorded as a landowner on plat maps of the current-day Tyson Research Center in 1862 and 1870. While Simon did not marry or have children, he was part of the Austrian Taussig-Abeles family group. These two families were intertwined by frequent marriages.

Bio

Simon Abeles lived from 1829 to 1862. His father was David Abeles and his mother was Leah Bloch. He moved to Missouri in 1844, two years after his brother, Adolph Abeles. Simon is recorded as a landowner on plat maps of the current-day Tyson Research Center in 1862 and 1870.

In addition to his brother Adolph, Simon had two sisters, Anna Abeles Taussig and Mina Abeles Kohn. Simon did not marry or have children, and he lived together with his sister Anna in their later years.

Simon’s brother-in-law, James Taussig, was a judge and mentor to later Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, whose sister married into the Taussig family. Adolph also married a Taussig, Amalia Taussig Abeles. Simon’s nephews Robert Abeles and Benjamin Taussig would later co-found the Taussig-Abeles Lumber Company.

Simon Abeles was part of the Austrian Taussig-Abeles family group. These two families were intertwined by frequent marriages. Simon was one of the few family members during that time that was not part of or the result of a union that would today be considered incestuous.

There is no record of enslavement by the Abeles or Taussig families in the St. Louis Integrated Database of Enslavement.

Birth Date

1829

Death Date

1862

Sex

Male

Child of

David Abeles and Leah Bloch

Sibling of

Adolph Abeles, Anna Abeles Taussig, Mina Abeles Kohn

Dates of Tyson Land Ownership

1862

1870

Bibliographic Citation

Resources:

Abeles Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms. (2000, January 1). HouseOfNames. https://www.houseofnames.com/abeles-family-crest.

Simon Abeles. (25 June 2025). Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104214788/simon_abeles.

Hutawa, Julius. Atlas of the County of St. Louis, Missouri 1862. http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/1091176

Julius Hutawa’s 1870 Altas of St. Louis County. http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/1096073

St. Louis Integrated Database of Enslavement | Washington University in St. Louis. (n.d.). Retrieved June 17, 2024, from https://sites.wustl.edu/enslavementstl/search/.

Title

Simon Abeles