Abel married Mary Magdeline James on 7 Dec 1892. Mary (daughter of John Thornton James and Lydia Martha Lyons) was born on 29 May 1868 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA; died on 28 Oct 1949 in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, USA; was buried in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lloyd M. Parman was born on 4 Sep 1893 in Union, Osage, Kansas, USA; died on 4 Nov 1974 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA.
2. John Thornton Parman was born on 14 Nov 1897 in Union, Osage, Kansas, USA; died on 26 Aug 1964 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA.
3. Mary Elizabeth Parman was born on 17 Dec 1901; died on 23 Dec 1971.