Abeles was part of the Austrian Taussig-Abeles family group. These two families were intertwined by frequent marriages. Simon Abeles 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 Taussig or Abeles families.

Simon abeles

Living from 1829 to 1862, Abeles’ father was David Abeles, and his mother was Leah Bloch. In addition to brother Adolph Abeles, Simon had two sisters, Anna Abeles Taussig, and Mina Abeles Kohn. Simon and Anna lived together in their later years. Abeles’ 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 Abeles’ nephews, Robert Abeles and Benjamin Taussig would later cofound the Taussig-Abeles Lumber Company. Simon Abeles himself did not have a wife or children. 

He moved to Missouri in 1844, two years after his brother, Adolph. He is recorded as a landowner on maps of the current-day Tyson Research Center from 1862 to 1870.