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Note: November 27, 1873 September 18, 1939
Charlie Steven Wilson Sr. always said that his father was the firstperson registered as having been born in Lee County. Lee County wasformed in 1874. But Charlie may have been right; maybe the one-yearold baby was registered when the new courthouse first opened in 1874.
William's death date on his tombstone is September 18, 1939. Hiswife Aunt Lide wrote September 19 in one of her notes. Ira carriesSeptember 18 on one yellow sheet, but unfortunately Ira carriesWilliam's deathdate as November 18, 1937 on a second yellow sheet. Ithink that Ira carries him as William F. on one of these sheets.
William was from a family of ten children. William drove a coal-oiltank truck, or wagon, for Gulf Oil in Giddings.
Seven persons are buried on one Giddings lot:
William Holmes Fariss
Amelia Scott Jones Fariss
William T. Wilson
Lyda Fariss Wilson
Milton S. Merchant
Mary Adelia Fariss Merchant
Infant son of Sam and Ruby Fariss
The two burials on the adjacent 8-place plot are:
Andrew Mack Fariss
Clara Koch Fariss
The body of the stillborn son of Sam and Ruby Fariss was sent toGiddings, with the intent that the infant be buried on the cemetery lotowned by his grandparents, Fate and Bert Fariss. But by a mistake ofpersons in Giddings, perhaps the preacher or the funeral home, the babywas mistakenly buried on the William Holmes Fariss lot.
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