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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Peery Jones Fariss: Birth: 01 OCT 1891 in Burnet County, Texas. Retired Carter Oil.. Death: 28 APR 1980 in San Angelo, Tom Green CO, TX. 442-03-7768

  2. Mary Jennie Fariss: Birth: 28 JUL 1893 in Burnet, Texas. Elsewhere called. Death: 26 JUL 1955 in San Angelo, Texas. Jennie Mary.

  3. Mary Magdalene "Mackie" Fariss: Birth: 28 AUG 1895 in Burnet, Texas.. Death: 23 DEC 1964 in Car accident near Rotan, Texas.

  4. Fannie Rose Fariss: Birth: 28 FEB 1898 in Trail Flats, Dewey County, Oklahoma. Death: FEB 1991 in Hennessey, Okla. Buried in Hewitt.

  5. Alice Letha Fariss: Birth: 05 APR 1900 in Born at Trail Flat. Lived in Wilson, Okla.. Death: JUL 1993 in died in Wilson, Okla. nursing home.

  6. Hollie Davis Fariss: Birth: 27 MAR 1902 in Sonora, Texas. or else March 28, 1902.. Death: 03 AUG 1928 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. or else Aug. 8, 1928.

  7. Person Not Viewable

  8. William Burton Happy Fariss: Birth: 25 FEB 1910 in San Angelo, Texas.. Death: 02 MAY 1978 in San Antonio, Bexar CO, TX. 455-03-1095


Notes
a. Note:   July 29, 1865 - October 7, 1946
  Birthdate is July 1868 in the 1900 Dewey County Census.
 Bob and Robetha have birthdate July 29, 1865.
 Ira's yellow pad has birthdate September 29, 1865.
  Eck and Dora's grand-daughter Verna Fariss Todd said on May 16, 1992that Dora had ancestry in the Netherlands, according to family legend.Verna, Thelma, and Georgie Elsie say that by legend Dora is arelative of Robert E. Lee. Dora was born in Virginia, and there areknown McGuires in Virginia. Robert E. Lee had no ancestors in theNetherlands.
  Three of her daughters (including Alice) had dark hair and eyes;three had blonde hair and blue eyes. The girls sang in church, and wereinvited to sing in other churches. Hollie had very fair skin andplatinum blonde hair.
  Family legend (WPSY 11-26-1993) says that she was very biased againstNegroes, much more than the average Southerner, and wouldn't even letNegro women hold her babies, which, if true, was most unusual for thatperiod in history. Amelia Jones Fariss was known to be very kind tothe Negroes, providing medical help to them in Giddings from her strawvalise.
  Family legend says also that Dora didn't get along with hermother-in-law at all.
  Family legend says that Dora didn't like the water in Trail, DeweyCounty one little bit. It is strong gyp water and does take somegetting used to. She apparently was glad to move from there to whateverwas the place that they next lived.
  Eldora told her granddaughter WPSY that she had taught "expression"when she was young. All of her daughters loved poetry.

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