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Note: 1828 - 1885 Grandson of William Fariss, son of Thomas IsraelFariss, brother of William Holmes Fariss, brother-in-law of Amelia ScottJones, uncle of Ira Jones Fariss, Thomas, Theodore, Eck, Lafayette,Lyda.
He may have been born Dec. 1, 1828, according to a typewritten sheet.He was born December 9 in an old Bible Xerox. He was born February9, 1828 on a hand-written copy of Census Records.
He is on the 1850 Talladega County Census, married to Mary JaneMachen, and living with his in-laws, William and Frances Machen. HannahFrances Fariss is an infant who was born in September 1850.
Mary Jane Machen sends her regards in the 1854 letter from ThomasIsrael Fariss, but she is not mentioned in the letters of 1856, 1859,and 1860. Has there been a divorce ?
Lafayette may have visited his brother William Holmes Fariss in Texasin December 1859. On this visit, he may have dictated to Amelia ScottJones Fariss from memory all that he knew of Fariss family history, astold to him by his father Thomas Israel Fariss. Amelia Scott JonesFariss wrote it all down, we are quite sure. Amelia was a widow for 26years, and lived a great part of that time in Giddings with her daughterLyda Fariss Wilson. Lyda inherited the documents; took great interestin them; passed the documents to her son Charlie Steven Wilson; andpassed on to Charlie a strong interest in Fariss Genealogy.
In the 1860 Census, she is still living with her parents and is calledMary Farriss. Thomas Isaac Fariss 1852 and Mary Taul Fariss 1854 arewith her. Their first child Hannah Frances apparently has died.
In the 1860 Census, Lafayette Fariss is in Shelby County, just to thewest of Talladega County, living on the plantation of J. T. (William?)Bradford and serving as labor overseer. Has there been a divorce, or isthe housing provided to an Overseer just a shack, too small for afamily? In regard to the J. T. Bradford mentioned above in the 1860Census: In his letter to William Holmes Fariss dated September 30,1859, Thomas Israel Fariss writes: "I must enter 80 acres of land thatlies joining me. I am goin today to Mr. Bradford to cary the mony toenter the land." So Mr. Bradford was a business acquaintance.
Either Mary Jane Machen Fariss died between 1860 and 1869, or they gota divorce, because Lafayette married Hepesa Truss on January 19, 1869.She died November 18, 1869. In the 1870 Census he is back living withhis father. Only two teenage black servants are with them in thehousehold.
He married his third wife, Frances Ariadne Edwards, on July 4, 1876.She is the Beloved Wife and Executrix of his will in 1885.
Can't find Lafayette in the 1880 Census.
LaFayette Fariss died in 1885, and is buried at Old MardisvilleCemetery, Talladega County, Alabama. The Probate Appraisal of his Willshows 560 acres of land, 4 mules, 1 mare, 2 colts, 1 horse, 5 cowsgiving milk, 1 dry cow, 4 yearling calves, 85 pigs, 2 buggies andharness, 1 wagon, 5 pairs of plow gear, 25 plow hoes, and other farmproperty.
Photographs of his grave marker are available.
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