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Finas Addison Black

Male 1857 - 1939  (82 years)

 

Black-Williams - Finas Addison Black and Nannie Matilda Williams - Brief bio



Finas Addison Black was the eleventh of twelve children born to Joseph Buse Black of South Carolina and Nancy Poole of Alabama. He grew up and worked on his father's farm in Winston County, Mississippi. He married Nannie Matilda Williams in McCool, Mississippi, when he was 28. They had eleven children; two were born in Mississippi, the rest in Cameron, Milam County, Texas.(1)

Finas and Nannie moved to Texas between the 1891 birth of their daughters Mamie in Kosciusko and Myrtle in 1893 in Cameron.(2) Between 1910 and 1920 Finas and Nannie and five of their children moved to Corpus Christi, Texas.(3) He and Nannie and five of the children moved to Houston in 1924.(4) He was a cotton farmer, saloon keeper, agent for a brewery and independent cotton broker.(5) Four of his daughters were teachers: Mamie, Alma, Myrtle, and Betty.(6) His daughter, Nan, was the Society Editor at the Corpus Christi Caller Times.(7)

Nannie Matilda Williams was the youngest of four siblings.(8) She married Finas Black at age 19.(9) She was 105 when she died at home.(10) Her daughter, Alma, lived with her and was her caretaker.(11)


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(10) Death certificate [need details]. Personal knowledge of TX000125.
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TX000125's 1C5R, John Wyatt Moody, 1776-1839, moved to Houston, Texas, in 1835 from Alabama. He was elected Auditor of Public Accounts of Harris County in December 1835. On 9 Jan 1836, Moody was made Auditor and the Legion of Cavalry (Sam Houston's army) appointments were made. He also was made secretary pro tem of the General Council. He was auditor when The Republic was formed 2 March 1836. He was also State Treasurer. 
Source: Personal history in possession of Linda M. Donnell Nauert Wageck, includes bibliography.
Source: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/lunenburg/bios/jwmoody.txt
Source: http://www.texashistorypage.com/John-Wyatt-Moody.html

John Wyatt Moody's son, William Cresfield Moody, 1819-1906, TX000125's 2C4R, joined the Texian Army at age 17 under Gen. Sam Houston after the fall of the Alamo. He was given a Spanish land grant of 4,400 acres after the war for his service. He converted to Mormonism and left for Utah with his wife and children in 1853.
Source: Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory, database, Ancestry.com. 

TX000125's 2C5R was William Burney, part of Stephen F. Austin's Old 300 Colonists per The Burneys of North Carolina, by Pauline Brightman. He travelled with the Francis Holland family.

TX000125's 1C3R was Texas Ranger William R. Black 1833-1881. Commanding officer was Capt. Stephen C. Ferrell. He enlisted 7 September 1861 at Houston, Harris County, Texas as a private; native of Mississippi; resident of Houston, Harris County, Texas. He was also President of Houston Telegram Publishing Co.

TX000125's 5C2R was Frances Agustus Hamer, Texas Ranger, who led the 1934 posse that tracked down and killed Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hamer

TX000125's 5C2R was Cecile Edward Burney, 1914-1989, adviser and associate of President Lyndon Baines Johnson as confirmed by the LBJ Presidential Library. 

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