Charles Farris (Faires)

Notes:

Buried:
Inscription:
PARENTS James Hanks & Emily (Seagler) Farris

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Anderson Co, Texas

Notes:

From the Genealogy of The Hanks and Allied Families by Gladys Hanks Johnson: pg 39
After the death of his mother James was placed in the care of Elizabeth Hanks Caldwell (Kizzie).



Census:
1870 Anderson Co, Texas
residence 340
Wolverton John 35 1835
Alberna 30 1840
Benj G. 8 1862
Mattie A. 5 1865
Callie B. 8/12

residence 347
I.M. (or J.M.) Butts 42 1838 TN
Marthy A. 35 1832 TN
Sarah A. 18 1852
Lucy E. 16 1854
Newton I. 14 1856
Cynthiha 12 1858
Radford W. 10 1860
James L. 3 1867
Harry L. 6/12 1870

residence 348
Thos Woolston 26 1844 Tennessee (Woolverton)
Matilda 18 1852
Thos 25 1845
Daniel 17 1853
Ross Stephen 16 black

residence 350
Butts J. R. 51 1819
Sarah J. 26 1844
Idella I. 15 1855
Mattie R 8 1862
Lizzie T. 6 1864
Gertrude B. 1 1869

residence 352
Faris Jas H. 34 1836
Emily 23 1847
Elizabeth 8 1862
Annie 2 1868


Buried:
Name: James H Faires
Death Date: 25 Dec 1881
Cemetery: Tennessee Colony
Cemetery Location: Tennessee Ridge, Texas


headstone application for Military Veteran
Name: James H Faires
Birth Date: 27 Sep 1835
Death Date: 25 Dec 1881
Cemetery: Tennessee Colony
Cemetery Location: Tenn Colony, Texas

James H. Faires
private company D. 13th Texas Cavalry Dec 25 1881
date of death Sep 27 1835
cemetery: Tennessee Colony, City: Tenn. Colony, Texas

to be shipped to Mrs. D.M. Barrett
228 E. Angelina St., Palestine, Texas
address of consignee: 228 E. Angelina St. Palestine, Texas
for unmarked grave of Confederate Soldier
signed Mrs. D.M. Barrett, Applicant
Dec 10, 1930

(Mrs. D.M. Barrett is his daughter)

Inscription:
SPOUSE E. Tucker/Emily Seagler PARENTS James & Syntha (Hanks) Farris

James married Emily Frances Seagler about 1865. Emily (daughter of George Seagler and Anna Jane Holley, (sis to Emeline?)) was born on 8 May 1847 in Alabama; died on 12 Dec 1918 in Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas; was buried in Tennessee Colony Cem, Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1910, Anderson Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Name: Enniaer Farris
[Eminer Farris]
Age in 1910: 61
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1910: Justice Precinct 5, Anderson, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina

James H Farris 29
Vera Farris 21
May M Farris 1
Enniaer Farris 61



Buried:
Inscription:
SPOUSE James Hanks Farris PARENTS George & Anna Jane (Holley) Seagler

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Anderson Co, Texas
• Possessions: Limestone Co, Texas; 800 acres
• Possessions: Smith Co, Texas; owned land
• Possessions: 1836, Robertson Co, Texas; Land Grant
• Military: 1836, San Jacinto, Texas
• Residence: Between 1840 and 1850, Angelina Co, Texas
• Research Notes: 12 Jul 2012
• Research Notes: 4 Feb 2014

Notes:

From letter: "Your father and my grandfather both fought for the Republic of Texas and through the Mexican War. Was in the Battle of San Jacinto and a great many others both the Mexicans and Indians and when Mexico wanted to take back a partf the territory from the Rio Grande to Gaudelupe. General Zachery Taylor got a regiment and fought them clear back into Mexico. But he told his men when they were ready to cross the Rio Grande all that had families could go back, so grandfather returned You and your daughters can all go in the Daughters of the Republic, also the U.D.C. if you are not already members. I am a member of both. Went in on your father's record in U.D.C. and my grandfather's D.R.T."
__________________
http://www.sanjacintodrt.org/ancestors.htm

John A. Erwin

William Etzel

Samuel G. Evetts

William Alex Faires

James Faires, Sr. <<<<<

Oscar Farish

_______________________
Daughters of Republic of Texas, Vol 1
by Turner Publishing Company
pg 93:
JAMES FAIRES was born Apr 5 1811 in North Carolina. On Nov. 9, 1834, in Shelby County, TN, he married Syntha Payne Hanks, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Hanks and wife, Sarah Hill Hanks. Syntha died after giving birth to their only child, James Hanks Faires, on Sept 27, 1835, in Tennessee. Several months later, James, his infant son, his in-laws and numerous other members of the Hanks family came to the Republic of Texas in a wagon train. James received a First Class Land Grant (Certificate No. 141) in Robertson County.
James Faires later married Susannah Shelton by whom he had several children. Although it is family tradition that James fought in the war for Texas independence, no documentation has been found. A Bounty Warrant for 800 acres in Limestone County was awarded to a James Faires and it is believed to be the same person. He also owned land in Smith County, but the only proof of his residence is in Angelina County in the late 1840s and early 1850s. He died before February 1879 in Texas. Information on James Faires has been difficult to find. His present day descendants spell their name Farris.
Bonnie Woolverton (GGGGD) 12352

(note: Woolvertons married into the Hank family. Synthia's sister Anne married a Woolverton - and a couple of aunts married Woolvertons, as well.)

http://books.google.com/books?id=9xhKe6Zc__EC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=james+faires+sr.&source=bl&ots=F-EJz7RFur&sig=5Q1jzkmDFVsmcbe6gB_pfUyqPdg&hl=en&ei=ZWFRTZq0IYWclgfhzsyPCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=james%20faires%20sr.&f=false


Death:
online trees say he died in Anderson county, no death date and no sources.


Possessions:
Bounty Warrant for 800 acres in Limestone County awarded to James Faires and it is believed to be the same person.

Possessions:
several months after wife died/son born in Sept. 1835 came to Republic of Texas, received First Class Land Grant (Certificate No. 141) in Robertson County.

Military:
"Both grandfathers (of Dr. barrett), John Henry Barrett and James Hanks Faires, were Confederate soldiers. They served in Anderson County companies. James Hanks Faires' father, James Faires, native of Ireland, was one of the immortals who served under Burleson against Cos and his Mexican horde at San Antonio, then with Houston when the final blow to Mexico was dealt at San Jacinto; as a crowning gesture of patriotism, he helped Rusk on June 3, 1836, when the bones of Fannin's heroes were gathered up and interred."

History of Anderson County
about Dr. John H. Barrett, pg 293

http://search.ancestry.com/browse/bookview.aspx?dbid=27876&iid=dvm_LocHist011909-00159-1&rc=1625,548,1890,617;185,1142,468,1218;1905,1478,2160,1542;1320,2063,1565,2126;163,2228,380,2289;733,2228,987,2291;1910,2313,2157,2378;424,2393,684,2459;1011,2395,1265,2463;1291,2395,1532,2463&pid=309&ssrc=&fn=james&ln=faires&st=g

Research Notes:
Unable to find verify the spelling of his name or find him. Speculation is that he could be P.J. Fairas. Another thought his name was John James Farrir. Spelling vary from Farrir, Fairas, Faires, Ferris, Farris. But from the phonetic attempts at his name, it looks quite similar to the spelling of her mother's 2nd marriage, James Faires, Sr. So, probably not too bold to assume he is from that family.

Records on James Faires are quite sketchy, other than reference to him in the Daughters of The Texas Revolution records. His first wife Synthia Hanks had a middle name of Payne, which is the maiden name of Susannah Shelton's mother, another dead-end. But tracing Synthia's parents in hopes of finding a Payne connection - none were found.

Chronology:
1834 James Faires Sr. m Synthia Payne Hanks in Shelby Co TN
abt 1834 Susannah Shelton m William Kirk
1835 Synthia Payne Hanks died
1836 Susannah Shelton Kirk became a widow.
1838 James Faires Sr. m Susannah Shelton
bet 1850 and 1855 Mary Sophronia Kirk, dau of Susannah Shelton m a Faires

There's obviously a very close knit family group of Paynes, Sheltons and Faires but -- where?

Indications that Susannah died in Johnson County, Texas; however census from 1870 and 1880 for J.T. Faries/Ferris are apparently Jessie Thomas. Susannah was born in Alabama and there is no indication the Sheltons were in Alabama. Don't think this is our family.

ss

Research Notes:
1850 census Fayette Co, Texas
Wm Farris 44 SC farmer 11,000
Ada Farris 40 KY
William Farris 13 TX
Richard Farris 9 TX
John Farris 7 TX
James Farris 5 TX
Charles Farris 3 TX
Wm Clanton 50 VA
David Clanton 14 TN


1860 census Fayette Co, Texas, P.O. Oso
Relative?
residence 1479
William Faires 54 1806 TN
Ada Faires (McClure) 49 KY 1811
William Faires 23 1837 Texas (Wm Alexander Jr. - m Sarah Ramsey 24 Jan 1866 Fayette Co - son Edward Lee Faires 1872-1953)
Richard Faires 20 1840 Texas
John W Faires 17 1843 Texas (b Fayette Co --John Wesley d 1904 - m Hannah Jane Moore
James Faires 15 1845 Texas
Charles Faires 13 1847 Texas
Ada Faires A. 9 1851 Texas (Fayette Co); d 1868 Fayette Co)
S L Bainey 20 1840 female Georgia


1870 census Fayette Co, Texas
Between Buckners Creek and Colorado River,
Fayette, Texas; P.O. LaGrange

residence 91
Wm A Faires 64
Ada Faires 58
Wm A Faires 34
James Faires 24
Sarah Faires 21 (prob wife of James)
Carrie Faires 4
Jennie O Faires 9/12
William Moore 21 field hand N.C. 1849 (prob bro to Hannah Jane Moore Faires, w/o John Wesley)

residence 92
Henry Faires 23 Texas 1847 (is this Charles b 1847?)
Sarah 21 Texas
Warren 1/12 Texas

Wm Alexander Faires
5 Dec 1806 - 22 Mar 1885
b Old Plum Grove Cem, West Point, Fayette Co, TX
Ada McClure 1 Feb 1810 - 19 May 1874
b Old Plub Grove Cem

John Wesley Faires (son)
28 Apr 1843 West Point, Fayette Co; d 28 Mar 1904, Flatonia, Fayette Co, TX
bur Oak Hill Cem, Flatonia, Lafayette Co.
m
Hannah Jane Moore
daughter Emily Ann Faires Carter




Died:
bef Feb 1879

Daughters of The Republic of Texas
Faires, James b. 04-05-1811 at Raleigh, NC - d. 12-00-1878 at Flatonia, TX

James married Synthia Payne Hanks on 09 Nov 1834 in Shelby Co, Tennessee. Synthia (daughter of Rev Thomas Reuben Hanks and Sarah Joyce "Sally" Hill, (daughter?)) was born on 15 Mar 1813 in Williamson, Tennessee; died about 27 Sep 1835 in Shelby Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 28 Sep 1835, Springfield, Robertson Co, Tennessee

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, Perry Co, Alabama

George married Anna Jane Holley, (sis to Emeline?) on 16 May 1838 in Perry Co, Alabama. Anna (daughter of Holley) was born in 1821 in Alabama; died after 1880 in of, Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Name: George Seagler
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ann J Holly
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 16 May 1838
Marriage Place: Perry
OSPage: 1030

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 1855, Lauderdale Co, Alabama

Notes:

Will:
The following found at website:
http://www.celestialfamily.org/Genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I23360&tree=McClure-Harris

"Father of William Alexander Faires, b 05 Dec 1806 S Carolina
d 22 Mar 1885 Fayette Co., Texas IS RICHARD FAIRES and ELIZABETH. Per the will of Richard, probated 1855, Lauderdale Co., Alabama, Inventory Record B 1853-57, page 131-132 "W.A. Faires of Fayette Co., Texas" is listed as a son and heir.

Marti Randall
martivr@aol.com"






Buried:
Headstone reads:
Rev Richard Faires
Born in S.C.
Jan 9 A.D. 1773
immigrated to Ala.
A.D. 1819
Died
(something) Christian faith

Richard married Elizabeth Day in 1796 in York Co, South Carolina. Elizabeth was born on 15 May 1776 in York Co, South Carolina; died on 12 Dec 1841 in Lauderdale Co, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1836, Angelina Co, Texas
• Residence: 1836, Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee; left
• Census: 1850, Anderson Co, Texas

Notes:

son of Moses Hanks (1746-1831) and Agatha
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth37952/m1/21/ Dodson

Thomas Hanks married Sarah Hill in Kentucky and several other siblings also married between the Hill and Hanks families. A group of them moved down to Maury County, Tennessee about 1805.

Thomas Hanks was a primitive Baptist preacher, apparently well known throughout Tennessee and Texas. He is credited with the first conversion west of the Brazos River and entered Texas to live in 1835, leading a wagon train of friends and relatives. A colorful character, he performed a number of baptisms and marriages in the new Republic of Texas.

----
A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas
pg 293 (Dr. John H. Barrett bio)
"On the maternal side, Dr. Barrett boasts direct descent from the celebrated pioneer Primative Baptist Preacher, Thomas Hanks. Few names are more prominent in the early development of Anderson County than Thomas Hanks. He came to Texas in 1836."

-----
THOMAS HANKS
Much has been said in different sketches regarding
the ox-wagon trip of pioneers from old states
to Texas. This extract from Mrs. Barrett's D.R.T.
papers may be found interesting:
"When Thomas Hanks came to Texas from
Nashville, Tennessee, in the spring of 1836, there
were twenty or thirty ox-wagons loaded with
families and all they possessed. They were three
months on the way. Had many hardships, broken
wagons, etc. They had to stop in Louisiana to
rest teams and get provisions. They crossed the
Mississippi River on a flat boat, one at a time, but
had to swim the Red River and the San Augustine
River, but landed all right. Their closest doctor was
at Nacogdoches, about forty miles distant, but they
made most of their medicine from roots and herbs."
To understand something of the hardships our
forefathers endured, one has but to consider a part
of the routine of living in a typical pioneer home.
In the first place, to prepare or to even procure the
food put upon the table required patient, persistent
toil. To make bread it was necessary to rub corn
between pieces of steel, or rocks, if one had corn if
not roots or bark must be found as a substitute.
To get meat one must kill a deer, a turkey, a bear,
or other wild game (which fortunately were all
plentiful), a'tld for sweets, tedious search must be
made for a "bee tree" for honey.
To raise crops clumsy wooded home-made plows
drawn by oxen, broke the ground, while the hoes
were also of wood. The clothes worn were made
of cotton grown on the farm, picked, spun into
thread, woven into cloth and cut and made by hand
at home. Goards were grown for many purposes, milk
pails, water buckets, and even for buttons to
fasten clothing.
Coffee was frequently made from parched
wheat, sweet potatoes and other things. Fortunately,
milk was generally plentiful. The first rude houses .
were constructed of logs, with dirt or puncheon
floors. The cracks between the logs were oftentimes
wide. One of Thomas Hanks' daughters,
Kizzie Hanks Colwell, would frequently find an
Indian in the early morning reaching his hand
through these cracks to play with her babies. An
experience of this same "Grandmother Cohvell" will
illustrate some of the more terrifying hardships
of the times. On one seven mile horseback ride to
her father's home, she saw nine bears by the roadside,
and one panther in a tree. The big cat sprang at
her, but her horse squatted and squealed, and the
panther went over her. She said the horse seemed
to go on wings the rest of that journey.
Another of her experiences was perhaps even
more hair raising. She was washing at the spring
when a notoriously bad Indian came and, picking
up her sleeping babe by the heel and motioning towards
a great oak near by said. "This how I kill
on war path. Bust brains out". The anguished
mother smiled. The braggart dropped the child and
went on his way.
Thomas Hanks remained a few years in Angelina
County, then came to Anderson where he remained,
preaching the gospel till death ended his
labors in 1857. His remains rest in old Antioch
Cemetery. Thomas Hanks was a picturesque character.
During the days of the Texas Republic he
married many couples. After Texas became a state,
be went to Nacogdoches, procured a license, then
proceeded to hunt up all his couples and marry
them again. Many laughable incidents occurred.
One "bride" was in the cow pen when the preacher
appeared with the astounding tidings that she must
go through another ceremony if she would be a
lawful wife. She washed her hands obediently.
but permitted one doubtful murmur to escape. "All
right, Daddy Hanks but I have a good notion not
to have Mr. Gilliland this time. I know too much
about him now."

Taken from; A Centennial History of Anderson County Texas
By; Pauline Buck Hohes
1936

Burial:
Antioch Cemetery
Montalba
Anderson County
Texas, USA

Created by: Petty & Pickens
Record added: Jun 30, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 72271934


From: RobertUle@aol.com Subject: [HANKS] Rev. Thomas Hanks 1786-1858; Tennessee to Texas Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:19:53 -0400 (EDT)I'm a descendent of the Rev. Thomas Hanks, a circuit-riding Primitive Baptist preacher, 1786-1858; son of Moses and Aggatha Dodson Hanks and brother to the infamous Elijah Hanks.My first novella, The Dogtrot Christmas, was published by Barbour in September as part of A Log Cabin Christmas Collection (which was on the Oct 2, 2011 New York Times best sellers list). It's based on family history from Rev. Hanks' family's move to Texas in 1835.We will be celebrating the publication of my book in two weeks and I would like to share stories about the real Rev. Thomas Hanks--who appears in my story in a cameo role preaching at an arbor camp meeting. I have a couple stories, but wondered if any of you might have some tales I could share AND better yet, any photos?I know a photo exists of his brother, Tennessee pastor Elijah Hanks, but is there one of Rev. Thomas Hanks? I've got one of his son, my great-great-great-grandfather James Steele Hanks, but not one of the canny preacher.Any help, insight or fun stories would be appreciated and if you are related to my branch of the family, you might want to contact me for information I have about the Hanks and Dodson families from my 2001 self-published book Pioneer Stock.Thanks!Michelle UleSanta Rosa, CA

Census:
1850 Anderson Co, Texas

residence 124
Joshua B Hanks 31 1819 TN
Arabel Hanks 21 TN
Joseph L Hanks 2 Anderson Co, TX
Thomas Hanks 64 VA
Charles Golahure 6 Arkansas (Charles Gallaher/Gollihar)
Nathan A Wellett 23 1827 TN

residence 125
George Hanks 77 VA 1773
Angeline Hanks 38 KY 1812
John Sutton 17 Iowa
Amos Sutton 13 Iowa
Mary J. Sutton 10 Iowa
Thomas Sutton 9 Mississippi
George Sutton 5 Mississippi
Martha Sutton 4 Texas
Elijah Hanks 2 Anderson Co, Texas
Sarah Hanks 52 Kentucky 1798

Thomas married Sarah Joyce "Sally" Hill, (daughter?) in Sep 1804 in Pulaski Co, Kentucky. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Hill and Mary Hamlin) was born on 2 Mar 1784 in Pittsylvania Co, Virginia; died on 30 Jan 1847 in Anderson Co, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cem, Montalba, Anderson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

daughter of Thomas Hill.