Edward Daniel Manion, Jr.

Edward married Mildred Frank "Mildred 1" Yount. Mildred (daughter of Miles Frank Yount and Pansy Bernardo Merritt) was born on 2 May 1920 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 29 Jan 1969 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 13 Apr 1934, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Possessions:
Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas)
Apri 13, 1934
Flashes from A.P. Wire
Beaumont - Mildred Yount, 13 year-old daughter of the late Miles Frank Yount, Beaumont oil magnate who died last November, will receive an estate of $4,900,072.76 -- that figure being behalf of the community estate of the oil man and his widow, Pansy Yount - according to an inventory filed with the county clerk here Thursday.

(the 2nd digit in the amount of estate is not clear; might be 0 or 9)

Notes:

Miles Frank Yount founded the Yount-Lee Oil Company, a Beaumont enterprise that almost single-handedly started the second Spindletop boom and became one of the biggest independent operators in the country.
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Frank Yount made his money after striking oil in Sour Lake and the surrounding area, and founded the Yount-Lee Oil Co. along with the Lee Brothers of Houston and other partners, including John Henry Phelan of Beaumont. Yount moved his oil company to Beaumont in 1923 and established his office in the San Jacinto Building. In 1925, he struck oil at Spindletop Field. The oil company became one of the most prosperous of its time.

Two years after Frank Yount?s death in 1933, at age 53, the company was sold for the third-largest cash transaction that had taken place in the U.S. to date.

After Frank Yount?s death, Pansy continued her husband?s dream of raising saddlebred horses in Lexington, Ky. There, she created Spindletop Farms, which produced some of the finest saddlebred horses in the world. The stables and its Spindletop Hall are now part of the University of Kentucky.

http://www.lamar.edu/news-and-events/cardinal-cadence/2005-issues/no-longer-lost.html
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Built the historic Mildred Building in Beaumont:

http://www.uncoveredtexas.com/texas-historical-markers-detail.php?city=Beaumont&county=Jefferson&type=&an=5245011946&page=2¶m1=valu1¶m2=valu2

Constructed in 1929-1930 for $700,000, this complex was built by Miles Frank Yount and named for his daughter. Yount was a founder and partner in the Yount-Lee Oil Company, which made its fortune in the second Spindletop Oil Boom in 1925. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, the complex includes an apartment building, commercial-retail building, and garage. The core of the complex is the three-story apartment building, featuring terra cotta glazed brick, projecting bays, hipped-roof porches, parapet walls, and a red tile roof. It is a fine example of the Mediterranean revival style in Texas. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1999

1415; 1425-95 Calder Avenue Beaumont, Texas

Jefferson County

Year Erected: 1999

Marker Type: Medallion & Plate

Miles married Pansy Bernardo Merritt about 1900 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Pansy (daughter of Hosea Holly Merritt and Sarah Frances (Sarah Belle) Sherman) was born on 21 Feb 1887 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 14 Oct 1962 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The estate auction of Mildred Jr.?s grandmother Pansy was a spectacle that drew some 25,000 Houstonians to Rice University in 1962. It was Pansy?s daughter, Mildred 1, who at 14 was in 1935 was described by The Beaumont Enterprise as a successor to Doris Duke for the honor of ?the richest girl in the world.?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/us/sometimes-the-things-are-not-all-aubusson.html?_r=0

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1950, Liberty Co, Texas

Notes:

son of Daniel Merritt and Cynthia Cotton

Census:
Daniel Merritt 45 South Carolina
Cynthia A Merritt 44 Georgia
Wesley Merritt 18 Florida
Clarina Merritt 15 Florida
Joseph W Merritt 14 Alabama
Daniel W Merritt 11 Alabama
Hosea H Merritt 8 Alabama
Cynthia C Merritt 6 Alabama

Hosea married Sarah Frances (Sarah Belle) Sherman about 1868 in Chambers Co, or Jefferson Co, Texas. Sarah (daughter of John T. Sherman and Rachel Summers) was born in 1851 in St. Louis, St. Louis Co, Missouri; died on 13 Dec 1887 in Beaumont Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas
• Census: 28 Jun 1880, Jefferson Co (Precinct 5), Texas

Notes:

Census:
Hosea Merritt 28
Sarah Merritt 19
Belle Merritt 1

(living next door to his brother Dane (Daniel) Merritt and family)


Census:
Merritt Hosey H. 38 1842 Self Alabama South Carolina Georgia
Merritt Sarah F. 29 1851 Wife Missouri New York Kentucky
Merritt Hattie Bell 11 1869 Daughter Texas Alabama Missouri
Merritt Ralpheal S. 8 1872 Son Texas Alabama Missouri
Merritt Emmit 6 1874 Son Texas Alabama Missouri
Merritt Byron 4 1876 Son Texas Alabama Missouri
Merritt Floy A. Female 2 1878 Daughter Texas Alabama Missouri