Mary Adelle Small

Mary married William Albert Bell, Jr. about 1935. William (son of William Albert Bell, Sr. and Lucy Jennie Stevens) was born on 18 Jan 1907 in Cuero, Dewitt Co, Texas; died on 23 Jun 1943 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas; was buried on 23 Jun 1943 in Hillside Cem, Cuero, Dewitt Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ann Bell
2. Peggy Faye Bell
3. William Albert Bell, III was born on 26 Nov 1940 in Victoria Co, Texas; died on 8 Dec 1994 in Louisville, Jefferson Co, Kentucky; was buried in Hillside Cem, Cuero, Dewitt Co, Texas.
4. Charles Small Bell

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 05 Jan 1917, Dewitt Co, Texas; WWI draft registration card

Notes:

Military:
Charles Caswell Small age 28
residence (Menhoff?) Texas
Aug 22, 1888
natural born
born in Luling Texas
auto salesman
has wife and 3 children
tall, medium build, light brown hair
5 Jan 1917

Charles married Willie Annie Houston in 1908 in Texas. Willie (daughter of Robert A. Houston and Sally J. Broadus) was born on 22 Dec 1889 in Texas; died on 23 Dec 1960 in Taft, San Patricio Co, Texas; was buried on 24 Dec 1960 in Taft Memorial Cem, Taft, San Patricio Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 25 Jun 1900, Gonzales, Gonzales Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Houston, S.J. head Nov 1854 45 wid TX KY KY
Houston, J. Dunn Jr. son Dec 1878 21 TX MS TX
Houston, Robert A son Oct 1883 16 TX MS TX
Willie Annie dau Dec 1889 10 TX MS TX
note: block for marital status shows Sally (S.J.) Wd, faded ink, then a darker "S" written on top of it.

several discrepancies here - but names and dates for occupants match up; so it's obviously the same family, but the discrepancies are curious.
note: block for number children born says 3 and 3 living, again, faded in, and in darker ink says 8 births, 1 living. She has 3 living in the census. So...
note: 1880 census Sally states her parents were born in Texas. This census she says Kentucky.
note: J. Dunn "Jr." - father's name was Robert A. and Robert A is listed right below J. Dunn's name - looks like they just wrote "Jr" by the wrong name.
note: J. Dunn b.d. is same as in other records, but in other census records states parents born in Texas. Here he states his father born in MS. 1880 census Robert states he was born in Texas.
note: James Dunn is also shown in 1900 census in San Antonio on June 4, just a few days prior to this census, June 25. He was listed as a lodger with a family who lived next door to Addie. Must have gone back to his mother's in the interim and got counted twice.

Died:
D.C. Willie Annie Small; age 71, married, residence, 215 Victoria Street, Taft, San Particio, Texas; father, R.A. Houston; mother Sally J. Broadus;
died of cerebral hemorrhage
informant, C.C. Small

Notes:

Died:
D.C. Henry. H. Small, Sr., age 82, resident of San Antonio, 40 years, address 262 Army Blvd, San Antonio;
born in New York City, father Henry Small, b New York City, mother Katherine Greby, New York City;
died of senility and exhaustion.
informant, Henry Small, Jr. ; 133 West Craig Place

Henry married Helen Beaumont on 06 Jun 1878 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Helen (daughter of John Adams Beaumont and Fredericka Gentz, (immigrant)) was born on 11 Aug 1855 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 02 Apr 1930 in San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; was buried on 03 Apr 1930 in I.O.O.F. Cem, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 13 Jul 1860, Grigsby Bluff, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 1880, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Residence: Abt 1890, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; moved to
• Census: 04 Jun 1900, San Antonio (Ward 5), Bexar Co, Texas
• Census: 23 Apr 1910, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas
• Census: 02 Jan 1920, San Antonio (Ward 6), Bexar Co, Texas
• Residence: Between 1920-1930, 262 Army Blvd, San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas; D.C.

Notes:

Census:
Residence 392
Behlke Frederick 64 1796 Germany
Behlke Menah 36 1824 Germany
Behlke Henry 14 1846 Germany
Behlke Menah 10 1850 Germany

Residence 393
Gantz Christian 66 1794 Germany
Gantz Charlotte 62 1798 Germany
Gantz William 22 1838 Germany
Gantz Charles 20 1840 Germany
Gantz Ferdinand 16 1844 Germany

Residence 394
Beaumont John 53 1807 Pennsylvania
Frederica 26 1834 Germany
Josephine 17 1843 Texas

Residence 394
Beaumont Jacob 23 1837 Pennsylvania
Beaumont Luiza 6 1854 Texas
Beaumont Hellen 4 1856 Texas
Beaumont James A 3 1857 Texas
Beaumont John C 1 1859 Texas

Census:
Henry Small, 33 NY forman on R.R. gang ___ ___
Hellen Small 24 TX PA Europe
Addie Small dau 1 TX NY TX
Jas Beaumont other 22 TX single carpenter PA Europe
John Beaumont other 20 TX single works on RR PA Europe
Loo Beaumont other 26 TX single PA Europe

(Jas, John and Loo are Hellen's siblings. Their mother died in '79, unk when their father died.)

Census:
Henry - Aug 1845 54 yrs old, married 22 yrs, working in bridge construction born NY, parents born NY
Helen 44 wife Aug 1855 7 children, 7 living, married in 1878, born in Texas, parents born in Texas
Addie 21 dau Mar 1879
Harry 19 Mar 1881
Katie 16 Jul 1883
Mary 14 Dec 1885
Charley 11 Aug 1888
Nellie 9 Sep 1890
Fay 6 dau Sep 1893
Julia Green Feb 1881, age 19, black single cook b Louisiana parents Louisiana
Mason, George, driver black Aug 1878 age 21 b TX parents b MS

Census:
Small, Henry age 64 (1st marriage) age married 30 yrs, born in NY, parents born in NY, occupation, Supt, bridge bldg, railroad, works for wages
Helen age 55 (2nd marriage) age married 30 yrs, 7 births, 7 living born in Texas; father b in Pennsylvania; mother born in Holland, speaks Dutch.
Henry Jr. son 29 occupation, clerk railroad
Katharine dau 26
Mary L 24
Nellie dau 19
Fay dau 17
Julius Williams 19 laborer, black, single, born LA, parents born LA, occupation, private farm, works for wages.

Census:
Army Boulevard
Small, Henry head age 74 born NY, father b Baden, speaks German; mother b NY, no occupation
Small, Helen, wife age 64 b Texas, father b PA, mother b United States
Small, Mary L dau age 33 single no occupation

Died:
D.C. Mrs. Helen Small, age 74, widow, resident of San Antonio 40 years, address 262 Army Blvd, San Antonio; born in Beaumont, father John Beaumont; mother Frederick Goentz, Texas
died at home from urema
informant, Mrs. J.D. Houston, Cuero, Texas

Robert married Sally J. Broadus about 1870 in of, Gonzales Co, Texas. Sally was born in 1856 in Texas; died after 1900 in of, Gonzales, Gonzales Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 25 Jun 1900, Gonzales, Gonzales Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Houston, S.J. head Nov 1854 45 wid TX KY KY
Houston, J. Dunn Jr. son Dec 1878 21 TX MS TX
Houston, Robert A son Oct 1883 16 TX MS TX
Willie Annie dau Dec 1889 10 TX MS TX
note: block for marital status shows Sally (S.J.) Wd, faded ink, then a darker "S" written on top of it.

several discrepancies here - but names and dates for occupants match up; so it's obviously the same family, but the discrepancies are curious.
note: block for number children born says 3 and 3 living, again, faded in, and in darker ink says 8 births, 1 living. She has 3 living in the census. So...
note: 1880 census Sally states her parents were born in Texas. This census she says Kentucky.
note: J. Dunn "Jr." - father's name was Robert A. and Robert A is listed right below J. Dunn's name - looks like they just wrote "Jr" by the wrong name.
note: J. Dunn b.d. is same as in other records, but in other census records states parents born in Texas. Here he states his father born in MS. 1880 census Robert states he was born in Texas.
note: James Dunn is also shown in 1900 census in San Antonio on June 4, just a few days prior to this census, June 25. He was listed as a lodger with a family who lived next door to Addie. Must have gone back to his mother's in the interim and got counted twice.

Henry married Katherine Greby about 1844 in New York City, New York. Katherine was born about 1820 in New York City, New York; died after 1850 in of, New York City, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War
• Birth: 1807, France
• Property: 1839, Village Creek, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 07 Nov 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Other-Begin: 1854, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; courthouse
• Census: 13 Jul 1860, Grigsby Bluff, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Census: 1870, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

The first Courthouse here was completed in 1854. Built by John A. Beaumont, it was a two story square structure surrounded by a six-foot picket fence. Baptist and Methodist congregations conducted Sunday services in the building and during the Civil War it was leased to D. T. Inglehart, a Confederate surgeon, for use as a hospital.
http://www.co.jefferson.tx.us/historical_commission/hist_courthouse.htm

Military:
Name: John Beaumont
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: Texas
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private.
Enlisted in Company E, 11th Battn Cavalry Regiment Texas.

Sources: 425


Birth:
per son James A.'s d.c.
per son John (Jack) 1930 census, states father b France

Property:
Land records showing his 1/2 headright (320 acres) on Village Creek issued in 1839. This was used as qualification to enter him into the Sons of the Republic of Texas, submitted by Sam Beaumont, Jr., in 2011.

Census:
1850 Jeff Co Census:
residence 249/249
Charles P. Baxter 35 Ship carpenter N.J.
Jane 19 PA
John A. Beaumont 42 (1808) cabinet maker PA
Jacob Beaumont 11 (1839) PA
Josephine 8 (1842) TX
Bubick, B.C. 55 (1795) PA seaman

Census:
Residence 392
Behlke Frederick 64 1796 Germany
Behlke Menah 36 1824 Germany
Behlke Henry 14 1846 Germany
Behlke Menah 10 1850 Germany

Residence 393
Gantz Christian 66 1794 Germany
Gantz Charlotte 62 1798 Germany
Gantz William 22 1838 Germany
Gantz Charles 20 1840 Germany
Gantz Ferdinand 16 1844 Germany

Residence 394
Beaumont John 53 1807 Pennsylvania
Frederica 26 1834 Germany
Josephine 17 1843 Texas

Residence 394
Beaumont Jacob 23 1837 Pennsylvania
Beaumont Luiza 6 1854 Texas
Beaumont Hellen 4 1856 Texas
Beaumont James A 3 1857 Texas
Beaumont John C 1 1859 Texas

Census:
1870 Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
pg 8 res 165/146
translated Braun)
Beaumont J. 37 Pennsylvania
Louisa 15 Texas
Hellen 14 Texas
James 13 Texas
pg 9
John Beaumont 1859 Texas

res 166/146
J.M. Caswell 1842 Georgia
Worthy H. 8/12 1869 Texas


Died:
I found no Beaumonts in Jefferson County in 1870. Must be some records lost in a hurricane or fire or something. Some of them should have shown up somewhere. Anyway, last record is 1860. Some researcher had a death date 1 Dec 1863 for him, with no documentation. If he died in 1863, they were mostly likely in Grigsby Bluff as I don't believe any of the family who had moved into Beaumont proper that early.

John married Fredericka Gentz, (immigrant) on 23 Jan 1853 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Fredericka (daughter of George* Christian "Johann" Gentz, (immigrant) and Charlotte* Uecker, (immigrant)) was born in 1833 in Dewichow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Prussia; died in 1879 in Grigsby Bluff, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 13 Jun 1850, "Bark Neptune," Bremen, Germany
• Immigration: 13 Jun 1850, Galveston Co, Texas
• Census: 14 Nov 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
• Other-Begin: 1854, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; courthouse
• Census: 13 Jul 1860, Grigsby Bluff, Port Neches, Jefferson Co, Texas

Notes:

Xtiane=Christiane!! Frederika Xtiane (Gentzen)

1850 Jeff Co Census (taken Nov 14, 1850): Living with Joseph P Puslefer (b 1806 Mass), druggist
others in his household were wife Rebecca Fredenberg (b 1805 PA);
Francis McCall (b 1829 PA) seaman;
James McCall (b 1831 PA) seaman, who married Anna Garner (Jacob A and Matilda "Hays" Johnson)
John McCall (b 1833 IL) seaman, who married Martha Ann Garner (Jacob A and Matilda "Hays" Johnson);
Elisabeth M Nodel (b 1842 TX); and Mary Ann Black (b 1827 FL).

She married John A. Beaumont on 23 January 1852 in Jefferson Co. He was born in 1807 in Pennsylvania. He was a cabinet maker by trade. In 1850 he was shown in the Jeff Co Census as living with Charles N Baxter.
Sapphire on the Neches: "Only two families can be identified as living at Grigsby's Bluff in 1850, namely a widower, John A. Beaumont, age 42, of Pennsylvania; his son, Jacob; and daughter Josephine, ages 11 and 8... Beaumont apparently d in Texas in 1840 for his daughter was born here in 1842, but he evidently came too late and was omitted from a land grant by the county's Board of land Commissioners, which met between 1838-1840."

John Beaumont died sometime between 1860 and 1870 when the census shows Frederika as head of household in Sparks Settlement, with four children, Louise, Helen, James A, and John Christian, still living with her. (Sapphire on the Neches saysy had at least 5 children).

She is buried at Magnolia Cemetery beside one of her sons.

John Christian Beaumont married Emma Lee, daughter of Samuel Lee and ELIZA "ELIZABETH" JANE SPARKS, daughter of John S. SPARKS and Melinda JONES. Information about their family is listed under ELIZA SPARKS.

Census:
residence 253
George Block 46 1804 Laborer Germany
Augusta 32 1818 Germany
Friderick William 14 1835 Germany
Charles 14 1836 Germany
Albert 9 1841 (attended school)Germany
George 6 1844 (attended school)Germany
Leopold 4 1846 Germany
Adolph 1 1849 Germany
Maria C.E. Wippenitz 57 Germany

Residence 251:
Patridge, Worthy 32 1818 New York assessor/collector (also census taker)
Clementine 23 1827 Louisiana
Rosalia L. 4 1846 Texas
Laura Ann 0 1850 Texas
Delano, Norman 31 1819 Ohio
Hustin, John C. 55 1875 New York
Gentz, Elvine 15 1835 Germany (dau of Geo Christian Gentz)

Residence 259:
Joseph P. Pulsifer 44 1806 druggist Massachusetts
Fredenburg, Rebecca 45 1805 Pennsylvania
McCall Francis 21 1829 seaman Pennsylvania
McCall, James 19 1831 seaman Pennsylvania
McCall John 17 1833 Seaman Illinois
Podel, Elisabeth M. 8 1842 Texas
Black, Mary Ann 23 1827
Gentz, Fredericka 16 1834 Germany (dau of Geo Christian Gentz)

looks like perhaps a rooming house.
residence 259/259 (last residence, following this,
the census taker entered his certification.(pg 38)

Census:
Residence 392
Behlke Frederick 64 1796 Germany
Behlke Menah 36 1824 Germany
Behlke Henry 14 1846 Germany
Behlke Menah 10 1850 Germany

Residence 393
Gantz Christian 66 1794 Germany
Gantz Charlotte 62 1798 Germany
Gantz William 22 1838 Germany
Gantz Charles 20 1840 Germany
Gantz Ferdinand 16 1844 Germany

Residence 394
Beaumont John 53 1807 Pennsylvania
Frederica 26 1834 Germany
Josephine 17 1843 Texas

Residence 394
Beaumont Jacob 23 1837 Pennsylvania
Beaumont Luiza 6 1854 Texas
Beaumont Hellen 4 1856 Texas
Beaumont James A 3 1857 Texas
Beaumont John C 1 1859 Texas


Buried:
I called Magnolia today (10/18/2010 -- updated 11/17/2014; see below) and lady there said that she would have no record of Fredericka since the cemetery was established in 1887 and she died prior to that (1879). "Sapphire on the Neches" book written by local historian William T. Block, stated she was buried there by one of her sons. She had two sons, James Alexander Beaumont who died 1 Nov 1941 and buried in Magnolia and John Christian Beaumont. John had lived in Kountze, so apparently James is who she is next to -- well, he was apparently buried by her if she died in 1879.

The girl at the cemetery looked up James and found Jim A. Beaumont, that he was buried in a section they call the Public Grounds, and that it didn't state if he had a headstone. They had no record of her. The spaces and blocks are not mapped in that section. It was just an open place that McFaddin allowed indigents and others to bury their folk. (also, his d.c. states he was buried in Magnolia)

I really doubt now that Fredericka is there. Mr. Block would have had to find some documentation that she was buried there, and Magnolia doesn't have that documentation. James' survivors would have had to know where she was in order to put m next to her. So -- seems unlikely to me - if she died in 1879.

Besides, they were living in Grigsby Bluff (by Port Neches Park) and her father, George Christian, who died in 1868 was the first buried in Oak Bluff Cemetery. So, seems likely that's where she would be.

I do know Block tried to be as thorough as he could, but he also was prone to surmising. I talked with him a couple of times about the Blocks and the Gentz, who he thought were somehow related -- and indeed, there was some kind of connection. I just don't know what evidence he had that Fredericka was buried in Magnolia, but it's not following logic.

You might want to read this that I wrote about them all getting here
http://sherrysharp.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I16515&tree=Roots

"At this time in 1850 the Blocks were already in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co. Of interest, Christian Gentz had traveled with 5 children, 3 boys and two girls. The sons are with him in Tyler, and the girls, Fredrika, 16, and Alwine 15, are found in separate households in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co. Fredrika seems to be in a boarding house in res 259/259, and Alwine is staying with the town assessor/collector and his family. He was from NY and was actually the census taker. That household was res 251/151. The Blocks were in res 253/253, right in between the two sisters. The oldest Gentz daughter, Charlotte Maass, is recorded in 1850 Jasper census in December, one month after this census was taken; and by then her brothers Charles and Fred are listed with her. So, those two young boys (Charles is my direct ancestor) got counted in two counties. Perhaps times were really rough and they sent the girls either with or to the Blocks, or they knew they were going to Sabine Pass soon at the behest of the Blocks and they sent the girls on ahead."


Also, one of the Gentz men -- I'm forgetting which one at the moment but it's in my file - somewhere - moved up closer to the DuPont area and had a family cemetery there. That's the one that got moved around 1956 The McFaddin Cemetery - TF Smith Homestead But she is not listed in the official records. However, those official records were from surviving family members years later trying to remember who all was buried in that site. The link will tell you who all they were.

The most logical in my thinking is that she is in Oak Bluff.
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update 1/17/2014: Fredericka is indeed in Magnolia. Her headstone was located and posted to findagrave with the note "Wife of John A. Beaumont and daughter of William Gantz. Her monument lies in the old McFaddin section of the cemetery up on the hill."

Notes:

Married:
Name: John A. Beaumont
Marriage Date: 23 Jan 1853

Spouse: Frederika Gints

Marriage County: Jefferson
Marriage State: Texas

Source: Texas Marriages, 1814-1909