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George G. Faires

Male 1884 - Aft 1885  (1 year)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George G. Faires was born on 24 Feb 1884 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas (son of John Wesley Faires and Hannah Jane Moore); died after 1885.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Wesley Faires was born on 28 Apr 1843 in West Point, Fayette Co, Texas (son of William Alexander Faires and Ada McClure); died on 28 Mar 1904 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cem, Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas.

    John married Hannah Jane Moore on 26 Jul 1865 in Fayette Co, Texas. Hannah (daughter of Moore) was born on 18 Feb 1847 in Fayette Co, Texas; died on 28 Mar 1904 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cem, Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Hannah Jane Moore was born on 18 Feb 1847 in Fayette Co, Texas (daughter of Moore); died on 28 Mar 1904 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cem, Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas.
    Children:
    1. Emily Ann Faires was born on 5 Sep 1866 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; died on 23 Sep 1950 in Cuero, DeWitt Co, Texas; was buried in Bellvue Cem, DeWitt Co, Texas.
    2. Lula T. Faires was born on 22 Aug 1868 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; died after 1880.
    3. Eugene Wesley Faires was born on 15 Oct 1870 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; died on 19 May 1947 in Edinburg, Hidalgo Co, Texas.
    4. Charles D. Faires was born on 28 Feb 1873 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; died on 8 May 1874 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Pine Springs Cem, Fayette Co, Texas.
    5. Richard E. Faires was born on 22 Apr 1875 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; died after 1880.
    6. Martha Jane Faires was born on 10 Aug 1877 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; died after 1880.
    7. John Henry Faires was born on 22 Dec 1879 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; died after 1880.
    8. Willie B. Faires was born on 20 Mar 1881 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; died after 1885.
    9. 1. George G. Faires was born on 24 Feb 1884 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; died after 1885.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Alexander Faires was born on 5 Dec 1806 in Alabama (son of Richard Hard Faires and Elizabeth Day); died on 22 Mar 1885 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Old Plum Grove Cem, West Point, Fayette Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Religion: Plum Grove Baptist Church, Fayette Co, Texas; trustee
    • Residence: 1830, Texas
    • Census: 1850, Fayette Co, Texas
    • Census: 1860, Fayette Co, Texas
    • Census: 1870, Fayette Co, Texas

    Notes:

    Census:
    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


    Census:
    1860 census Fayette Co, Texas, P.O. Oso
    residence 1479
    William Faires 54 1806 TN
    Ada Faires (McClure) 49 KY 1811
    William Faires 23 1837 Texas
    Richard Faires 20 1840 Texas
    John W Faires 17 1843 Texas
    James Faires 15 1845 Texas
    Charles Faires 13 1847 Texas
    Ada Faires A. 9 1851 Texas
    S L Bainey 20 1840 female Georgia

    Census:
    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

    Died:
    TEXAS PIONEER DIES.

    Flatonia, Tex., Feb. 23. ? In the death of Charles Henry Faires, Flatonia, and Fayette county have lost another pioneer citizen. Next to the youngest of eight children and the last to pass to his reward, he was born at Plum Grove, near LaGrange, Texas, September 28, 1847, and passed away after several weeks' illness, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. McVea at Houston, Feb 20, 1924.

    He was the son of William A. and Ada McClure Faires, who came to Texas from Tennessee as colonists under Stephen F. Austin in 1832. The old pioneer home in which he first saw the light is still standing at Plum Grove.

    Mr. Faires has been intimately associated with the development of the Flatonia community, having, with his brothers built the first ranch house on the original William A. Faires survey on which the tow [sic] of Flatonia now stands, and began the raising of horses and cattle at an early day.

    William married Ada McClure on 15 Sep 1831 in Tennessee. Ada was born on 1 Feb 1810 in Tennessee; died on 19 May 1874 in Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Old Plum Grove Cem, West Point, Fayette Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ada McClure was born on 1 Feb 1810 in Tennessee; died on 19 May 1874 in Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Old Plum Grove Cem, West Point, Fayette Co, Texas.

    Notes:

    daughter of Samuel McClure and Harper.

    Children:
    1. (2 children) Faires was born between 1832 and 1836; died after 1840.
    2. William Alexander Faires was born on 2 Nov 1837 in Texas; died on 29 Oct 1919 in Burnet Co, Texas; was buried in Strickling Cem, Joppa, Burnet Co, Texas.
    3. Mayor Richard O. Faires, Sr. was born in 1841 in Fayette Co, Texas; died on 17 Aug 1898 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas.
    4. 2. John Wesley Faires was born on 28 Apr 1843 in West Point, Fayette Co, Texas; died on 28 Mar 1904 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cem, Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas.
    5. James Elias Faires was born in 1845 in Texas; died on 18 Feb 1912 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas.
    6. Charles Henry Faires was born on 28 Sep 1847 in Plum Grove, LaGrange, Fayette Co, Texas; died on 20 Feb 1924 in Houston, Harris Co, Texas.
    7. Ada A. Faires was born on 25 Feb 1851 in Fayette Co, Texas; died on 1 Jan 1869 in Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Oak Plum Grove Cem, Fayette Co, Texas.

  3. 6.  Moore
    Children:
    1. 3. Hannah Jane Moore was born on 18 Feb 1847 in Fayette Co, Texas; died on 28 Mar 1904 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Oak Hill Cem, Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas.
    2. William Moore was born in 1849 in North Carolina; died after 1870 in of, Fayette Co, Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Richard Hard Faires was born on 9 Jan 1773 in York Co, South Carolina (son of James Alexander Faires, (Immigrant) and Jean Agnes Adair, (Immigrant)); died on 30 Jun 1855 in Lauderdale Co, Alabama; was buried in Wesley Chapel Cem, Lauderdale Co, Alabama.

    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]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Day was born on 15 May 1776 in York Co, South Carolina; died on 12 Dec 1841 in Lauderdale Co, Alabama.
    Children:
    1. Elias Faires was born on 24 May 1797 in York Co, South Carolina; died on 4 Apr 1881 in Lauderdale Co, Alabama.
    2. Sidney Faires was born in 1799 in York Co, South Carolina; died in 1857 in Lauderdale Co, Alabama.
    3. Sarah Faires was born on 1 Sep 1800 in York Co, South Carolina; died on 7 Mar 1870 in Franklin Co, Arkansas.
    4. John Cornelius Faires was born on 7 Aug 1802 in York Co, South Carolina; died on 22 Aug 1839 in Lauderdale Co, Alabama.
    5. Samuel D. Faires was born in 1804 in York, York Co, South Carolina; died in Dec 1862 in Louisville, Winston Co, Mississippi.
    6. Eliza A. Faires was born on 10 Feb 1805 in York Co, South Carolina; died on 2 Jan 1848 in Black Springs, Fayette Co, Texas.
    7. 4. William Alexander Faires was born on 5 Dec 1806 in Alabama; died on 22 Mar 1885 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas; was buried in Old Plum Grove Cem, West Point, Fayette Co, Texas.
    8. Ann Faires was born in 1808 in York Co, South Carolina; died in 1855 in Pontotoc, Mississippi.
    9. Mariah Harriet Faires was born in 1810 in York Co, South Carolina; died in 1857.
    10. Richard M. Faires was born on 9 Jun 1812 in York Co, South Carolina; died after 1815.
    11. James Faires (Farris), Sr. (son/relative?) was born on 05 Apr 1811 in Ireland/North Carolina; died in Dec 1878 in Flatonia, Fayette Co, Texas.


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