Mildred Frank "Mildred 1" Yount

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)

Family/Spouse: Edward Daniel Manion. Edward was born in of, Tulsa, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mildred "Mildred Jr." Manion, Jr. was born on 26 Feb 1941 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; died before 19 Apr 2012 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 20 Apr 2012 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.
2. Kathryn Manion-Haider
3. Edward Daniel Manion, Jr.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: Civil War
• Census: 1859, Chambers Co, Texas; tax roll
• Census: 20 Jul 1860, Chambers Co, Texas
• Census: 1 Jun 1870, Wallisville, Chambers Co (Subdivision 17), Texas
• Census: 9 Jun 1880, Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas

Notes:

Beaumont card catelog: obit (Ent 7-18-1902 p 13 col 6)
Sherman, John H : "Civil War Vet - listed under Conf Vets meeting"
1860 Census listed from Maine
1865 listed in Confederate Indigent Families Lists of Texas 1863-1865.
1867 Voters Registration List, Chambers Co, listed birth at 1822 NY, 16 yrs in state, county, pct.
1870 Census listed from NY

There is a reference to J.T. as "Dr."
Civil War - Enlisted on August 7, 1863 in Captain Thomas A. Wooten's Company B of the Texas State Troops Cavalry. He was 40 years old at the time, entering the company as a private. Records in the Texas State Library indicate that he was stationed at Camp Wood near Liberty five days after his enlistment.
1870 census showed real and personal property valued at $10,500. "The most obvious documentary evidence of the impact of the Reconstruction can be found in the census and tax records kept both befoe and after the war. Most property holders suered. With much of their material wealth tied up in newly enfranchised slaves, such a downturn in personal wealth is hardly surprising."
Source: (Chambers County, Texas in the War Between the States, by Kevin Ladd, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1994)

alternate birth location: Madison, Madison Co, NY
alternate death date: 23 Sep 1923

Census:
Residence 419
John L. Sherman 35 farmer 300 200 Maine
Rachel 28 Kentucky
Sarah F. 10 1850 Missouri
Richard H. 8 1852 Missouri
Ellen A 6 1854 Texas
Charles 4 1956 Texas

residence 421 3,000 700 New Hamshire farmer
L.R. Sherman 43 Ohio
Margaret 35 Illinois
Edward 17 Illinois
John 13 Missouri
Levret 13 Missouri

Census:
Subdivision 17 (Wallisville), Chambers County, Texas 2 Jun 1870
(page 3)
residence 24
Sherman, John 47 New York
Sherman, Rachel 39 Kentucky
Sherman, Hamilton 17 Missouri
Sherman, Augusta 15 Texas
Sherman, Charles 13 Texas

residence 28
Sherman, Haml 42 1828 New York
Sherman, Mary 32 1838 Texas
Sherman, Martha 12 1858 Texas
Sherman, Richard 6 1864 Texas
(page 4)
Sherman, Edgar 5 1865 Texas
Sherman, Oliver 1 1860 Texas
Sherman, Rebecca 84 1786 New Hampshire

residence 27
Barnes, Willie 50 1820 Connecticut
Barnes, Rebecca 566 1814 New Hampshire
Barnes, Jake 27 1843 Illinois
Barnes, John 18 1852 Missouri
Barnes, Linus 14 1856 Texas
Doebner, Sam 31 1839 Sachsen (Kgr./Land in Bundesrepublik)/Saxony (Kingdom/State)
Doebner, Rebecca (dau) 23 1847 Missouri
Doebner, William 1 1869 Texas


Census:
3rd Precinct or Wallisville, Chambers County 9th June 1880

residence 31/33 (page 4)
Sherman Lotrop B. 55 1825 Self Married New York New Hampshire New Hampshire farmer
Sherman Mary S. 44 1836 wife Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee
Sherman Amanda 14 1866 Daughter Texas New York Tennessee
Sherman Lotrop L. 12 1868 Son Single Texas New York Tennessee
Jones Mrs. Devilla E. 22 1858 Daughter Widowed Texas New York Tennessee
Jones Oscar 3 1877 Grandson Single Texas New York Tennessee
Jones Abbie A. 3m Feb 1880 Granddaughter Single Texas New York Tennessee

residence 32/34
Wm. A. Smith 48 1832 Alabama
Emily Smith 46 1834 Georgia
Lena Smith 5 1875 Texas
Wm. H. Miller 23 1857 stepson Texas
Geo. C. Miller 18 1862 stepson Texas
Emily V. Merritt 14 1866 stepdau Texas
Joseph Hill 9 1871 nephew Texas
Hattie Hill 7 1873 niece Texas
Ben Hill 5 1875 nephew Texas
Ettie Hill 14 1866 niece Texas
P. C. Hill 38 1842 Texas Georgia SC widower

residence 33/35
Miller, James A. 26 TX Florida Georgia
Sophronia 18 1862 Texas NY TN

residence 34/35
Barnes Willis 63 1817 Self Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut farmer
Barnes Rebecca 66 1814 wife New Hampshire New Hampshire Massachusetts
Barnes Jacob 37 1843 Son Single Illinois Connecticut New Hampshire laborer
Barnes Lannis 23 1857 Son Single Texas Connecticut New Hampshire
Doebner Willie 10 1870 Grandson Texas Prussia Missouri

residence 35/37
Sherman Richd. H. 50 1830 Self Widower New York New Hampshire New Hampshire farmer
Sherman Martha 21 1859 Daughter Single Texas New York Texas
Sherman Richard 17 1863 Son Texas New York Texas
Sherman Edgar 15 1865 Son Texas New York Texas
Sherman Oliver 11 1869 Son Texas New York Texas
Sherman Annie 5 1875 Daughter Texas New York Texas

residence 37/36
Sherman R. H. 27 1853 Self Missouri New York Missouri
Sherman Susan S 24 1856 wife Texas Tennessee Louisiana
Sherman Boyd O. 7m 1879 Son Texas Missouri Texas

(next page, page 5)
residence 38/40
Sherman, John T. 55 widowed New York New Hampshire Connecticut
Sherman, Chas 23 son married farmer Texas New York Kentucky
Sherman, Mary A 20 daughter-in-law married Texas Tennessee Tennessee
Sherman, Leonard 1 grandson Texas Texas Texas

John married Rachel Summers on 8 Nov 1849 in St.Louis Co, Missouri. Rachel (daughter of Walter Scott Summers and Mary Eleanor Shuttleworth) was born in Jul 1832 in Owensboro, Daviess Co, Kentucky; died on 17 Jul 1902 in Wallisville, Chambers Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1 Jun 1870, Wallisville, Chambers Co (Subdivision 17), Texas

Notes:

daughter of Walter Scott SUMMERS and Mary Eleanor SHUTTLEWORTH

Census:
Subdivision 17 (Wallisville), Chambers County, Texas 2 Jun 1870
(page 3)
residence 24
Sherman, John 47 New York
Sherman, Rachel 39 Kentucky
Sherman, Hamilton 17 Missouri
Sherman, Augusta 15 Texas
Sherman, Charles 13 Texas

residence 28
Sherman, Haml 42 1828 New York
Sherman, Mary 32 1838 Texas
Sherman, Martha 12 1858 Texas
Sherman, Richard 6 1864 Texas
(page 4)
Sherman, Edgar 5 1865 Texas
Sherman, Oliver 1 1860 Texas
Sherman, Rebecca 84 1786 New Hampshire

residence 27
Barnes, Willie 50 1820 Connecticut
Barnes, Rebecca 566 1814 New Hampshire
Barnes, Jake 27 1843 Illinois
Barnes, John 18 1852 Missouri
Barnes, Linus 14 1856 Texas
Doebner, Sam 31 1839 Sachsen (Kgr./Land in Bundesrepublik)/Saxony (Kingdom/State)
Doebner, Rebecca (dau) 23 1847 Missouri
Doebner, William 1 1869 Texas