| 14. |  Henry Clifton Courts, Sr was born on 5 Jul 1854 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas (son of James* Madison Court and Julia* Ann Sparks); died on 18 May 1938 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 12 Jul 1860, Sabine Pass (Precinct 5), Jefferson Co, Texas
- Census: 23 Jun 1870, Sparks and River Settlement, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Census: 12 Jun 1880, Beaumont (District 40), Jefferson Co, Texas
- Census: 21 Jun 1900, Beaumont (Ward 3), Jefferson Co, Texas
- Residence: 1904, 747 South Grand Ave, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Residence: 1910, 760 Lamar, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Census: 1920, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Residence: 1920, 157 E Buford, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Census: 1930, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
- Residence: 1937, 719 Tilson, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas
Notes:
1880: Not listed in James' household. Listed independently as a raftsman, 25 years old, born TX, father b LA, mother b TN, next door to his father (212/227)
1900 census lists children Ola, Kirby, Mixon, Harry & Daniel
1910 census, lists children Coot, Kirby, Mixon, Harry, Deany, Sallym Bert and Colby
1921 city directory: Wife Lena, longshoreman, 157 E. Buford
Beaumont Enterprise card index shows Henry Clifton Courts, III 1940-5/2/95
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(Notes of Kirby Courts:)
Henry Clifton "Cliff" was a cowboy as a young man. He was a Pony Express rider. He carried the mail between Sabine Pass and Harrisburg Houston), Texas. Most of his life was spent in the lumber industry with Reliance Lumber, Chris Grey L, and Kirby Lumber Co. He was a good friend of John Henry Kirby, the lumber tycoon. He named his oldest son Charles Kirby after him. Cliff was upset for the rest of his life because the Government had all the long leaf yellow pine trees cut down during the first World War. They were to be used to build wooden ships for the troops going to France. The ships were never built, but it spelled the end of the great lumber boom in ast and Southeast Texas. All of his sons worked in the timber industry at this time. Coley told me the Neches River was full of square timber all the way back to East Texas at this time.
Cliff had six children in a previous marriage. The family died of yellow fever in the epidemic of the 1880s. My father Coley said, his father would never talk about his first family.
The first record of Cliff on the census is 1880 in Jefferson Co, Texas. I believe, according to family history, that all the Courts lived in the Sabine Pass area. A masssive hurricane in the 1880s completely flooded this area. All of thes and kids were floated out of this area on feather matresses. The families ended up in the Nederland-Port Neches area. Cliff and his family eventually settled in the Beaumont area before the turn of the century. Many members of the Courts family still live in the Port Neches area.
Census:
12 Jul 1860 Precinct No. 5 Sabine Pass
residence 378
James Court 30 mail carrier 500 Louisiana
Julia 24 TN 1856 Tennessee
Mary E 8 1852 Texas
Henry C 6 1854 Texas
Julia A 4 1856 Texas
William F 2 1858 Texas
Elias M 6/12 1859 Texas
residence 379
John Sparks 49 1811 North Carolina farmer 320 2100
Malinda Sparks 41 1819 Tennessee
Albert Sparks 19 1841 Texas
John F Sparks 14 1856 Texas
Sarah C Sparks 11 1849 Texas
Arabella H Sparks 8 1852 Texas
James C Sparks 6 1854 Texas
Worthey C Sparks 4 1856 Texas
Henry E L Sparks 8/12 1859 Texas
residence 380
Samuel Lee 38 1822 Denmark stock raiser 4,000
Eliza 16 1844 Texas
Census:
Residence 77
Coats (Courts) J.M. 40 1830 Louisiana 400, 2,000 farmer
Julia 34 1836 Tennessee
Mary 18 1852 Texas
Clifton 16 1854 Texas
Nasthentha 14 1856 Texas
William 12 1858 Texas
Madison E. 10 1860 Texas
ekner 8 1862 Texas
James 5 1865 Texas
Anna 3 1867 Texas
Lisa 8 1862 Texas
residence 78
Sparks M (Melinda) 51 1819 at home Tennessee widow
James 17 1853 Texas farm laborer
Worthy 14 1856 Texas
John 27 1843 Texas farmer
residence 79
Spark, C (Caroline) 50 1820 SC keeping house widow
Edwin 23 1847 Louisiana
Joseph 16 1854 Texas
Oscar 14 Texas
Court T.J. 27 1843 Texas (Thomas Jefferson - bro of James Court)
residence 80
Brewton W.P. 33 1837 Tennessee
Sarah (Sparks) 22 1848 Texas (Dau of Melinda)
Grace 5 1865 TX
Silas F. 8/12 1869 TX
residence 81
Lee, Samuel 52 1818 farmer 1580 Denmark
Jane E. 27 1843 Texas
Emma 3 1867 Texas
residence 82
Smith. T.J. 34 farmer 500 Indiana (Later would marry Mary Ellen Courts
Sarah 25 Texas
Electra 3/12 Texas
Census:
12 Jun 1880 Beaumont (District 40), Jefferson Co, Texas
210 Court, William 21 work at saw mill TX - TX
Darinda, 22 wife Texas Georgia Texas
Danie 3 dau TX
Benton 1 son TX
211
J.M. COURT Self M Male W 50 LA Wagoning ENGLAND LA
Julia A. COURT Wife M Female W 43 TN Keeping House NC AL
Helma (Helmer) COURT Son S Male W 18 TX Wagoner LA TN
James COURT Son S Male W 15 TX At Home LA TN
Annie COURT Dau S FemaleW 12 TX At Home LA TN
Lillian COURT Dau S Female W 8 TX At Home LA TN
Fannie COURT Dau S Female W 5 TX At Home LA TN
Emmet COURT Son S Male W 3 TX At Home LA TN
Viola COURT Dau S Female W 11M TX At Home LA TN
213
Court, Clifton 25 1855 raftsman TX LA TN
Fannie 26 1854 TX TN TN
Ella M. 3 1877 TX
(Peter Stockholm & Pierre Frugia in this community. No Sparks or Blocks or Burrrells. Must be Beaumont proper.)
Census:
Courts Henry Head Jul 1854 45 Married 8 1892 Texas Texas Texas
Courts Lena Wife Feb 1871 29 Married 8 1892 Texas Germany Texas
Courts Ala Daughter May 1893 7 Texas Texas Texas
Courts Kirby Son Dec 1893 6 Texas Texas Texas
Courts Mixon Son Sep 1895 4 Texas Texas Texas
Courts Harry Son Oct 1897 2 Texas Texas Texas
Courts Daisey Daughter Jul 1899 10/12 Texas Texas Texas
Residence:
Court, Edgar B., wks United Lbr & Export Co, h. James F. Court.
Court, Emmett, wks United Lbr & Export Co., r. 1 blk w of same.
Court, Homer, wks United Lbr & Export Co. h. James F. Court
Court, H. Clifton, watchman mill, A, Kirby Lumber Co., r 747 South Grand ave, Cartwright add. 8
Court, James F., wks United Lbr & Export Co., r 1 blk w of same. 4
Court, Julia A. (wid James), h. Emmett Court
Court, S. Helmer, carp r 350 Jackson ave, 5
(five children - Bea, age 8; Hal age 6; Gladys age 3; abt 2; Lillian born 22 Jan 1904)
Residence:
Courts, Harry, driver h 760 Lamar.
Courts, H. Clifton, riverman Kirby Lbr Co, r 760 Lamar. 8
Courts, Kirby, wks Kirby Lbr Co, r 760 Lamar.
Courts, William, riverman Beaumont Saw Mill Co.
Courts, Fullar W. Mrs. slslady S.H. Kress & Co., h 430 Travis
Census:
157 Buford
H C Coart 65 1855
Lena Coart 48 1872
Kirby C Coart 26 1894
Harry C Coart 23 1897
Cotie Coart 17 1903
Bert Coart 13 1907
Barney Coart 9 1911
Census:
residence 4 (379 Greer Street)
Jones, James H. 28 married at age 22 LA LA LA laborer American Pitch Pipe
Iola E. 31 married at age 24
Geraldine F. 5
James H. 3
Larita E. 1
Goff, Theodore father-in-law 61 wid MS MS MS watchman lumberyard
residence 9 (817 Buford)
Percell, E.W. 33 1897 married at age 33 Georgia Georgia Georgia
Thelma 26 married at age 15 Texas Texas Texas
Sterling, Margery stepdau 8 1922 Texas
Sterling, Fay 10 1920 Texas
residence 10 (823 Buford)
Henery C Court 75 1855 married at age 20 longshoreman on dock TX TX TN
Lena Court 59 1871 married at age 25 Texas Germany Texas
James C Court 27 1903 longshoreman on dock
Barney S Court 19 1811 longshoreman on dock
Kirby Court 34 1896 "son-ab" (looks like "ab" ??? single sailor on ship
Residence:
Court, Barney r 719 Tilson
Henry C (Lena) h 719 Tilson
Mixon r 719 Tilson
note: two brothers, Barney Mabry and Barney Self; neither married by 1937; so unsure which Barney is listed here.
Died:
d.c. married, Lena Court,
address 719 Tilson, Beaumont
occupation, timberman, timber business
father James Court, born Sabine Pass; Julia Sparks, born Jefferson Co, Texas.
date last worked 1930, lifetime in occupation
informant: James C. Court (son)
1737 Sabine Pass, Bmt.
Henry married Ulalaya Lena Gentz on 24 Feb 1892 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. Ulalaya (daughter of Charles* Christopher Gentz, Sr (immigrant) and Matilda* Hayes) was born on 24 Feb 1870 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas; died on 08 Nov 1948 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 09 Nov 1948 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Ulalaya Lena Gentz was born on 24 Feb 1870 in Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas (daughter of Charles* Christopher Gentz, Sr (immigrant) and Matilda* Hayes); died on 08 Nov 1948 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried on 09 Nov 1948 in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. 