I posted the information listed below as Message 1 on Tues the 3rd. A generous researcher looked up information and found the following two marriage records for this Farris/Farriss family line Georgia Marriages to 1850 Name: James Faris Spouse: Rebekah Gann Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1830 Marriage County: Clarke Marriage State: Georgia James and Rebecca are the parents of Howell Farris per census records, Clark Co, GA. Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944 Name: Howell Fariss Spouse: Elizabeth Parker Marriage Date: 9 Mar 1862 County: Decatur State: Georgia > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 22:47:38 -0400 > From: "Lee and Billie Jones" <tjones@camden.net> > Subject: Re: [FARRIS] Finally, My FARRIS/FARISS g-grandmother > connected. > Thanks to a researcher in Augusta Ga who was patient enough to try every > possible spellling and combination of spellings, I now have the 1880 > census > record of my family that lists and proves what was written on a Christmas > card to my parents from a great-aunt back in the 1970s. > > She had stated that my maternal grandmother, Carrie Inglett Smith's > grandfather was Howell or Howard Farriss. Thanks to Elvin E. Farris > <mefarris@bellsouth.net>, 961 Rosemont Drive Panama City, FL 32405, > "Electronic," who cited the Randall Farris, Sandra McIntire, and Trudy > Adams > research, I now have him attached back to his parents, and several > generations back. I was able to find census data on him with his parents, > and then with his wife in 1870 Sparta, Hancock Co, GA. However, my > great-grandmother, buried with her husband John Inglett in Magnolia Cem. > in > Augusta, Richmond Co, GA, was not born until 1872. I could not find the > Howell Farris/Farriss/Fariss family anywhere. > > Below are several census records I had. Then check out the 1880 census. > I > just know this is the right family as it matches the 1870 census, and the > daughter Laura is the right age, in the right location. But can you > believe > how the Census taker botched it up. The head of hh would be Howell > Farris, > but the last name is assumed to be Howell and first name as Fearest. > > My census notes finding the family: > > I believe that this is Howell with his parents and siblings in 1850: > > CENSUS: 1850 Clark Co, GA, Athens Dist., p. 21, hh#147 > James Farris 44 M Factory Op. b. VA could r/w > Rebecca Farris 30 F GA could r/w > Nancy A. Farris 18 F GA > Beverly Farris 15 M GA > James Farris 13 M GA > *Howell Farris 9 M GA > Miles H. Farris 8 M GA > Benj. B. Farris 6 M GA > Doctor W. W. Farris 4 M GA > > CENSUS: 1870 [Powelton?] Dist., Hancock Co., Ga. p. 7 [enumerated 7 June > 1870] > Farriss, Howell 30 M W Farm Laborer GA. > Farriss, E. 24 F W Keeping House GA [Elizabeth] > Farriss, Johnnie 7 M W GA > Farriss, Sallie 4 F W GA > Farriss, Benj. 3 M W GA > Farriss, Willie 1 M W GA. > > On May, 2007, Rose Kinney <rosekinney_1@yahoo.com> sent me the following > after I posted a query on the Richmond Co. rootsweb List, It looks like > she > found him - He is indexed as a Howell, and works with 1870 census, if the > first and last names were transposed. I checked in my LDS records and > found > them on p. 429C > 1880 Augusta, Richmond, GA, p. 429C [ FHL Film 1254163 National Archives > Film T9-0163] > Fearest Howell W M 40 In Factory GA GA GA > Lizzie Howell W F 30 keeps house GA GA GA > Jack Howell W M 19 son In Factory GA GA GA (this could be Johnnie) > Ben Howell W M 15 son In Factory GA GA GA > Thomas Howell W M 12 son GA GA GA (this could be Willie) > George Howell W M 2 son GA GA GA > Sarah Howell W F 18 dau In Factory GA GA GA (this Sallie) > * Laura Howell W F 7 dau GA GA GA > Mary Alsmy W F 49 house keeper GA GA GA > [According to other Farris records, his father was born in Va/TN, not GA.] > > The census should read: > Howell Farris W M 40 In Factory GA GA GA > Lizzie Farris W F 30 keeps house GA GA GA > Jack Farris W M 19 son In Factory GA GA GA (this could be Johnnie) > Ben Farris W M 15 son In Factory GA GA GA > Thomas Farris W M 12 son GA GA GA (this could be Willie) > George Farris W M 2 son GA GA GA > Sarah Farris W F 18 dau In Factory GA GA GA (this Sallie) > *Laura Farris W F 7 dau GA GA GA > > Name is also seen as Farriss. > > 1889 Augusta City Directory has the following, p. 164. Some of them seem > to fit this family. > ALL Farris: > Miss Aurena, wks Dartmouth Mills, bds 1203 Fenwick [matches a daughter of > Beverly] > *Benjamin, wks L. F. Padgett, res 1316 1/2 Barrett > Beverly, painter, res 1203 Fenwick [This seems to match the 1850 census, > living with parents James and Rebecca Farris?] > Charles, wks Augusta Factory, bds 1203 Fenwick > Edward, wks Augusta Factory, bds 1203 Fenwick > *Jack, wks L. F. Padgett > J., wks Augusta Factory > *Laura, spinner, Augusta Factory [POSSIBLY my great-grandmother - sadly it > did not list her address] > Miss Rebecca, wks Augusta Factory, bds 1203 Fenwick > Thomas, fireman CRR > > Now that I have a family for my g-grandmother Laura Elizabeth Farriss > Inglett, I would love to hear from some of the desc. of other members of > the > family. > > Descendants of Howell* Farriss > 1 Howell* Farriss b: Dec 27, 1839 in GA > . +Elizabeth* [Parker] b: Abt. 1846 in GA m: Bef. 1863 d: Jun 27, 1914 in > Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., Ga. [Parker name has been given to me, I have > nothing on this. Speculation at this time. > ......... 2 Johnnie Farriss b: Abt. 1863 > ......... 2 Sallie Farriss b: Abt. 1866 > ......... 2 Benjamin Farriss b: Abt. 1867 > ......... 2 Willie (Thomas) Farriss b: Abt. 1868 > **..... 2 Laura Elizabeth Farriss b: 1872 in Sparta, Hancock Co., GA d: > Jan > 02, 1953 in Milledgeville, Baldwin Co., GA Burial: Magnolia Cem, Augusta, > Ga > ............. +John Inglett b: Mar 19, 1871 in Richmond Co, Ga m: May 24, > 1890 in Richmond Co., Ga d: Nov 25, 1955 in Augusta, Richmond Co, Ga > Burial: > Magnolia Cem, Augusta, Ga Father: Edmond G. H. INGLETT Mother: Margaret > BYRD > [Of PINETUCKY, GA, property now located on Ft. Gordon property.] > ..................... 3 Margaret Elizabeth Inglett b: Nov 1890 d: Apr 04, > 1977 > ......................... +Clyde Smith > ..................... *2nd Husband of Margaret Elizabeth Inglett: > ......................... +Dan O'Conner > ..................... 3 Bertha Mae Farris Inglett b: Jan 12, 1896 d: Sep > 08, > 1972 in Albuquerque, NM Burial: Cremains interred at Fairview Memorial > Park. > ......................... +O. W. Lasater d: 1966 > ..................... *2nd Husband of Bertha Mae Farris Inglett: > ......................... +Mr. Harwood > **................. 3 Carrie Lee Inglett b: Jan 12, 1898 in Pinetucky, > Richmond Co, Ga d: Aug 22, 1996 in Forest Lake Manor Nursing Home, > Martinez, > Columbia Co, GA. Burial: Magnolia Cem, Augusta, Ga > ......................... +William Henry Smith, Sr. b: Jul 13, 1898 in Old > Fort, NC / Aiken Co, SC m: Mar 05, 1920 in Augusta, Richmond Co, Ga d: Jul > 11, 1959 in Augusta, Richmond Co, Ga Burial: Magnolia Cem, Augusta, Ga > Father: John Wesley SMITH, Sr. Mother: Elmira SHORT > ..................... 3 Bennie Warren Inglett b: Dec 17, 1901 in Richmond > Co, Ga d: Dec 21, 1997 in Clark Co., Ga. Burial: Evergreen Cem., Athens, > Ga. > ......................... +Bessie Tompkins b: Jan 03, 1906 d: Aug 25, 1984 > in Athens, Clark Co, GA > ..................... 3 Henry Hardy Inglett b: 1904 d: May 26, 1906 in > Augusta, Richmond Co, Ga Burial: Ft. Gordon, cem # 7 > ..................... 3 Wallace Thedron Inglett b: Apr 19, 1907 d: Sep 09, > 1978 in Richmond Co, Ga Burial: Westover Memorial Park > ......................... +Sara Traylor b: in Hephzibah, Ga. m: Bef. 1936 > d: > May 08, 1978 in local hospital, Augusta, Richmond Co., Ga. Burial: > Westover > Memorial Park > ......... 2 George Farriss b: Abt. 1878 > > **My paternal grandmother. > > ANY information and new found cousins would be exciting. And Rose will be > one of my genealogy angels for her efforts on my behalf. > > Billie Jones > Camden, SC > tjones@camden.net