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Eliza Louanza "Lou" Herring

Female 1848 - 1878  (29 years)


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  • Name Eliza Louanza "Lou" Herring 
    Born Nov 21, 1848  Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census Jul 06, 1860  Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census Jun 27, 1870  Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died Nov 11, 1878 
    Buried Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Gravestone: Lou E.; Wife of; Wm. Wiess; Born Nov 21, 1848; Died Nov. 11, 1878; Aged 29 years 11 Mos. & 21 Ds.
    Notes 
    • At the time of her death in 1878, Mrs. William Wiess owned personally 1,100 head of cattle, apparently inherited from her parents. Community property of her and her husband inventoried at $70,000. (Jefferson county, Texas: Probate Files, File 236.)
    Person ID I1494  mykindred
    Last Modified Dec 3, 2008 

    Father William Perry Herring,   b. Nov 15, 1815, Jefferson county, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1860  (Age 44 years) 
    Mother Sarah Helen McFaddin,   b. Sep 23, 1828, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1871, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married Jul 27, 1843  Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1860 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, p. 117, (M653-1298, p.418)
      July 6, 1860, HH 286 (all b. TX)
      Sarah Herring, 35, F, W, house keeper, $19000, $32000
      Eliza  "  , 12
      Mary  "  , 10
      Hellen  "  , 8
      William P  "  , 4
    Family ID F1972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William A. Wiess, CSA,   b. Oct 23, 1842, Wiess Bluff, Jasper county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 12, 1914, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married Jan 11, 1866  Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1870 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, p. 19, (M593-1593, p.545)
      June 27, 1870, HH 144/124 (all b. TX except cook)
      Wiess, William, 26, M, W, B? merchant, $2500, $10000
      "  , Eliza, 20, F, W
      "  , Nina, 3, F
      "  , Cushman, 11/12, M
      Fletcher(?), S, 18, F, B, cook, LA
      Herring, Hellen, 16, F, W
    Children 
    +1. Nena Viola Wiess,   b. Mar 27, 1867, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 06, 1945, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +2. Eugene Cushman Wiess,   b. Jul 19, 1869, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 09, 1945, Marlin, Falls county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +3. Perry McFaddin Wiess,   b. Dec 28, 1871, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 05, 1940, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Wiess, Lou (Herring)
    Wiess, Lou (Herring)

  • Sources 
    1. [S136] 1860 US federal census, 1860 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, p. 117, (M653-1298, p.418).

    2. [S14] 1870 US federal census, 1870 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, p. 19, (M593-1593, p.545).