| Name |
William Napoleon "Bud" Wiess |
| Born |
Dec 16, 1883 |
Mount Carmel, Tyler county, Texas, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Jul 21, 1903 |
Village Mills (near Kirbyville, Texas) [1, 2] |
| Cause: in a train wreck |
- He ran away several times and, when he was killed, had jumped a train. The family Bible, in Jessie Wiess' hand, notes "W.N. Wiess died Summer of 1903 at age 18 years". There are two death entries for him at the Hardin county death index on rootsweb.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txhardin/vitals/death.htm
1 - Weiss, Budd, residence Hooks Switch, M/W/Amer, 20, dod 8/20/03, location Village Mills, causeRailroad wreck.
2 - Weiss, Bud, residence Hooks Switch, M/W/Amer, 20, dod 8/20/03, location Village Mills, cause Railroad wreck
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| Buried |
Bumstead Cemetery, East Walton Road, Lumberton, Hardin county, Texas, USA |
| Notes |
- He ran away several times and was killed at Village Mills when he jumped a train.
Death record: Weiss, Bud, Hooks Switch, M/W, Amer, 20, 8/20/03, Village Mills, Railroad wreck.
It is interesting that his residence is listed as Hooks Switch. Was he still living with his step-mother, Dora Bumstead Wiess?
On 1900 census, he is living with his aunt Maggie and uncle Geo. Washington Hooks.
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| Person ID |
I1316 |
mykindred |
| Last Modified |
Jan 30, 2021 |
| Father |
Willie Simon Wiess, b. Jun 20, 1862, Wiess Bluff, Jasper county, Texas, USA , d. Nov 14, 1893, Hooks Switch, Hardin county, Texas, USA (Age 31 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Mellissa "Nannie" Sims, b. Apr 08, 1861, Blakely, Miller county, Georgia, USA , d. Mar 11, 1889, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 27 years) |
| Married |
circa 1880 |
| Family ID |
F583 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1883 - 1903 (19 years)
