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Napoleon Bonaparte Wiess, II[1]

Male 1871 - 1874  (3 years)


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  • Name Napoleon Bonaparte Wiess 
    Suffix II 
    Born Oct 29, 1871 
    Gender Male 
    Died Nov 08, 1874 
    Buried Wiess Cemetery, Wiess Bluff, Jasper county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1545  mykindred
    Last Modified Jul 24, 2007 

    Father Capt. Napoleon Bonaparte "Nap" Wiess, CSA,   b. Mar 10, 1839, Port Neches, Jefferson county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 12, 1872, Wiess Bluff, Jasper county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Mother Cynthia Ann Sorrels,   b. Aug 15, 1845, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 06, 1891, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married Jul 20, 1861  Jasper county, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Napoleon apparently died without a will and all fiscal and probate papers relating to the Wiess brothers "were removed at some time in the past and were never returned".  His wife and children got nothing from his death, the description and disposition of his property, if any, is unknown.  One of the riverboats he owned, the "James L. Graham", was in service for several years after that until it blew near Redfish Reef in Galveston bay in May of 1876.  In a lawsuit filed by Cynthia A. Wiess, et al against Margaret Sturrock Wiess, she alleged that 160 acres taken over by Margaret were Napoleon's and hers as his widow.
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      1870 census, TX, Jasper county, sub 23, p 29; 497, July 16
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      213/214
      WIESS, Margaret, 56, F, W, Keeping House, Scotland
      WIESS, Valentine, 24, M, W, Dry goods merchant, Texas
      WIESS, Mary E., 19, F, W, Texas
      WIESS, Massena, 21, M, W, Dry goods Merchant, Texas
      WIESS, Elizabeth E., 19, F, W, Texas
      WIESS, Ann E., 18, F, B, Domestic Servant, Texas
      Burks, James, 18, M, W, Farm Laborer, North Carolina
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      216/217
      WIESS, Joseph, 27, M, W, North Carolina
      WIESS, Catherine, 21, F, W, Texas
      WIESS, Matilda, 6, F,, W, Texas
      WIESS, Laura, 5, F, W, Texas
      WIESS, Milton, 4, M, W, Texas
      WIESS, Kittie, 2/12, F, W, Texas, b. April, 1870
      WIESS, Julius, 2/12, M, W, Texas, b. April, 1870
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      219/220
      WIESS, Napoleon, 31, M, W, Steam Boat Captain, $400 property, $2000 personal, Texas
      WIESS, Cynthia, 24, F, W, Keeping House, Arkansas
      WIESS, William S., 8, M, W, Texas
      WIESS, Edward S., 6, M, W, Texas
      WIESS, Martha A., 4, F, W, Texas
      WIESS, Margaret, 2, F, W, Texas
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      1880 census, Jasper county, Texas, ed 39, pct 4, (T9-1313, 12), p. 164B
      June 15, 1880, HH 99/99
      WIESS, Cynthia A., W, F, 34, widowed, keeping house, AR, AR, AR
      WIESS, William S., W, M, 17, son, mail carrier, TX, TX, AR
      WIESS, Margarett I, W, F, 11, daughter, 1, at home, TX, TX, AR
      WIESS, Walter, W, M, 5, son, single, TX, TX, AR
      PICKEL, Thomas R, W, M, 30, boarder, single, rafting timber, GA, NC, GA
      McVAY, Isabele, W, F, 30, boarder, widowed, TX, NC, Ireland
      McVAY, Robert L, W, M, 9, boarder, TX, Ireland, TX
      McVAY, Mary E, W, F, 3, boarder, TX, Ireland, TX
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      (There is no indication of the marital status of William -- he married Amy Sims circa 1880, but she is not living with them if they're married at the time of the census.)
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      lines 38-41; dwelling/household 100/100
      ???, Joe, B, M, 35, farmer, NC, NC, ??
      ???, Lossia(?), B, F, 40, wife, keeping house, Gia, Gia, Gia
      SAUNDERS, Matilda, B, F, 18, Ward, at home, TX, NC, MS
      SAUNDERS, Lossia, B, F, 15, ward, at home, TX, NC, MS
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      lines 42-44; dwelling/household 101/101
      WIESS, Margaret, W, F, 65, widowed, merchant, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland
      COFFIN, Pauline, W, F, 40, daughter, widowed, keeping house, TX, Poland, Scotland
      SAUNDERS, James W, W, M, 40, single, boarder, clerk in store, FL, GA, GA
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      lines 45-47; dwelling/household 102/102
      PIERCE, Aaron, W, M, 65, widowed, farmer, MS, TN, TN
      PIERCE, Thomas, W, M, 7, son, TX, MS, IL
      MILLER, John N, W, M, 46, working in farm, Via, Via, Via
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      lines 48-50; dwelling/household 103/103
      FIELDER, Em??? R, W, M, 45, works in timber ???, AL, AL, GA
      FIELDER, Martha A.R., W, F, 18, wife, keeping house, LA, AL, AL
      FIELDER, Early P, W, M, 2, son, TX, AL, LA
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    Family ID F547  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Wiess, Napoleon Bonaparte Jr.
    Wiess, Napoleon Bonaparte Jr.
    Wiess Cemetery, Wiess' Bluff, Jasper county, Texas
    Wiess Cemetery, Wiess' Bluff, Jasper county, Texas

  • Sources 
    1. [S2126] Napoleon Bonaparte Wiess; W.T. Block, http://hans.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/n_b_wiess.htm.