Living

Notes:

Name: Wesley Carl Fussell
Death Date: 25 Jul 1970
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 52 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1918
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: William Hollie Fussell
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Lena Gay Mason
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218857
Digital Film Number: 4169069
Image Number: 140
Reference Number: 49329
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Wesley married Mabel Elizabeth Dominy before 1943. Mabel was born on 30 Nov 1919 in Groveton, Trinity County, Texas; died on 30 Dec 1989 in San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following is an article in a book entitled "TRINITY COUNTY BEGINNINGS" published by the Trinity County Book Committee. Compiled by Patricia Bartley Hensley and Joseph Woodrow Hensley in 1986. This book was found in the Tyler, Texas library in June 1998, and transcribed by Jeff L. Bott, and copied from his BAKER SURNAME-Descendants of Silas Baker on RootsWeb WorldConnect.

On November 30, 1919, 1 was born in Groveton, delivered by our beloved family physician, Dr. Jap Magee, to my expectant and devoted parents, Reed H. and Maude Inez Baker Dominy. Mrs. Lynn P. Atmar (Mabel) named me; she became my dearly loved "Auntie Mabel". She, her husband, and son, Morris, were friends of our family. Her husband, Lynn, was the banker in Groveton then. Dr. Magee's wife and mother were also kind and good friends.

My childhood was filled with fun and love, so many wonderful memories under the guidance and protection of Christian parents. Many cousins were counted among my close friends and associates and still remain so today.

I remember the gatherings in the home of our grandparents, Daniel and Kittie Dominy, the love of aunts and uncles and their families. At Thanksgiving and Christmas our grandparents expected all to be there, but these reunions continued after our grandparents were gone. I miss them now.

Our mother was full of love for all and had the wonderful ability to take over in homes where there was illness or sadness. She was also a good cook and friend to all.

My dear brother, Reed Harwood, 3/ years older than I, was a freckle-faced, good-looking lad with auburn curls, a winning smile, and lovable personality. I was chubby with curly blond hair, which my mother kept in Shirley Temple style. I remember how beautifully she dressed me in the clothes she made, for she was a good seamstress. My brother was also dressed beautifully.

Growing up was full of happy living among such loving, kind, and good friends among our peers as well as adults. Attending Sunday School, Church, and Groveton public schools contributed to a full and well-rounded education. We had excellent teachers, such as Miss Norma Dawson and Mrs. Jimmie (G. H.) Bradley, who was the best math teacher I ever had.

Reading through the recipes in my mother's cookbook, compiled by members of the Church Circle, awakens more memories of all the dear people who contributed so much to our lives, to each other, and to other Trinity County residents. Among these was Mrs. Joe Locke. She and her husband, Joe, owned the Locke Hotel; and their son, Joe Tom, a dear friend of ours, drowned in the Trinity River. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Robb were also family friends to whom my brother and I delivered milk from our Holstein Dairy.

When school closed, we had great fun gathering with friends at our house for tennis, followed by enjoying tall glasses of butter-milk, fried pork (sow-belly), and cornbread (Soul Food), followed by old-fashioned tea cakes. Then the friends left to do their home chores, while Reed and I turned to our town duties. During football season it fell my lot to do double-duty, while my brother either stayed at school to practice or play football.

In 1934 we moved to Nacogdoches where I finished high school, preparatory to college, and Reed Harwood entered Stephen F. Austin College. We later moved to Center where my father continued his profession in the Dry-Goods business, later serving as a member of the State's Department Program for developing agriculture in Texas, which he enjoyed very much.

After college my brother taught school in Longview until World War II, when he joined the US Air Force and was stationed in California until sent overseas to London. He was piloting a P-35 when shot down over the English Channel. The body was never recovered. When my mother died in 1966 (correction: 1950), the minister referred to her as another casualty or victim of war. My father died in 1973.

Reed Harwood left a widow, Melba, and a daughter Mary Margaret, now Mrs. John Hendrick (correction: Hendricks), of Auburn, Alabama John and Mary Margaret have a son, John, in the University of Alabama, and a daughter, Lisa, who is finishing high school.

I met and married Carl Fussell, a rancher and member of a prominent family in San Augustine. Carl died in 1970. We have one son, Rodger Carl Fussell, who married Sharon Jones Fussell, and they live in Gilmer, Texas. Both are CPA's.

by: Mrs. Mabel Fussell
Jeff L. Bott made two corrections above in what appears to have been typographical errors

Notes:

Name: William Hollie Fussell
Death Date: 11 May 1968
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 80 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1888
Birth Date: Feb 25, 1888
Usual occupation Cattleman Retired
Birthplace: San Augustine, TX
Marital Status:
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Benson Byron Fussell
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Mollie Warner
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence: 1020 Fussell Drive San Augustine
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2137029
Digital Film Number: 4029811
Image Number: 578
Reference Number: 37662
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, San Augustine, Pr. 1
Enumerated 7 Apr 1930
ED 203-3 SD 19 Sheet 1A Stamped 167
Old Center Road
10-10
Fussell, William H Hd M W 42 M 25 Tx La Tx Farmer Truck Farm
Fussell, Lena G Wf F W 38 M 19 Tx Tx Tx
Fussell, Bennie Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx
Fussell, W. H. Son M W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Fussell, Vernon Son M W 12 S Tx Tx Tx
Fussell, Pat H Son M W 2 6/12 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Lena Gay Mason. Lena (daughter of William Crockett Mason and Josephine Deas) was born on 19 Aug 1892 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Dec 1969 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Bland Lake, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Lena Gay Fussell
Death Date: 09 Dec 1969
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race:
Death Age: 77 years
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 19 Aug1892
Birthplace: Sabine County, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: W. C. Mason
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Josephine Deas
Mother's Birthplace:
Informant: Mrs. Bennie Poss (Daughter)
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2218604
Digital Film Number: 4168894
Image Number: 288
Reference Number: 90571
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

(Medical):See attached sources.

Notes:

W. C. Mason

Pioneer of San Augustine County Succumbs

San Augustine, Dec. 2

Funeral services for William Crockett Mason, 71, of San Augustine county, were held at the San Augustine Baptist church, Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. R. A. Smith, pastor of San Augustine church, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Frank Dent, pastor of Methodist church, and also Dr. J. C. Oelher, pastor of Presbyterian church. Intermnet was at the city cemetery. He died here Wednesday.

Surviving are his widow; two sons, Pat and I. E. of San Augustine; six daughters, Mrs. J. B. Fussell, Mrs. W. H. Fussell, and Mrs. Ab Howard, of San Augustine, Mrs. J. D. Fuller and Mrs. T. G. Fuller of Hemphill, and Mrs. Jimmy Lyons, Beaumont; six sisters, Mrs. Mamie Smith Morton, Mrs. Millie Self, Claredon; Mrs. Hillis Smith, Milam, Mrs. Tom Smith, San Augustine county, Mrs. John Halbert, Dallas, and Mrs. S. S. Jamison, Venavides, Texas; four brothers, Bob, Clarendon; Marcus, Roganville; Sam, Yellowpine, and Pole, Milam; and 12 grandchildren.

Mr. Mason was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte Mason, a Civil war veteran and pioneer settler of Sabine county, who came to Texas in his youth. He was a resident of San Augustine from 1908 to 1937, having purchased the originial Border plantation in 1908, and made it his home. He was a progressive cotton planter, a director and stockholder of the Commercial Guaranty bank and an honorary deacon of the First Baptist church of San Augustine. He served on the building committee, making possible the present First Baptist church in San Augustine, where he and his family worshipped for many years.

(From the Beaumont Enterprise, courtesy of Ann Ussery)

Texas Death Certificate

Name: William Crocket Mason
Death Date: 01 Dec 1937
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 71 years 2 months 16 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1866
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Josephine Deas Mason
Father's Name: Napolen Mason
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Name: Marny Terrey
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Informant: T. E.(L.E.?) Mason, San Augustine
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence: San Augustine
Cemetery:
Burial Place: San Augustino County
Burial Date: 02 Dec 1937
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2117400
Digital Film Number: 4030400
Image Number: 1443
Reference Number: cn 62664
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. 7
Enumerated 15 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 69 Sheet 11A Stamped 117
183-183
Deas, J. A. Head W M Apr 1839 61 M 38 ALa SC Ky Farmer
Deas, Hannah Wf W F Nov 1836 63 M 38 2/1 Ala SC SC
Mason, W. C. Son-in-law W M Sept 1867 32 M 12 Tx Tx Ga Farmer
Mason, Josephine Dtr W F Feb 1870 30 M 12 7/6 Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Bertie Gdtr W F Jun 1889 10 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Ella Gdtr W F Jan 1891 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Lena Gdtr W F Sep 1892 7 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Willie Gdtr W F Sep 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Sallie Gdtr W F Mch 1897 3 S Tx Tx Tx
Mason, Eugene Grndson W M Feb 1899 1 S Tx Tx Tx
Seastruck, Shank Servant B M Feb 1895 25 S Tx Miss Miss Day Laborer


1910 Census
Texas, San Augustine County, JP 1
Enumerated 28 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 137 Sheet 12B
195-207
Mason, William C Hd M W 44 M1 20 Tx Tx Tx Farmer
Mason, Josephine Wf F W 40 M1 20 12/8 Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Ella Dtr F W 18 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Lena Dtr F W 17 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Willie Dtr F W 16 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Sarah Dtr F W 13 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Eugene Son M W 11 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Marvin Son M W 6 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Ima Dtr F W 4 S Tx Ala Ala
Mason, Verdie Dtr F W 6/12 S Tx Ala Ala
Deas, Hannah Mother-in-law F W 73 Wd Ala SC SC




(Medical):See attached sources.

William married Josephine Deas on 9 Sep 1888. Josephine (daughter of James A. Deas and Hannah Elizabeth Smith) was born on 6 Feb 1870 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Oct 1950 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in San Augustine City Cemetery, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Josephine Deas Mason
Death Date: 28 Oct 1950
Death Place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: W
Death Age: 80 years 8 months 22 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 06 Feb 1870
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: James A. Deas
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Hannah Elizabeth Smith
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
Cemetery: City Cem.
Burial Place: San Augustine, Texas
Burial Date: 29 Oct 1950
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2074494
Digital Film Number: 4166797
Image Number: 2182
Reference Number: 49748
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976