Perry McFaddin Wiess[1]
1871 - 1940 (68 years)-
Name Perry McFaddin Wiess Born Dec 28, 1871 Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA 
Gender Male Census Jun 19, 1900 Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA [2] Census Apr 23, 1910 Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA [3] Census Jan 16, 1920 Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA [4] Died Jun 05, 1940 Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto county, Texas, USA [5, 6] Buried Jun 07, 1940 Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA - Gravestone: Born Dec 28, 1871; Died June 5, 1940.
Notes - The Galveston Daily News, p. 6, 1904:
"THE OILIERS DID IT; THEY TOOK THE SECOND OF THE SERIES OF GAMES FROM GALVESTON;
....A little overanxiety to beat his former team mates caused big Pat Seay's downfall, and there is great rejoicing in this oil-soaked hamlet tonight. Perry Wiess is rapidly acquiring a fame(?) arm through throwing bouquets (?) at himself. His players, who couldn't be found after yesterday's game .... the Wiess crowd won by daring base-running and first rate pitching."
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The Galveston Daily News, p. 7, Sept. 8, 1906
MINING IN ALASKA
PERRY WEISS (sic) HAS RETURNED TO BEAUMONT AND TELLS ABOUT IT.
DIG GOLD WITH A DREDGE
Returns Are Fifty Cents a Cubic Yard.
Has Had Weather 72 Degrees Below Zero.
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS.
Beaumont, Tex., Sept 7. -- After six months' stay in Alaska Mr. Perry Wiess, a well known young man of this city, has returned to Beaumont, arriving last evening.
Mr. Wiess will remain at home until next spring, when he will return to Alaska and resume gold mining operations.
Mr. Wiess left here last March after he had formed a connection with the Bonanza Basin Gold Dredging Company, a mining corporation in which St. Louis and Texas parties are the chief stockholders. The company is operating on the Canadian province of Yukon, the scene of the operations being about forty miles north of Dawson City.
Mr. Wiess states that the method of mining is with a dredge, the basin of the Klondike River and its tributaries being dredged and the ore mined. The company has had a successful year and is doing a large business. The richest ore has already been pretty well mined and ore is now being used which returns only 50c per yard. This is profitable, as there is plenty of ore mined in California which yields only 10c per yard.
Mr. Wiess talks very interestingly of his travels and his experiences in Alaska. He says that Dawson City now has a population of about 4,000 people, and the wild, floating character of the population has shifted and the city is now quiet and orderly. He says that he did not suffer to any great extent from the cold, though one day the thermometer at Dawson got down to 72 degrees below zero and in other localities it was as low as 81 degrees below. The furs worn up there are ample protection from the extreme cold. He states that there is a scarcity of fuel and the largest item of expense by the gold mining company is on this score. There is also a demand for skilled labor. An engineer in Alaska gets $12 per day for his services, while ordinary unskilled labor is worth from 75c to $1 per hour. The season for active work, however, is only about four months out of the year, which accounts for the high wages paid, and the high cost of living prevents laborers from going to Alaska. The cost of living is very high. An ordinary breakfast, consisting of a cup of coffee, a roll and some eggs, is worth $1.25, and it is impossible for a man to live any way at all for less that $100 to $125 a month.
On the whole Mr. Wiess is well pleased with his trip and with conditions in Alaska. He says that the means of travel are now comparatively comfortable, and that a man could make a flying trip to Dawson City if he desired within thirty days. The route is by steamer from Seattle, Wash., to Skaguay, Alaska. From Skaguay a railroad 110 miles long takes the traveler over the Rocky Mountains into the province of Yukon and thence a sleigh line runs to Dawson City, a distance of 590 miles. When Mr. Wiess went over it took him twelve days to make the trip in the sleigh.
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Obituary:
PERRY M. WIESS, 68, TO BE BURIED FRIDAY
Special to The News.
BEAUMONT, June 6. -- Final rites for Perry M. Wiess, 68, former resident of Beaumont, will be held at the home of his sister, Mrs. W.A. Priddie of 675 Fifth street, Friday afternoon. Exact time has not been set.
Mr. Wiess died in Mineral Wells following a heart attack Wednesday morning. A member of a pioneer Beaumont family, he moved away from here five years ago. Pipkin and Brulin have charge of arrangements.
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Person ID I1497 mykindred Last Modified Jun 11, 2010
Father William A. Wiess, CSA, b. Oct 23, 1842, Wiess Bluff, Jasper county, Texas, USA , d. Jun 12, 1914, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 71 years) Mother Eliza Louanza "Lou" Herring, b. Nov 21, 1848, Texas, USA , d. Nov 11, 1878 (Age 29 years) Married Jan 11, 1866 Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA 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
Family ID F564 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ethiel L. "Ettie" Lary, b. Mar 1877, Texas, USA , d. Apr 19, 1956, Fort Worth, Tarrant county, Texas, USA (Age ~ 79 years) Married Aug 30, 1894 Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA [2, 7] Divorced Bef 1908 Notes - -
1900 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 32, 38-B, (T623-1650, p.64
June 19, 1900, 1187 Calder Avenue, HH 583/673 (710/731)
Wiess, Perry M, head, W, M, Dec 1871, 28, m 6 yrs, TX, TX, TX, lumber dealer
" , Ethie??, wife, W, F, Mar 1877, 23, m 6 yrs, 3/3 children, TX, AR, TX
" , Nanetta(?), dau, June 1895, 5, TX
" , Olive, dau, Nov 1897, 2, TX
" , Lorna, dau, Nov 1898, 6/12, TX
Jackson, Allustus, servant, B, F, Mar 1848, 52, m 32 yrs, 8/5 children, IN, Can, Can, cook
" , Wm, servant, B, M, Jan 1858, 42, m 32 yrs, CA, CA, CA, cotton farmer
" , Ella, servant, Jan 1874, 26, m 2, 0/0 children, Mex(?), IN, CA, nurse
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1910 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 70, 9-B, (T624-1568, p.70)
April 23, 1910, 957 Calder, HH 135/145
Wiess, Cush E, head, M, W, 41, widowed, TX, US, US, president, oil co
" , Fay E, dau, 10, TX, TX, TX
Fleming, Rhonda(?), roomer, F, W, 23, single, TX, MS, AL, schoolteacher
Elder, Kate, servant, F, W, 46, widowed, 1/1 child, TX, MS, AL, housekeeper
Littles(?), B???, servant, M, B, 32, m1 2 yrs, TX, TX, TX, waiter, cafe
" , Victoria, servant, F, B, 34, m2, 2 yrs, 0/0, TX, TX, TX, cook
Schmidt, Herbert, roomer, M, W, 30, single, TX, Ger, TX, salesman, dry goods
Wiess, Perry, brother, M, W, 39, divorced, TX, US, US, Capitalist(?), Pe????
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Children 1. Nenetta Wiess (Burton), b. Jun 18, 1895, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. May 18, 1983, Tarrant county, Texas, USA (Age 87 years)2. Olive C. Wiess (Burton), b. Nov 28, 1897, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. Jan 1987, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma county, Oklahoma, USA (Age 89 years)3. Loma Wiess, b. Nov 1898, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. YFamily ID F44719 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sadie A. Caswell, b. Jun 07, 1872, Jefferson county, Texas, USA , d. Nov 01, 1945, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA (Age 73 years) Married Bef Jan 1920 Notes - -
1900 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 32, 38-B, (T623-1650, p.64)
June 19, 1900, 1187 Calder, HH 582/673, (all b. TX)
Wiess, Perry M, head, W, M, Dec 1871, 28, m 6 yrs, lumber dealer
" , Ettie, wife, W, F, Mar 1877, 23, m 6 yrs, 3/3 children, TX, AR, TX
" , Ninetta(?), dau, June 1895, 4
" , Olive, dau, Nov 1897
" , Lorna, dau, Nov 1898, 6/12
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In 1910, he is divorced and living with his brother Cush at 957 Calder.
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1920 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 87, 20-B, (T625-1823, p.141)
Jan 16, 1920, HH 327/549
Wiess, Perry M., head, RM, W, 48, M, b. TX, father TX, mother TX
Wiess, Sadie C., wife, F, W, 47, M, b. TX, GA, LA
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1930 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 123-14, 25-B, (T626-2361, p.191)
April 24, 1930, 1872 Calder, HH ---
Wiess, Perry M, head, M, W, 58, m at 23, TX, TX, TX, oil dist
" , Sadie, wife, own, $22970, F, W, 57, m at 24, TX, GA, LA
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Family ID F571 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
Reliance Lumber Company
Beaumont City DirectoryWiess, Perry
passport application (1906)Wiess, Perry M.
Death Certificate
Headstones 
Wiess, Perry
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Sources - [S75] From Cotton Bales to Black Gold, p. 59.
- [S3961] 1900 US federal census, 1900 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 32, 38-B, (T623-1650, p.64.
- [S967] 1910 US federal census, 1910 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 70, 9-B, (T624-1568, p.70).
- [S967] 1910 US federal census, 1920 census, TX, Jefferson, Beaumont, ed 87, 20-B (T625-1823, p.141).
- [S428] Texas Death Records on-line.
Perry McFaddin Wiess - [S561] Death Certificate.
- [S824] Texas marriage records (online).
Ethiel Lary; Perry M. Wiess; Jefferson cty, TX; Aug. 30, 1894.
- [S75] From Cotton Bales to Black Gold, p. 59.
