Hood County Texas Genealogical Society
LEVI FINE, JR.
1816 – 1903
Veteran of Republic of Texas Army & Confederate States Army
Contributed by Jay L. Robertson
Levi Fine, Jr.
Levi
Fine, Jr. was born in 1816 in Tennessee.
His parents were Levi Fine, Sr. and Nancy Oden.
Levi
Fine, Jr. married Clarrissa Louisa Reynolds who was born in 1824 in Illinois,
according to family Bible records.
Levi
and Clarrissa had eleven children as follows:
1.
Mary
L. Fine b. 1844 Republic of Texas.
Married Mr. Coleman.
2.
Nancy
A. Fine b. 1847 Texas. Married John
O’Neal 11/02/1865 Lavaca County, Texas.
3.
Sarah
Fine b. 1848 Texas.
4.
Lucy
Fine b. 1852 Texas.
5.
John
Stephen Fine b. 02/13/1855 Lavaca County, Texas. (see details below)
6.
Samuel
Bartlett Fine b. 1847 Texas d. 1877 leaving a wife and son, John Delmar Fine.
7.
Henry
A. Fine b. 1863 Texas. Married Mattie Morton 09/02/1882 Llano County,
Texas. Children: Wesley, John, Otis,
Ida, Rosa, Nettie, Lizza & Josephine.
8.
Wesley
Fine b. 1866 Texas. Children: George, Jim, Carl, Ola & Desdemonia.
9.
Ida
Viola Fine b. 1868 Llano County, Texas.
Married Charles T. Brady.
Children: Ethel, Freddie & Bessie.
10. Benjamin Fine (Bennie) b.
1870 Texas.
11. Emma Fine b. ~1872. Married Mr. Jennings. Children: Lizza, Ernest, Marion &
Willie.
The
1850 Texas census finds Levi Fine and his family living in Jackson County, in
southeastern Texas. The family was
indicated as follows:
|
Levi
Fine |
32 |
M |
Farmer |
200 |
E
Tenn |
|
Clarissa
Fine |
24 |
F |
|
|
Mo |
|
Mary
L |
8 |
F |
|
|
Texas |
|
Nancy
A |
3 |
F |
|
|
Texas |
|
Sarah |
1 |
F |
|
|
Texas |
1880
finds Levi Fine and his family living in Llano County, in west central
Texas. The family was enumerated as follows:
|
Levie FINE |
Self |
M |
Male |
W |
64 |
TN |
Farming |
TN |
TN |
|
Clarisy FINE |
Wife |
M |
Female |
W |
53 |
MO |
Keeping House |
NC |
MO |
|
Sam FINE |
Son |
S |
Male |
W |
23 |
TX |
Farming |
TN |
MO |
|
Wessly FINE |
Son |
S |
Male |
W |
14 |
TX |
Farming |
TN |
MO |
|
Ida FINE |
Dau |
S |
Female |
W |
12 |
TX |
At Home |
TN |
MO |
|
Henry FINE |
Son |
S |
Male |
W |
17 |
TX |
Farming |
TN |
MO |
John Stephen Fine, Levi and Clarrissa’s fifth child, married Julia A. Davis who was born in Alabama on August 17, 1849. John Stephen Fine died in the 1940’s. Both he and his wife were buried in Loraine, Mitchell County, Texas. They had the following eleven children:
1. Sarah E. Fine b. 06/25/1873 Scott County, Arkansas d. 02/22/1892 burial Rough Creek Cemetery, Hood County, Texas.
2. Mary Ophelia Fine b. 06/04/1875 Llano County, Texas. Married Smith Aaron Browning 03/29/1903 Hood County, Texas.
3. John William Fine (Bill) b. 12/02/1876 Llano County, Texas.
4. Joseph Richard Fine (Joe) b. 11/02/1878 Llano County, Texas. Died 06/1927. Survivors were his wife and five daughters.
5. Annie Eliza Fine b. 08/01/1880 Llano County, Texas d. 10/18/1932 or 1952.
6. George Henry Fine b. 07/20/1882 Llano County, Texas. Died 04/03/1963 Weatherford, Parker County, Texas. He was a Methodist minister. Survivors were his wife Susie, daughter Mrs. Robert Norton, and son Calvin Fine of Ardmore, Oklahoma.
7. [Twin] James Levi Fine (Jim) b. 10/22/1884 Llano County, Texas d. 04/16/1938. Married Marinda Kerr 12/06/1903 Hood County, Texas.
8. [Twin] Martha Jane Fine (Mattie) b. 10/22/1884 Llano County, Texas. Married J.H. Robb 12/27/1903 Hood County, Texas.
9. Odella Kay Fine (Della) b. 11/07/1887 Mason County, Texas. Married Claude Doyle Rylee 12/18/1904 Hood County, Texas.
10. [Twin] Lena Fine b. 03/19/1890 Hood County, Texas d. 09/1982 Odessa, Ector County, Texas. Married Mr. Collier.
11. [Twin] Rena Fine b. 03/19/1890 Hood County, Texas. Married Mr. Smith.
Many of Levi Fine’s grandchildren attended school in Hood County. They were the children of John Stephen Fine and Henry A. Fine. The following records have survived:
1890 School Year at Rough Creek:
Johny, age 13
Joe, age 12
Annie, age 10
Henry, age 8
1898 School Year at Rocky Point:
Wesley, age 14
J.M., age 12
Ida
1899 School Year at Stockton:
Wesley, age 14
Jim, age 14
Mat, age 14 (female) [Mattie]
John, age 12
Della, age 11
Ida, age 10
Lena, age 9
Rena, age 9
Rosa, age 8
Clarrissa Reynolds Fine died March 18, 1900 from measles and was buried in Rough Creek Cemetery in Hood County, Texas. Three years later, Levi Fine died on June 5, 1903 and was buried next to Clarrissa.
Original headstone at Rough Creek Cemetery
Footstone placed Nov. 2003
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