Here is the tombstone of Australia Guy, as she found it laying on the ground in the Guy plot, laying deep in the shadows.
(Courtesy of Amy the Spirit Seeker)
This next picture is is just to the right of his grave and marker, and in the Guy plot. I include it mainly to illustrate the impressive degree to which Mother Nature begins to take over. The railing surrounding this grave, which seems to be part of the Guy plot, had been incorporate into the tree, which then lived out it's life cycle and collapsed and ripped up the railing when it fell.
(photo by Charles Swenson)
As mentioned in the previous post, Australia Guy had a sister, Bedia Guy. She was born in May of 1887, and in the 1910 Census is listed as a public school teacher. She was listed as being first married at age 24 in the 1930 Census, though as divorced in the 1920 Census and then as married in the 1930 Census.
According to Reggie Brown, she was married to John H. Kinnard, and on the 1930 Census her last name is no longer Guy, although it is difficult to make out seems to read Kinard. In that 1930 Census, she is also listed as a school teacher in the occupation category, in the industry category the listing is R.R. She is living with her widowed mother Ellen, aged 70, who is listed as head of the house (valued at $500) and listed as now able to read and write, which differs from earlier Census data.
She died on May 11, 1939, of post-operative complications following the removal of an ovarian cyst.
(photo courstesy of Amy the Spirit Seeker)
(Found at FamilySearch.org)
According to Reggie Brown, she was married to John H. Kinnard, and on the 1930 Census her last name is no longer Guy, although it is difficult to make out seems to read Kinard. Henry Kinard is also living in the house as son-in-law and married at the age of 35 and is 65, though it may be 55. He is also literate, and his occupation is listed as the proprietor of a barber shop.
John Henry Kinnard was born on January 15, 1871, although he is listed in the 1920 Census with an age of 46. At that time he was married to Carrie J. Kinnard, who was also buried at Camptown Cemetery after her death on September 10, 1920. They had 4 teenaged children living with them at 1220 East Main Street, at a home he owned. His occupation was listed as a barber at a barbershop. He also appears in the 1900 and 1910 Census reports in Brenham, as a barber in 1900 and in 1910 as a barber at his own shop.
In 1940, the year after Bedia died, he is listed as single and living at 1209 East Main Street, the same house he'd been living in since 1935. He is still the manager of a barber shop, and is living with his son Isaac, who is also a barber. Isaac's wife Seletia and their child Herbert are also living there. Seletia was a casher (cashier) and although the data is unclear, it may have been at a picture show.
Henry Kinnard also shows up twice in the Brenham papers. In the July 22, 1896 edition of the Brenham Daily Banner, a mass meeting was held at the Mount Rose Baptist Church protesting a recently enacted city law requiring all hogs be kept in a pen of at least 50 feet by 20 feet. He was listed as one of 80 "law abiding and tax paying citizens" petitioning against this ordinance.
In December of 1913 there was massive flooding along the Brazos and Colorado River bottoms. Many calls were made for contributions to help the victims, a disproportionate number of whom were black. In an article from the December 17, 1913 Brenham Daily Banner-Press, was a statement issued by Professor D. Porter, the principal of the Brenham Normal and Industrial College. He suggested that "every colored citizen of our town proceed to give as liberal contributions as possible to the flood sufferers...in any -money, clothes or provisions..." He also "sincerely hoped that all and every one of the secret fraternities will get busy and in some way contribute something through the proper course...We should remember that at least 95 per cent of these suffering people are members of the colored race and that we should do something for ourselves in this sublime crisis. I suggest, therefore, that all contributions of whatever character be turned over to Henry Kinard, John Armbrister and Floyd Haskell, at their respective places of business. I take pleasure in stating that these men will see that each and every, and all contributions are placed in the hands of the regular organization."
John Henry Kinnard died on September 20, 1949, and was buried in Brenham.
(Found at FamilySearch.org)
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