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Napoleon Bonaparte Fant

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Napoleon Bonaparte Fant

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
14 Aug 1899 (aged 53–54)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 29.7669719, Longitude: -95.38657
Plot
Section C-1, Lot 126
Memorial ID
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Napoleon Bonaparte Fant married Katherine "Kate" Moffett Bef. 1874 probably in Houston, Harris Co., Texas. Katherine "Kate" Moffett was the daughter of Paul Garner Moffatt and Mary (Hope) Moffatt.

In the 1880 Census, 5th Ward-Houston, Harris Co., TX, Napoleon, wife Kate, and children Carrie, Jessie and Samuel are living with Alexander M. Brooks (step-grandfather) and Alethea H. Sorrels Brooks,(grandmother) Kate's grandparents. Napoleon is listed as a painter and his grandfather-in-law is a lumber dealer.

Napoleon is listed in several Houston City Directories, images attached.

1880 U.S. Census
Napoleon Fant
1850 Birth South Carolina, United States
1880 Residence Houston, Harris, Texas
1880 Age 30
Race White
Gender M
City HOUSTON
Township Houston
State Texas
Page 38
Ethnicity American
Occupation Painter

Household

Self A. M. Brooks (age 72)
Wife Elita Brooks (age 73)
Granddaughter Kate Fant (age 27)
Grandson-In-Law Napoleon Fant (age 30)
Great Granddaughter Carrie Fant (age 8)
Great Granddaughter Jessie Fant (age 3)
Grandson Sam'L Fant
Other Dinah Philips (age 35)

Napoleon Bonaparte Fant married Katherine "Kate" Moffett Bef. 1874 probably in Houston, Harris Co., Texas. Katherine "Kate" Moffett was the daughter of Paul Garner Moffatt and Mary (Hope) Moffatt.

In the 1880 Census, 5th Ward-Houston, Harris Co., TX, Napoleon, wife Kate, and children Carrie, Jessie and Samuel are living with Alexander M. Brooks (step-grandfather) and Alethea H. Sorrels Brooks,(grandmother) Kate's grandparents. Napoleon is listed as a painter and his grandfather-in-law is a lumber dealer.

Napoleon is listed in several Houston City Directories, images attached.

1880 U.S. Census
Napoleon Fant
1850 Birth South Carolina, United States
1880 Residence Houston, Harris, Texas
1880 Age 30
Race White
Gender M
City HOUSTON
Township Houston
State Texas
Page 38
Ethnicity American
Occupation Painter

Household

Self A. M. Brooks (age 72)
Wife Elita Brooks (age 73)
Granddaughter Kate Fant (age 27)
Grandson-In-Law Napoleon Fant (age 30)
Great Granddaughter Carrie Fant (age 8)
Great Granddaughter Jessie Fant (age 3)
Grandson Sam'L Fant
Other Dinah Philips (age 35)



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