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T. Boone Pickens
(1928-2019)
A True Texas Legend "shuffled off this mortal coil today"...
T. Boone Pickens passed away today, September 11th, 2019 in Dallas Texas.
T. Boone was one of the better known Texas Oil Tycoons of the last century.
I heard about his passing on my way to work this morning. I again heard about it while listening to the news on TV while setting up the restaurant.
I felt a personal connection to this man for some reason....
On my way home from work tonight, NPR had a segment talking about his life and how his philanthropic efforts helped so many Texas institutions and the people served by this.
When I got home, there was a post on my Facebook Wall about his passing.
I then decided to a bit of research on this man.
I discovered in a matter of minutes that
Thomas Boone Pickens was my 16th cousin once removed.
I had the pleasure of meeting him at the hotel I work at a few years ago.
Back then I had no idea we shared the same kinfolk that goes back many generations.
Following is my family connection to T Boone and the discovery I made this evening that shows how we share some pretty neat ancestral family lines including some English Knights and Barons and a Spanish Ancestral Great Grandmother named Sancha Blount, Lady de Ayala, who's family ancestry goes back to the Royal and Noble families of Early Spain and Portugal.
Rest in Peace Cousin Thomas
Our Amazing Shared Ancestry
T. Boone and myself and my siblings share quite an amazing family history.
We descend from a line of English nobility that branched off in the middle part of the 15th century about 1450 or so.
The Ancestral Great Grandparents
(Blount & Gresley)
Sir Thomas Blount (1390-1456) & Lady Margaret Gresley Blount (1393-1456).
Sir Thomas and Lady Margaret were the 16th Great Grandparents of myself and my siblings and were the 15th Great Grandparents of Thomas Boone.
I and my siblings descend from their son Sir Thomas Blount (1414-1468) and his wife Agnes Hawley Blount (1420-1462).
Thomas descends from their son Walter Blount (1420-1474) and his wife Helena Byron Blount (1416-1468).
Thomas Blount (our common ancestor) was the Son of Sir Walter Blount, Knight., of Barton and Sancha Blount, Lady de Ayala.
Sir Walter was Immortalized by Shakespeare as one of the three loyal knights who gave their lives by impersonating Henry IV at the battle of Shrewsbury.
Lady Sancha was a descendent of many of the Kings of Spain and Navarre.
Thomas and Margaret would have ten children during their marriage.
Their children were:
Elizabeth le Blount; Sir Thomas Blount, Kt.; Sancha Langford; Agnes Wolsey (Blount); Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy; Elizabeth Shirley; Lord Mountjoy Blount; Maple Durham; Walter Blount, Sir. and Humphrey Blount.
Two of these children would sire the lines that led to myself and my siblings and to T. Boone.
My line would descend through their son Thomas and T. Boone's line would descend through their son Walter.
Our Lines Continue in Colonial America
My Line
My line from Thomas would, about 200 years later, eventually immigrate to North America around 1650 with my 10th Great Grandmother, Katherine Marbury Scott (1610-1687).
Katherine and her husband Richard Scott (1605-1681) would settle in Provedence, Rhode Island.
From there, my line would stay in New England until the middle of the 19th century and settle in Wisconsin in the middle 1800s with my 3rd great grandmother Mary Smith Brown (1822-1913).
T. Boone's Line
T. Boone's line from Walter would about 200 years later as well, eventually immigrate to North America around 1675 with his 6th Great Grandmother, Catharina Blount Pike (1650-1694).
Catharina and her husband Gabriel Pike (1650-1699) would settle in Pasquotank, North Carolina.
From there, his line would move to South Carolina where his ancestral 3rd great grandfather, General Andrew Pickens, would become a U.S. Congressman and then his 2nd ancestral great grandfather, Ezekiel Pickens, would become a lieutenant Governor of South Carolina and eventually his grandfather, Reverend Andrew Pickens would move to the Indian reservations of Oklahoma and minister to the native Americans of the Chickasaw nation. There Andrew would raise his son Thomas Boone Pickens. Thomas would move to Amarillo Texas and work for Phillips Oil Company and thus started the flirtation with oil and gas that culminate in his son T. Boone becoming one of the richest men in Texas.
Our Shared Bloodline Relationship
T. Boone Pickens is our 16th cousin once removed.
John, Jane, James, Jackie, Jeff Repinski
→ Marlene Grace Repinski
your mother → Raymond Harold Dietz
her father → Henry Chester Dietz
his father → Eleanor May Dietz
his mother → Mary E. Brown
her mother → Mary Elizabeth Smith
her mother → Ziba Smith
her father → Elizabeth Smith
his mother → Esther Sayles
her mother → Major Sylvanus Scott
her father → John Scott
his father → Katherine Scott
his mother → Reverend Francis Marbury, I
her father → William Marbury, Esq.
his father → Robert Marbury, Esq.
his father → Anne Marbury
his mother → Sir Thomas Blount, Kt.
her father → Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy
his brother → Sir William Blount
his son → Lady Elizabeth Windsor (Blount), Baroness Windsor
his daughter → William Windsor, MP, 2nd Baron Windsor
her son → Eleanor Broome (Windsor)
his daughter → Bridgett Blount of Astley (Broome)
her daughter → James Blount, Sr.
her son → Edmond Blount
his son → Catharina Pike (Blount)
his daughter → Margaret Pickens (Pike)
her daughter → Captain or Colonel Andrew Pickens, Sr.
her son → General Andrew Pickens, U.S. Congressman
his son → Lt Gov Ezekiel Pickens
his son → Maj Andrew Calhoun Pickens
his son → Rev. Andrew Calhoun Pickens
his son → Thomas Boone Sibley Pickens
his son → T. Boone Pickens
his son
T. Boone Pickens' Obituary & Life Sketch
The Short Version of T. Boone Pickens' Life
(From the Culture Map Dallas)
T. Boone Pickens, legendary oilman, business tycoon, and philanthropist, died September 11 from natural causes at his Dallas home, a spokesman for his foundation announced.
Born in Holdenville, Oklahoma, on May 22, 1928, Pickens knew hard work from an early start. At age 12, he had his first job as a paperboy.
"I always had money after that, in my pocket, and it was a good feeling," he told CNBC.
Pickens graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in geology, then began his career at Phillips Petroleum. Later, he founded oil and gas company Mesa Petroleum, taking it public in the 1960s and realizing the power that comes with being a shareholder. Pickens helped revolutionize how corporate executives are paid, advocating for compensation to include shares.
His move from geology to corporate finance was solidified during the 1990s, when he founded energy hedge fund BP Capital, which made him a billionaire. During his life, Pickens donated $1 billion to charity, half of which went to his alma mater. He would also use his voice to advocate for energy independence and clean energy.
Much of Pickens' fortune went into his beloved 65,000-acre ranch in the Texas Panhandle. He put the masterpiece on the market for $250 million in 2017.
Pickens’ business experience and outspoken nature made him the perfect TV regular in his later years, offering his colorful insight on the state of the energy industry. He even developed “Boone-isms,” pithy sayings and prognostications that helped build his fandom.
The Dallas Morning News made a list, including:
“Don’t fall victim to what I call the ‘ready-aim-aim-aim-aim’ syndrome. You must be willing to fire.”
"Show up early. Work hard. Stay late. Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure they are not the same eight hours."
"My mother once told me, 'Son, you talk too much. You should listen more. You don't even know who the enemy is.'"
“If you’re on the right side of the issue, just keep driving until you hear glass breaking. Don’t quit.”
"Play by the rules. It's no fun if you cheat."
Throughout his life, Pickens had five marriages, including to Toni Brinker, the widow of Dallas businessman Norm Brinker. They divorced in 2017.
Pickens is survived by five children, 11 grandchildren, and "an increasing number of great grandchildren," according to the foundation. He's preceded in death by one grandson, Thomas "Ty" Boone Pickens IV, who died from a drug overdose while a student at TCU in 2013.
Rest in Peace Cousin
Sources And Further Reading:
https://www.facebook.com
http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/09-11-19-t-boone-pickens-legendary-oil-tycoon-dies-age-91/
http://boonepickens.com/?page_id=1292
https://www.geni.com/people/T-Boone-Pickens/6000000016066019139
http://boonepickens.com/?page_id=1294
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