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William Russell

22 Jan 1824 – 20 Jun 1894

Birth	22 Jan 1824
Death	20 Jun 1894
Cemetery	Twin Cemetery Farmersville , Collin County , Texas , USA
Added by	Marc & Donna on 02 Feb 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8688779

Bio

from the page pictured to the right, William Russell, fourth child of William and Minta (Fowler) Russell, was born 22 January 1824 in Alabama and died 20 Jun 1894 in Farmersville, Texas. On 26 August 1848 in Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, he was married by John F Morris to Mary Ann Taylor (Franklin County, Tennessee Marriage Book, 1835-1875, p. 102) Mary Ann was born 2 August 1831, Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee, daughter of Morgan Taylor. She died 12 June 1916 at Kenefick, Oklahoma, in the home of her daughter, Ida (Mrs. Tom Hall). Both are buried in Honaker Cemetery, also called the Twin City Cemetery, about one and one-half miles north-east of Farmersville, Texas. In the Daily Courier Gazette, McKinney, Texas, 11 October 1922, there is a page of ex-confederates who were living in Collin County, in 1890. William Russell is listed in Co K, 4th. Arkansas, Tr. Mississippi Army, living in Vernona, Texas, a small town near Farmersville, Texas. General Services and Administration National Archives and Record Services gives the following: William Russell, Private, age 38 years, enrolled in Capt. Williamson's Company, McNair's regiment of Infantry on 26 October 1861. Mustered in at Fort Smith, Arkansas, assigned to Co. K, 4th Reg't Arkansas Infantry. He was a Primitive Baptist and a farmer. We have a hymn book that belonged to him in which he had written his name in a bold flowing hand. Children: 1. Jane Russell: b. 1849 Franklin County, Tennessee. She was living in the household of her father and mother in 1870. Family tradition is that she died.

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Family

Parents

• William Rapel Russell 1794–1841
• Arminta "Minty" Fowler Russell 1798–1870

Spouse

• Mary Ann Taylor Russell 1831–1916

Siblings

• Samuel Joseph Russell 1822–1884
• Pvt Elijah Russell 1836–1861
• Pvt James Sims Russell 1837–1861

Children

• Isabelle Frances Russell Shackelford 1845–1910
• John Landers Russell 1851–1915
• Margaret Louise Russell Blankenship 1857–1908
• Elijah Daniel "Lige" Russell 1860–1935
• William James Sims Russell 1863–1935
• George Morgan Russell 1867–1929
• Charles Hon Russell Sr 1869–1932
• Minnie Ida Russell Hall 1871–1929
• Robert Franklin Russell 1873–1965

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