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Descendants of Gibson Russell

Generation No. 2

2. Martha Ann² Russell (Gibson¹) was born Abt. 1837 in Alabama, USA. She married (1) Hillary M. Mills November 05, 1857. She married (2) William Edward Webber September 18, 1868.

Children of Martha Russell and Hillary Mills are:

9	i.	McKenzie³ Mills, born Abt. 1860.
10	ii.	Lewis H. Mills, born Abt. 1861.
11	iii.	Zenobia Mills, born Abt. 1862.
12	iv.	Hillary Mills, born Abt. 1863.

Children of Martha Russell and William Webber are:

	13	i.	Caroline³ Webber, born Abt. 1870 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
	14	ii.	Dora Webber, born Abt. 1873 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
	15	iii.	William E. Webber, born Abt. 1874 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
+	16	iv.	James Gibson Webber, born Abt. 1876; died August 06, 1971 in Curtiss, Oklahoma.

3. Lewis Houston² Russell (Gibson¹) was born 1838 in Alabama, USA, and died 1879. He married (1) Martha Ann Grayson October 11, 1864. He married (2) Sarah Cipress Duck March 30, 1871 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.

Child of Lewis Russell and Martha Grayson is:

Rett³ Russell, born Abt. 1866 in Texas.

Children of Lewis Russell and Sarah Duck are:

+	18	i.	Mellissa A³ Russell, born January 28, 1872; died February 20, 1904.
	19	ii.	J A Russell, born Abt. 1875.
	20	iii.	L C Russell, born Abt. 1877. She married C. O. Red.
	21	iv.	Louis Houston Russell, born Abt. 1879. He married Ellie Walker.

4. Mary Jane² Russell (Gibson¹) was born February 22, 1842 in Texas, and died May 18, 1928 in Cushing, Texas. She married James Franklin Bullock May 14, 1857 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.

Notes for Mary Jane Russell:
Mary Jane Russell was born to Gibson and Zenobia Crawford Russell on February 22, 1842 in Nacogdoches County, Texas. In a pamphlet written by John Weatherly in 1925, he says that the Bullocks, Crawfords, Russells and Weatherlys were among the first settlers of the little community of Appleby in Nacogdoches County. Here my grandmother, her children and most of her grandchildren were born. When she was of school age, she went to Henderson, Texas where she lived with her Uncle Colby Crawford and went to school. She married James Franklin Bullock at 15 years of age on May 14, 1857. The ceremony took place in front of the Russell home with the bride, the groom, and the minister all on horseback. The couple set housekeeping near Appleby.
Late one Spring evening, so the story goes, the young mother of four little girls dropped to her knees before starting her evening chore of milking cows, and lifting her face to the heavens prayed, "Lord, let this child I am carrying be a boy to take care of my in my old age." Time passed and on the 19th day of January, 1868, my father, Colby Franklin Bullock was born. My grandfather died when his only son was six months old.
Grandmother was no left a widow at 26 with five children to care for. She told us how she would plow when her hands would cramp around the plow handles and the mule would drag her to the end of the row. In addition to farming, she taught school, no certificate was necessary. In later years she worked with Dr. Fears and Dr. Samuels of Appleby and came near getting in trouble for practicing medicine without a license. She rode horseback mile after mile when word came that she was needed.
Grandmother’s children were growing up now and one by one were leaving the nest. Martha Ann (Mattie) married William Wright and they settled near Appleby and raised eleven children to adulthood.
The second daughter, Emma (Coonie), so called, because a few days after she was born, her mother had a high fever and tossed her out of the bed thinking she was a coon! Aunt Coonie married Allen Fenton and the settled near Cushing in Nacogdoches County. Ten children were born to them. Two of the children are still living: Mrs. Margie Arrington and Mrs. Maud Sandlin.
The tird daughter, Elmina (Miny) married Theodore Vauter and they had two children: Ada and Jesse. They are both deceased. Grandmother grew sad when talking about Aunt Miny who died a very tragic death. On Christmas Eve morning she was in her garden picking turnip greens for dinner when a man rode up and without speaking to her, shot her. She died a few hours later. There had been some trouble between the families previously. The man was convicted and hanged several months later. People from all over the county came to "hanging".
The fourth daughter, Mary Elizabeth (Molly) married job Scogin and they settled at Cedar Bluff. All of their children are gone now, but they have many grandchildren and great grandchildren living in Nacogdoches County.
Colby Franklin, Grandmother’s beloved son, married Sarah (Sally) Winder. She was the daughter of PMC and Kerrenhappuch Herrin Winder in 1897. There were four children: Harley, the oldest son; Callie, who married Fred T. Holleman; Bessie, who is a retired school teacher; Arthur Franklin (Gib) who married Mary Gladys Cook in 1929. She now lives in the old home place in Cushing. Arthur (Gib) who was a peace officer in Nacogdoches County for many years died on December 28, 1983. Bessie is the only surviving member of the family. They are all buried in the Cushing Cemetery.
Our grandmother was the guiding light of our family. She died quietly on the morning of May 14, 1928 in here 87th year. The funeral was held under the big oak tree by her bedroom window. She is buried near the son she had prayed for in desperation that Spring evening so long ago.

By Bessie Bullock
Source: Nacogdoches County Families
by The Nacogdoches County Genealogical Society
Curtis Media Corporation 1985

Children of Mary Russell and James Bullock are:

+	22	i.	Martha Ann³ Bullock, born March 16, 1858 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died November 27, 1928 in Buried in Bethel Cemetery, Appleby, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
+	23	ii.	Emma F. Bullock, born January 02, 1860 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died June 27, 1933 in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
+	24	iii.	Josephine Elmina Bullock, born March 26, 1862 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died December 23, 1899 in Shot to death while working in her garden by her brother-in-law, Francis Smith..
+	25	iv.	Mary Elizabeth Bullock, born May 22, 1865 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died July 24, 1947 in Buried in Bethel Cemetery, Appleby, Nacogdoches County, Texas.
+	26	v.	Colby Franklin Bullock, born January 19, 1868; died December 02, 1943.

7. James V.² Russell (Gibson¹) was born March 27, 1850 in Texas, and died October 15, 1918 in Buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas. He married (1) Wylanty W. Newman, daughter of David Newman and Izadora ??. He married (2) Nannie H Boyett November 03, 1882 in Nacogdoches County, Texas, daughter of Jefferson Boyett and Mary Vaught.

Child of James Russell and Wylanty Newman is:

Dave H.³ Russell, born March 05, 1880; died May 09, 1960.

Children of James Russell and Nannie Boyett are:

	28	i.	L³ Russell, born January 07, 1884; died July 01, 1972 in Buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas.
+	29	ii.	Peyton F. Russell, born July 30, 1887 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; died November 09, 1927 in Buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas.
	30	iii.	Joanna Russell, born February 02, 1890; died May 28, 1984 in Buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas.
+	31	iv.	Della Russell, born March 22, 1892; died January 04, 1946 in Killed by tornado in Appleby, Tx; buried in Bethel Cemetery in Nacogdoches, TX.
	32	v.	Ada Russell, born March 07, 1896; died December 08, 1996 in Buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Texas.

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