After my grandfather Homer Russell died in 1995, I started researching his ancestry. Fortunately, there has been quite a bit of research done previously and it was available in a local (Houston, TX) public library. His ancestors have resided in Nacogoches County in East Texas since the 1840s. Grandpa's parents were Peyton F. Russell and Hattie Coats. Peyton Russell: Father= James V. Russell; Grandfather=Gibson RussellHattie Coats: Father=William Jackson Coats; Grandfather= Andrew Jackson "Jack" Coats.
In addition, I have researched the family of my grandmother Willie Mae (Green) Russell. She was the daughter of William H Green and Rhoda Seelbach of Nacogdoches, Texas. William Green came to Texas around 1900 from South Carolina and his father's name was John Green. Rhoda Seelbach's father John Henry Seelbach came to Nacogdoches County from Prussia (modern day Germany) around 1858 with his father Daniel Seelbach.
On my fathers side of the family, my father was James Buren "Bill" McNease, son of Buren McNease of Garrison, Texas in Nacogdoches County. Buren McNease's father was William Henry McNease and his mother was Rena McDonald. William Henry McNease's mother was Judy A Hancock, daughter of Hardy Hancock of Shelby County, Texas. William McNease's father was M C McNease per the 1880 census.
I also included information about my paternal grandmother's family, the Hogans. Grandma Beulah McNease's father was John Ira Hogan. He had thirteen children and the Hogan report contains quite a bit of descendant information. John Ira Hogan moved his family from Mississippi to Texas around 1913.
Please feel free to search through my attached reports. I am always seeking to add to or improve my data. Of special interest would be any info on Gibson Russell. He was born in either South Carolina or Georgia around 1808 and migrated to Texas around 1840 with his father-in-law Jesse Crawford.
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Ken McNease's Genealogy Page
Updated April 6, 2003
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Kenneth Wayne McNease
20246 Needle Walk Lane
Spring, TX 77379
A-United States
281-251-7605
kmcnease@houston.rr.com
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- Bill McNease (71 KB)
My father James Buren (Bill) McNease (1936-1994)
- Me (Ken McNease) (18 KB)
Ken McNease
- My uncle Junnie McNease (36 KB)
Junnie McNease (1926-1991). Worked 30 years for Port Terminal Railroad in Houston, Texas. WWII veteran US Army. Mason. Died of ALS or Lou Gherrigs disease.
- John Ira Hogan and Family around 1915 (76 KB)
John Ira Hogan and Family around 1915 with names
- Me (Ken McNease) brother Keith with parents (131 KB)
Dec 99 photo left to right Keith McNease, Jerlleen Birkes (Mom), Dwayne Birkes (stepfather), and Kenneth McNease
- Gibson Russell (58 KB)
Gibson Russell
- Keith McNease with wife Karen and children Dec 99 (112 KB)
Dec 99 Photo:
Seated: L to R Marlissa, Karen (Keith's wife), Cherilynn, Keith, Shawn.
Standing: L to R Britton (Karen's son) Michael and Craig.
- Buren McNease and Family around 1944 (44 KB)
Left to Right: Lou Ella (daughter-in-law), Ruth, Buren, Bill, Beulah
- Homer & Willie Mae Russell (my grandparents) (61 KB)
My grandparents Homer and Willie Mae Russell of Nacogdoches, Texas
- John Ira Hogan (43 KB)
John Ira Hogan around 1950
- Peyton F Russell and Family around 1916 (58 KB)
Peyton Russell (1887-1927) with wife Hattie and children Shirley, Harvie and baby Homer. Picture dated around 1916.
- John Henry Seelbach (40 KB)
John Henry Seelbach, son of Daniel and Anna Katrina Krotz Seelbach, was born 17 November 1841 in Prussia; came to America in the fall of 1854; settled in the Lone Pine Community, Linn Flat, Texas; died 19 October 1911 and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
- Homer Russell with fox hounds (39 KB)
Homer Russell was president of Nacogdoches Fox Hunting Association in the 1960s. Here he is pictured with his fox hounds around 1968.
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- Newspaper Article on Payton Charles Russell (5 KB)
As printed in the Garrison News, August 22, 1996
Just Reminiscing by Horace Francis (Garrison School District Superintendent - Retired)
- Biography of Gibson Russell by Villa Belle Scogin (3 KB)
Source: Nacogdoches County Families Vol.1 by The Nacogdoches County Genealogical Society
- Dec 90 Texas Monthly article about Johnny Russell. (2 KB)
Dec 90 Texas Monthly did an article called "Boomtown" that focused on my cousin Johnny Russell and his life in the oil field business.
- Biography of Jesse Crawford (3 KB)
Jesse Crawford (born 1784 in SC; died 1862 in Nacogdoches, Texas) migrated to Texas around 1940 with son-in-law Gibson Russell. Veteran of War of 1812. Source: Nacogdoches County Families by The Nacogdoches County Genealogical Society
- Tribute to Junnie McNease by Beverly Boudar (10 KB)
From "A 1990 Father's Day Tribute to My Daddy" by Beverly McNease Boudar
June 17, 1990
- Biography of Daniel Seelbach (3 KB)
Daniel Seelbach was born 6 Mar. 1808 in Prussia (present day Germany): died 27 Nov. 1877 in Lone Pine Community of Nacogdoches Co., Texas.
- Biography of John Henry Seelbach (2 KB)
Son of Daniel Seelbach and my grandmother Willie Mae Russell's grandfather. Born in Prussia and migrated to Texas in 1854. Served in the Confederacy in War Between States in the US.
- Biography of William Thomas Green (2 KB)
My great grandfather W T Green was born in South Carolina in 1879 and moved to Nacogdoches, Texas as a youth.
- Biographies of Allen and son Jack Coats (3 KB)
Allen Coats migrated to the Republic of Texas around 1837. He son Andrew Jackson (Jack Coats) served in the Confederate States Army during the War Between the States.
- Biography of William Jackson (Bud) Coats (2 KB)
William Jackson (Bud) Coats, the second child of Andrew Jackson and Sarah L. Vardeman Coats, was born March 16, 1872 in Nacogdoches County. Died November 21, 1936.
- Biography of Buren McNease (6 KB)
My grandfather Buren McNease was born in 1905 in Stockman, Texas and died in 1992. Very personable man and greatly loved by his family and friends.
- Linn Flat Raid (17 KB)
During the Reconstruction Period in the south, the State Police killed a man in Linn Flatt in Nacogdoches County. This event created much unrest in the area and this lengthy account details the story.
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