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• Residence: 1900, Election District 3, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland, USA; Age: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Eleanor married Thomas Walter Bell. Thomas and died. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1880, Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
• Residence: 1880, Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
• Residence: 1900, Election District 3, Precinct 2, Baltimore, Maryland
• Residence: 1910, Election District 3, Baltimore, Maryland
• Residence: 1910, Election District 3, Baltimore, Maryland

William married Annie Martin Helm. Annie (daughter of Lewis L. Helm and Charlotte Mezick Martin) was born about 1846 in Maryland; and died. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: a farmer and carpenter
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• Residence: 1850, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1860, Northern Division, Mobile, Alabama

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(except regarding Samuel Owen Russell family from Genealogy and biography of leading families of the city of Baltimore and Baltimore County, Maryland , 1879) WILLIAM L. RUSSELL, station agent at Arlington and postmaster at Station E, was born in Mobile, Ala., October 11, 1857, the son of Samuel Owens [Owen] and Ellen (Owens) [Odom] Russell, also natives of Alabama. Little is known concerning the ancestral history of the Russell family, save the fact that they came to America from England in a very early day. The father of our subject was a large cotton dealer, having mills in both Alabama and Mississippi, and spending the principal years of his life in Alabama, but his last days in Mississippi, where he died in 1870 [1868]. In political views he was an ardent Democrat. From the breaking out of the Civil war until its close he served in the Confederate army. He was a typical southerner, fond of the south and in sympathy with it in every public issue, a genial, hospitable gentleman, who had many warm friends in the locality where he dwelt. The family of Samuel Owens [Owen] Russell consisted of six children, three sons and three daughters, of whom the others besides our subject are named as follows: Allen, who died in childhood; Charles, a railroad man, now living in Mississippi; Jennie, wife of William D. Martin, who is connected with the railroad and lives at Jackson, Tenn.; Ellen, wife of A. B. Chase, of Alabama; and Delphia Anne, who married J. A. Wimbish and resides at Moselle, Miss. At the time of his father´s death our subject was thirteen years of age, and there-after the support of his mother and a younger brother fell upon him, but he was faithful to the trust and affectionately provided for his mother until she passed from earth in 1888. His education, which was limited, was obtained in the schools of Waynesboro, Miss. At the age of fifteen he went to Jackson, Tenn., where he had charge of a large store for his brother-in-law, remaining there for four years.

Samuel married Eleanor (Nellie) Odom. Eleanor (daughter of William Odom and Adis West) was born about 1825 in Wayne Co., Mississippi; died in 1888 in Laurel, Mississippi. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1850, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1860, Northern Division, Mobile, Alabama
• Residence: 1870, Township 9, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1880, Beat 1, Wayne, Mississippi

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Lewis married Charlotte Mezick Martin on 19 Jun 1845 in Baltimore Co., Maryland. Charlotte (daughter of Capt. Isaac White Martin, Sr. and Ann Dawson) was born about 1828 in Maryland; died on 22 Nov 1912. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1850, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore, Maryland
• Residence: 1860, Baltimore County, MD
• Residence: 1860, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
• Residence: 1870, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
• Residence: 1880, Baltimore, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
• Residence: 1900, District 3, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland
• Residence: 1910, District 3, Baltimore, Maryland

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• Residence: 1820, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1830, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1840, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1850, Wayne, Mississippi

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There are questions surrounding the wives of William Russell. According to the 1850 census William was born in Georgia about 1781 and Elizabeth, who we assume is his wife, was also born in Georgia, though in 1800. There are no marriage or birth records to confirm the dates in the census. William removed to Wayne, Mississippi prior to 1820 and is found in the 1820 census with 1 boy and 2 girls under the age of 10 in the household as well as 2 more girls between the age of 10 and 15. Also in the 1820 census we have the oldest female being of the age of 26-44 but this could be in error. Elizabeth would have only been 20 in the 1820 census if the 1850 census was correct. So is it possible that William, being 19 years older than Elizabeth, was married prior and some of these children were from a first marriage or other relatives? Together William and his wife or wives had at least 9 known children after 1820 and as many as 5 more previous to 1820. Interestingly none of the children have been found to have named a daughter Elizabeth. William died in Wayne Co., Mississippi and was probably buried at a family plot there. It appears William remarried to the widow of George W. Grayson, Catherine McFarland, for a shortime before he died.
A recent discovery of a death certificate of William's youngest son Solomon who died in Texas in 1922 has his parents listed as William Russell and Mary Clark or could that be Mary Elizabeth Clark?. The informant appears to have been Solomon's oldest son Edmon. Regardless, I have added the last name of Clark to Elizabeth, she is in all likelihood the mother of the 9 known children and possibly 3 of the unknown children born prior to 1820.

William married Elizabeth Clark in Georgia. Elizabeth was born about 1800 in Georgia; died before 1850 in Wayne Co., Mississippi. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1850, Wayne, Mississippi

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• Residence: 1830, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1840, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1850, Choctaw, Alabama

William married Adis West in 1826. Adis (daughter of John Vincent West and Lavena Hayes) was born about 1810 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1850, Choctaw, Alabama

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• Military: served in the War of 1812 for the 2nd Regimant (Schucht's) of the Maryland Militia as a Private
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• _UID: 6F7074C6AC564E40ADBC750621D13AA25B69
• Baptism: 1795, Baltimore, Maryland

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Isaac White Martin Sr. worked as a merchant ship captain, delivering and picking up cargo to faraway places such as Gibralter, Maldonado (Spain), Lima, Guayaquil (Equador), Veracruz (Mexico), Havanna, Valpariso and Coliapo (Chile), and Guasca (Colombia) among others. Cargo included sugar, cocoa, furs etc. and wages were $35-$40 per month. The ships were sailing vessels or steam powered including one from Robert Fulton's famous fleet.
Death notice: "Departed this life at half past 2 o'clock P.M. (on the 3rd) after a short but painful illness, Capt. Isaac W. Martin, in the 38th year of his age. His friends and acquaintances are respectfully requested to attend his funeral at 9 o'clock this morning from his late dwelling in Fleet Street." - Baltimore American newspaper, Oct. 4, 1832, copied by Thomas Bishop Martin
"His death was caused from Cholera, which was contracted by his son, I. W. Martin, the second, and later given to the father in a glass of water which both had drunk. When my grandfather came home and found his son ill with cholera, it is said that he walked the floor continuously and at times was so distressed over his son's condition, that he would "pull his own hair out", unless guarded by someone, and alas, he himself caught the dreadful disease, died within a few days, while his son recovered and lived past 80 years. - Thomas Bishop Martin

Buried:
in Baltimore Cemetery, Sec. M, No. 395

Capt. married Ann Dawson on 20 Sep 1821 in Methodist Church (East City Station), Baltimore County, Maryland. Ann (daughter of William Dawson and Ann Robertson) was born on 23 Apr 1803 in Baltimore, Maryland; died on 5 Dec 1893 in Baltimore, Maryland; was buried in Baltimore, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: E9F4DC3704874F529D7D48F053677BD477A2
• Residence: 1840, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore, Maryland
• Residence: 1850, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore, Maryland
• Residence: 1860, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
• Residence: 1880, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

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My grandmother, who was Ann Dawson, before she married Isaac White Martin, was all during her long life of ninety years and past, a wonderfully preserved woman and even up to the time of her death, Dec 5th 1893, she never used reading glasses. When my grandfather died, Oct 3rd 1832, there were four little children left for grandmother to raise and provide for, which she did by keeping boarders." // To attest of my grandmother's noble character, being poor and having to keep boarders in order to feed her own little youngsters, she took in seven other poor children who were the children of her late husband's brother - doing a great deal toward the livelyhood of them. - Thomas Bishop Martin
"Martin (Wiley): At Arlington, Md., on December 5, 1893, at one o'clock a.m., - Ann, aged 90 years, 7 months and 12 days, widow of the late Alexander Wiley, also former widow of the late Captain Isaac W. Martin, and daughter of William Dawson. The funeral will take place on Friday morning, December 8, at ten o'clock. Relations and friends respectfully invited to attend." - The Baltimore Sun, Dec. 6, 1893

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Baltimore Cemetery, Sec. M

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• _UID: BE5459C828E84E57ADFFFA8E6F92694ED45A
• Residence: 1820, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1830, Wayne, Mississippi
• Residence: 1850, Cherokee, Texas

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Malachi Odom (1) (Born circa 1770, S. C.) was one of a long line of Odoms with Biblical names and a dedication to the Biblical admonition to "be fruitful and multiply." By 1792, he was in Burke Co., Ga., where he married Mary Russell (Born circa 1770-1780, died before 1850) circa 1796. Malachi and Mary stayed in Georgia about five years and their first three children were born there. Then, Malachi began to look westward. He applied for and received a passport from the Governor of Georgia on Jan. 4, 1803, to travel into the Mississippi Territory. Friends recommended him for the passport, stating that they lived in Burke Co., Ga., and "do certify that the bearer, Mr. Malachi Odom, has resided in this County for the principal part of his life and has always bore the character of a sober industrious Man and a good Neighbour And being about to remove into your parts takes with him our best wishes for his future prosperity & happiness." (One signer was "Jno. Davies, Lt. Col. Comdt 1st Regiment Burke Militia.")
The Mississippi Territory, then occupied by Indians, was not a part of the United States. When he left home, he promised Mary that he would be back to get her in "a year and a day." As that time approached, Mary's family, with whom she was staying, were also getting ready to move west. They had all their possessions packed in wagons and were prepared to leave at dawn on the day after the time was up. As they were getting ready to go to bed, Malachi came riding home.
The Odoms and Russells settled in Mississippi Territory in what is now Washington Co., Ala. They were among the earliest settlers and were threatened constantly by Indians. The family just missed the Massacre of Fort Mims by going instead to Fort Stratton. When Mississippi became a state, that area was in Wayne Co., Miss. They were in Washington Co., Mississippi Territory, 1805-1820 (tax rolls, territorial census). In 1820 they were in Wayne Co., Miss. (tax rolls, federal census) and in 1830 they were in Lauderdale Co., Miss. After the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830, the Choctaw Indians retreated farther west and Lauderdale County was formed. The families of Malachi Odom and his children were among the first white settlers in this county. They settled at McLaurins Station, now known as Toomsuba, Miss,, on Buckahanna Creek very near the Alabama border and about 10 miles from Meridian. The Odoms stayed there about 13 years.
In December, 1846, 35 Odoms loaded all their possessions in five ox-drawn wagons and started toward the new State of Texas. The party included Malachi and Mary Odom and four of their sons, Ephraim, Randol, James, and Simeon, and their families. They were six weeks on the road and arrived at the Mount Comfort community in Cherokee County about the middle of January, 1847, where they struck camp, bought land, and went to work to remove the heavy growth of pine trees which covered the land. Although only Ephraim remained in Cherokee County until his death, many descendants of all the brothers are still living in the area, The log home built by Randol and James appear on 1846 tax records in Cherokee County. Malachi appears on the 1850 census in Cherokee County in the household of his son, Simeon. Mary must have died soon after they arrived in Texas. From History of Texas by B.B. Paddock, 1922,: "He (Simeon) had brought with him to Texas his father and mother, who wanted to stop in Cherokee County and go no further. Here Simeon remained until both had died, and then, in 1852, sold his interests and brought his family to Johnson County." It is not known where or when Malachi or Mary died or where they are buried, but likely they are buried in the Odom Cemetery near Maydelle, Cherokee County, although their graves are not marked.
Because many of the early Mississippi records have burned, information about Malachi's and Mary's children is sketchy. There may have been three other daughters, born between 1806 and 1820, as the 1820 census of Wayne Co., Miss., shows three more females than can be accounted for Malachi's and Mary's known children. - Cherokee County History Book of 1986, published by the Cherokee County (Texas) Historic Commission, researched and contributed by Dorothy Odom Bruce and Virginia Singletary

Malachi married Mary Russell in 1796 in Mississippi Territory, Georgia. Mary was born in 1775 in Burke Co., Georgia; died in 1850 in Mt. Comfort, Cherokee Co, Texas. [Group Sheet]

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• Residence: 1811, Wayne Co., Mississippi

John married Lavena Hayes. Lavena was born in 1795 in Georgia; died on 18 Mar 1876 in Wayne, Mississippi. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 16C8BAAD7B374E269A1DE745D34E125ADBA2
• Residence: 1790, Baltimore Town, Baltimore, Maryland

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Married by Hezekiah Balch who ministered at Emmitsburg, Maryland from October 16, 1775 until 1778. He also ministerd at Tom's Creek and Piney Creek from 1775-1779. Further he served 1 year in York County, Pennsylvania congregations. He moved to Tennessee in 1784.
John Martin and his wife became members of the First Presbyterian Church of Baltimore May 1,1780 and were again on the membership list in 1783, per Church records listed in the Maryland Historical Magazine Vol. XXXV, Sept. 1940, No. 3. The Church was located at Gay & Fayette Streets 1763-1766 and then at Fayette & North Streets through Rev. Patrick Allison's tenure ending 1802.
John Martin was issued the First US Land Patent March 4, 1788 for 640 acres in Range 4, Township 7, Section 20, which is now known as Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio. He sold some of this land in 1806 and bought 3 lots in St. Clairsville, Ohio in 1807. He moved his family from Baltimore to Ohio some time after 1800. His Will of 1815 indicated that he owned a tailor shop in St. Clairsville, Ohio. His wife Elizabeth and sons Samuel, Joseph, John and Isaac returned to Baltimore after John's death.
Possible parents of John Martin: Chester County, Pennsylvania was an original County, founded in 1682. Part of Chester County became Lancaster County in 1728; part of Lancaster County became York County in 1749 and part of York County became Adams County in 1800. John Martin's parents may have lived in Chester County just north of Fredericks County, MD. If this is so they would have been living in what is now Adams County, PA. In 1751 part of Chester County became Berks County and part became Delaware County in 1789. Chester County's seat is now West Chester.
Married by Hezekiah Balch who ministered at Emmitsburg, Maryland from October 16, 1775 till 1778. He also ministerd at Tom's Creek and Piney Creek from 1775-1779. Further he served 1 year in York County, Pennsylvania congregations. He moved to Tennessee in 1784.
John Martin and his wife became members of the First Presbyterian Church of Baltimore May 1,1780 and was again on the membership list in 1783, per Church records listed in the Maryland Historical Magazine Vol. XXXV, Sept. 1940, No. 3. The Church was located at Gay & Fayette Streets 1763-1766 and then at Fayette & North Streets through Rev. Patrick Allison's tenure ending 1802.
John Martin was issued the First US Land Patent March 4, 1788 for 640 acres in Range 4, Township 7, Section 20, which is now known as Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio. He sold some of this land in 1806 and bought 3 lots in St. Clairsville, Ohio in 1807. He moved his family from Baltimore to Ohio some time after 1800. His Will of 1815 indicated that he owned a tailor shop in St. Clairsville, Ohio. His wife Elizabeth and sons Samuel, Joseph, John and Isaac returned to Baltimore after John's death.
Possible parents of John Martin: Chester County, Pennsylvania was an original County, founded in 1682. Part of Chester County became Lancaster County in 1728; part of Lancaster County became York County in 1749 and part of York County became Adams County in 1800. John Martin's parents may have lived in Chester County just north of Fredericks County, MD. If this is so they would have been living in what is now Adams County, PA. In 1751 part of Chester County became Berks County and part became Delaware County in 1789. Chester County's seat is now West Chester.

John married Elizabeth Blair on 5 Sep 1776 in Maryland. Elizabeth was born on 22 May 1755 in Frederick, Maryland; died in 1796 in Baltimore, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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Possible parentage: Blair, William ( 1730-November 26, 1778). Appointed by the Committee of Correspondence to solicit subscriptions in 1775 to purchase arms and ammunition. Associator in 1775 and appointed 'to hand about the Association paper' in Tom's Creek Hundred. Gave money in the amount of 4 lbs. 18sh. 9 p. for arms and ammunition for the militia in 1775. Lieutenant colonel in the 3rd (or perhaps the 25th) Battalion in 1776. Chosen to serve on the Committee of Observation on September 12, 1775. Judge of the Orphans Court on June 4, 1777. Juror to the Oath Allegiance in 1778. He died on November 26, 1778, testate, leaving a wife Hannah, daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Naomi and Hannah Susanna Francisca, and sons Samuel and John. - Revolutionary Patriots of Frederick County, Maryland 1775-1783, by Henry C. Peden, Jr.
Capt. William Blair, capt. of the Game Cock Co., Col. John Eager Howard Regt. Emmitsburg, Maryland, mortally wounded at Brooklyn Heights, L.I. - History of Western Maryland by J. Thomas Scharf
The naming of the children of John and Elizabeth closely follow the Presbyterian Blair ministers from Faggs Manor in Chester County, PA. Elizabeth may have descended from Rev. John Blair, son of William Blair, brother of Samuel Blair and brother-in-law to Rev. Robert Smith, who married John's sister, Elizabeth Betsy Blair.

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• Occupation: Master Carpenter & Joiner
• _FSFTID: KPHT-565
• _UID: F4D39D4EE1204AC6B3706B7A46D10BFDEA19
• Residence: 1850, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore, Maryland

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Buried:
Friends Cemetery, Plot H160

William married Ann Robertson on 3 Mar 1795 in Baltimore, Maryland. Ann was born on 10 Nov 1776 in Maryland; died on 20 May 1862 in Maryland, USA; was buried in 1862 in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: FEA6859113CA4AF095D35640F9B42B741B9E
• Residence: 1850, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore, Maryland
• Residence: 1860, Baltimore Ward 1, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland

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Buried:
Friends Cemetery (Quaker), Plot H160