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• Residence: 1880, Beat 1, Wayne, Mississippi, United States
• Residence: 1900, Southwest, Jones, Mississippi

Charles married Mattie M. Lee on 10 Oct 1889 in Mississippi. Mattie was born on 11 Apr 1872 in Mississippi; died on 19 Feb 1946 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas. [Group Sheet]

1. Nellie M. Russell was born in Apr 1890 in Mississippi; and died.
2. Samuel Owen Russell was born on 31 Jul 1891 in Moselle, Jones, Mississippi,; died on 28 May 1966 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas.
3. Paul William Russell was born on 23 Oct 1893 in Moselle, Jones, Mississippi,; died on 27 Feb 1965 in Winnfield, Winn, Louisiana; was buried in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana.
4. Willie Lee Russell was born on 19 May 1897 in Moselle, Jones, Mississippi; died on 24 Jan 1980 in Burkeville, Newton, Texas.
5. Clyde Clifton Russell was born on 14 Oct 1900 in Hattiesburg, Forrest, Mississippi,; died on 20 Feb 1975 in Spring Hill, Webster, Louisiana.
6. Gertrude Russell was born on 19 May 1902 in Mississippi; died on 22 Jan 1935 in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas.

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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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• 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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• 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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James married Betsy Griffin. Betsy was born in 1749 in New Bern, Craven, North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet]

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