OK....how 'bout THIS one! Ha! Bren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Gipson" <samuel.sr7166@sbcglobal.net> To: <arsaline@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. >I looked, but, what picture? LOLO > > I missed it somewhere. > > Sam > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brenda or Dave Escoto" <cobina60@comcast.net> > To: <arsaline@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:24 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. > > >> Hi again, >> Just in case I didn't mention it...the church was originally Mt. Carmel >> Methodist Church......then was changed to Mt. Carmel United Methodist >> Church. >> >> I've attached a picture of the church in 1910, one year after it was >> built. >> >> And, yes, I'd say your guess that J.M. stands for Manley is probably >> right >> on. >> Good luck with your search, and if I can be of more help, just yell!! >> Brenda >> PS: You may be interested to know that a large % of Bentonites are buried >> in >> the old Rosemont Cemetery in Benton. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Suzanne Russell" <auntsue@twlakes.net> >> To: <arsaline@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:40 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. >> >> >>> Thanks, Brenda. This is all very interesting. Maybe the J. M. Russell is >>> Manley. I am delighted to have this deed and your aunt's history of the >>> church. I have been to Benton once years ago, but didn't know about the >>> church and thus missed all this information. I do remember my mother >>> telling >>> me that the Russells had always been Methodists and she converted when >>> she >>> married my father. A great heritage! >>> Sue >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: arsaline-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:arsaline-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of Brenda or Dave Escoto >>> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:46 PM >>> To: arsaline@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. >>> >>> Hi Sue, >>> >>> I don't have anything in my files (over 10K individuals) on RUSSELL >>> except >>> a >>> >>> few that don't connect. They are shown at the very bottom of this note. >>> >>> As for the Deed to the "new" Mt. Carmel church.....I have a photo of the >>> original, given to me by a now deceased cousin who lived in Benton, AR. >>> Also, saw the original when I visited there with my sister in 2000. It >>> reads as follows and has not been altered in any way: >>> >>> Deed Book X, pg. 181, Saline Co., AR: >>> "WARRANT DEED, with Relinquishment of dower, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE >>> PRESENT: >>> That we C. R. Harrison and Ophelia Harrison his wife for in >>> consideration >>> of >>> >>> the sum of twenty ($20.00) Dollars, to us in hand paid by J. M. Russel, >>> J. >>> W. Prickett and R. T. Raper as Trustees, do hereby bargain Grant, Sell >>> and >>> Convey unto the said J. M. Russell, J. W. Prickett and R. T. Raper as >>> Trustees and unto their successors and assigns Forever, the following >>> lands >>> lying in the County of Saline and S(t)ate of Arkansas to-wit: >>> A part of the NW.1/4 of the N.W.1/4 of Section 29 T. 1. S. R. 14 W. >>> more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the S.W. corner of >>> the >>> N.W. of the N.W. of the Said (SHO?) 29 T. 1. S. R. 14 W. running North >>> 105 >>> yards, thence East 70 yards, thence South 105, thence West 70 yards to >>> the >>> place of beginning. In trust, that said premisis be used, kept, >>> maintained, >>> >>> and disposed of, as a place of divine worship for the use of the >>> Ministry, >>> and membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Subject to the >>> Discipline usage and (?) conference of said Church, and by the Annual >>> Conference within whose bounds the said primisies are situate. >>> To have and to hold the same unto the said J. M. Russel, J. W. >>> Prickett >>> >>> and R. T. Raper and Trustees and unto their successors and assigns >>> forever, >>> with all appurten(?) thereunto belonging. >>> And we hereby covenant with the said J. M. Russel, J. W. Prickett >>> and >>> R. T. Raper as Trust(?) that we will forever warrant and defend the >>> title >>> to >>> >>> said lands against all claims whatever. >>> And I Ophelia Harrison wife of th said C. R. Harrison for and in >>> consideration of the said sum of money, do hereby release and relinquish >>> unto the said J. M. Russel, J.W. Prickett and R. T. Raper as Trustees >>> all >>> my >>> >>> right of dower and homestead in and to the said lands. >>> Witness our hands and seals on this the 24th day of June 1909. C. >>> R. >>> Harrison L.S., Ophelia Harrison L.S. >>> ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. >>> STATE OF ARKANSAS} >>> County of Saline} as >>> BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day came before me the undersigned, a >>> Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County aforesaid, duly >>> commissioned and noting C. R. Harrison to me well known as the grantor >>> in >>> the foregoing Deed and stated that he had executed the (?) for the >>> consideration and purpose therein mentioned and set forth. >>> And on the same day also voluntarily appeared before me the Said >>> Ophelia Harrison wife of the said C. R. Harrison to me well known an and >>> in >>> the absence of her said husband (?) that she had of her own free will, >>> (________?________) said Deed and signed and sealed the relinquishment >>> of >>> dower and homestead in the said Deed for the consideration and purpose >>> therein contained and set forth, without compulation or undue influence >>> of >>> her husband. >>> >>> Witness my hand and seal as such Clerk of the Circuit Court on this >>> the >>> >>> 26th day of June 1909. >>> Geo. W. Cole Clerk of the Circuit Court. By W. B. Allen Deputy >>> Clerk...." >>> >>> The above document refers to Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, which >>> still >>> >>> stands directly across the road from my grandparents farm on Rte. 5. >>> >>> My now deceased Aunt Thelma Harrison-Tolson, compiled the original >>> printed >>> history of the church and sent it to me back in the late 1960's. It has >>> been altered over time, but since she, my own mother and 3 uncles "lived >>> it", and I heard the story myself from my grandparents, I tend to >>> believe >>> their version more than the newer ones. >>> >>> A brief history of Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, 1891 - 1991: The >>> oldest record that can be found of this church is in 1891. O. H. Keadle >>> was >>> >>> paster of the church at that time and the building was also used as the >>> local school house. On March 8, 1908 a Valentines Day storm literally >>> blew >>> away the old church. The members, some of whom were the Harrisons, >>> Julia >>> Forsythe Ulmer, Martha Russel Steed, the Rapers and Pricketts, gathered >>> together to decide how to go about building another church, as there >>> were >>> no >>> >>> services for a year. >>> (My grandparents )offered to sell the church the property where it >>> is >>> presently located. It was originally made of rough lumber, had two >>> front >>> doors with three rows of benches. In 1936 the Sunday School rooms were >>> added on the back, and concrete piers were made by using nail kegs. >>> These >>> rooms, being built during 'hard times' were made by, and from materials >>> found in the homes, of members. >>> In the early '40's ceiling tile, new windows and sheet rock were >>> installed and the bell tower removed, with a vestibule added. When >>> another >>> church disbanded, Mt. Carmel received their kneeling rail and black >>> benches >>> and are there today. In 1959 the present pews were added and a pulpit, >>> communion table and piano. As was this parish's tradition, everyone >>> donated >>> >>> to the cause. >>> In 1972 restrooms were added towards the front of the little church, >>> and a fellowship hall was added in 1973. About October of 1975, Mt. >>> Carmel >>> members purchased the adjoining land. >>> Remodeling of the interior was completed in 1979, and new >>> improvements >>> came alone in 1981 as well. The very first Sunday School Superintendent >>> was >>> >>> my great grandfather, James Riley 'Jim' Harrison (1891), followed by >>> many >>> others including my grandfather 'Doc', and some distant cousins. >>> >>> On a table of Honor, in the entrance of Mt. Carmel United Methodist >>> Church, >>> lies a memory book which reads: "To the Glory of God and in Loving >>> Memory >>> of >>> >>> Eugene F. Prickett, A Memorial Perpetuated In Repository, Presented by >>> The >>> Carl Prickett Family, Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Wooley and Others. In >>> Remembrance >>> of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Harrison." Naturally, there are others listed, as >>> well, but it does my heart good to see my grandparents names in >>> memorial. >>> >>> I hope this is of some help in your search? >>> Brenda >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Suzanne Russell" <auntsue@twlakes.net> >>> To: "Saline Co list" <ARSALINE@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:13 PM >>> Subject: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. >>> >>> >>>>I am new to this list and need to find a marriage record for James >>>>Anderson >>>> Russell and Margaret (Maggie) Florence Bragg. Their first child was >>>> born >>>> in >>>> Saline in 1893. He was Homer Horace Russell. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Also, I have an article, copied from The Saline, Vol 16, No. 2, titled >>>> "History of Mt. Carmel Methodist Church." There are several mentions of >>>> my >>>> Russell ancestors in this article, but one puzzles me. It mentions >>>> Manley >>>> Russell as one of the first trustees and a footnote says that he was >>>> the >>>> "son of James, and Maggie Russell, born in 1874." It gives as source >>>> the >>>> 1880 US Census for Saline County, household 265. James would only have >>>> been >>>> 14, and Maggie would have been 9, in 1880. They could not have been >>>> Manley's >>>> parents. I cannot find any census record of Manley Russell and assume >>>> that >>>> that is a nickname, but who was he? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I do know that James and Maggie moved to Texas sometime after the birth >>>> of >>>> their second son, James. They had five more children in Texas. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> James Anderson Russell was the twin brother of my grandfather, Ezekiel >>>> Curry >>>> Russell. They were sons of Alexander and Sarah Nelson Russell. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help on the marriage record and on the solving of the >>>> Manley >>>> Russell puzzle. >>>> >>>> Sue Russell >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I do not believe that attachments go through on these lists. Send the picture to the people directly if they wish to see it. Ernest Leatherman The Ma Apple Group eleatherman@ma-apple.com 910=616-0095 -----Original Message----- From: arsaline-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:arsaline-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brenda or Dave Escoto Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 6:00 PM To: arsaline@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. OK....how 'bout THIS one! Ha! Bren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Gipson" <samuel.sr7166@sbcglobal.net> To: <arsaline@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. >I looked, but, what picture? LOLO > > I missed it somewhere. > > Sam > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brenda or Dave Escoto" <cobina60@comcast.net> > To: <arsaline@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 8:24 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. > > >> Hi again, >> Just in case I didn't mention it...the church was originally Mt. Carmel >> Methodist Church......then was changed to Mt. Carmel United Methodist >> Church. >> >> I've attached a picture of the church in 1910, one year after it was >> built. >> >> And, yes, I'd say your guess that J.M. stands for Manley is probably >> right >> on. >> Good luck with your search, and if I can be of more help, just yell!! >> Brenda >> PS: You may be interested to know that a large % of Bentonites are buried >> in >> the old Rosemont Cemetery in Benton. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Suzanne Russell" <auntsue@twlakes.net> >> To: <arsaline@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:40 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. >> >> >>> Thanks, Brenda. This is all very interesting. Maybe the J. M. Russell is >>> Manley. I am delighted to have this deed and your aunt's history of the >>> church. I have been to Benton once years ago, but didn't know about the >>> church and thus missed all this information. I do remember my mother >>> telling >>> me that the Russells had always been Methodists and she converted when >>> she >>> married my father. A great heritage! >>> Sue >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: arsaline-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:arsaline-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of Brenda or Dave Escoto >>> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:46 PM >>> To: arsaline@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. >>> >>> Hi Sue, >>> >>> I don't have anything in my files (over 10K individuals) on RUSSELL >>> except >>> a >>> >>> few that don't connect. They are shown at the very bottom of this note. >>> >>> As for the Deed to the "new" Mt. Carmel church.....I have a photo of the >>> original, given to me by a now deceased cousin who lived in Benton, AR. >>> Also, saw the original when I visited there with my sister in 2000. It >>> reads as follows and has not been altered in any way: >>> >>> Deed Book X, pg. 181, Saline Co., AR: >>> "WARRANT DEED, with Relinquishment of dower, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE >>> PRESENT: >>> That we C. R. Harrison and Ophelia Harrison his wife for in >>> consideration >>> of >>> >>> the sum of twenty ($20.00) Dollars, to us in hand paid by J. M. Russel, >>> J. >>> W. Prickett and R. T. Raper as Trustees, do hereby bargain Grant, Sell >>> and >>> Convey unto the said J. M. Russell, J. W. Prickett and R. T. Raper as >>> Trustees and unto their successors and assigns Forever, the following >>> lands >>> lying in the County of Saline and S(t)ate of Arkansas to-wit: >>> A part of the NW.1/4 of the N.W.1/4 of Section 29 T. 1. S. R. 14 W. >>> more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the S.W. corner of >>> the >>> N.W. of the N.W. of the Said (SHO?) 29 T. 1. S. R. 14 W. running North >>> 105 >>> yards, thence East 70 yards, thence South 105, thence West 70 yards to >>> the >>> place of beginning. In trust, that said premisis be used, kept, >>> maintained, >>> >>> and disposed of, as a place of divine worship for the use of the >>> Ministry, >>> and membership of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Subject to the >>> Discipline usage and (?) conference of said Church, and by the Annual >>> Conference within whose bounds the said primisies are situate. >>> To have and to hold the same unto the said J. M. Russel, J. W. >>> Prickett >>> >>> and R. T. Raper and Trustees and unto their successors and assigns >>> forever, >>> with all appurten(?) thereunto belonging. >>> And we hereby covenant with the said J. M. Russel, J. W. Prickett >>> and >>> R. T. Raper as Trust(?) that we will forever warrant and defend the >>> title >>> to >>> >>> said lands against all claims whatever. >>> And I Ophelia Harrison wife of th said C. R. Harrison for and in >>> consideration of the said sum of money, do hereby release and relinquish >>> unto the said J. M. Russel, J.W. Prickett and R. T. Raper as Trustees >>> all >>> my >>> >>> right of dower and homestead in and to the said lands. >>> Witness our hands and seals on this the 24th day of June 1909. C. >>> R. >>> Harrison L.S., Ophelia Harrison L.S. >>> ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. >>> STATE OF ARKANSAS} >>> County of Saline} as >>> BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this day came before me the undersigned, a >>> Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the County aforesaid, duly >>> commissioned and noting C. R. Harrison to me well known as the grantor >>> in >>> the foregoing Deed and stated that he had executed the (?) for the >>> consideration and purpose therein mentioned and set forth. >>> And on the same day also voluntarily appeared before me the Said >>> Ophelia Harrison wife of the said C. R. Harrison to me well known an and >>> in >>> the absence of her said husband (?) that she had of her own free will, >>> (________?________) said Deed and signed and sealed the relinquishment >>> of >>> dower and homestead in the said Deed for the consideration and purpose >>> therein contained and set forth, without compulation or undue influence >>> of >>> her husband. >>> >>> Witness my hand and seal as such Clerk of the Circuit Court on this >>> the >>> >>> 26th day of June 1909. >>> Geo. W. Cole Clerk of the Circuit Court. By W. B. Allen Deputy >>> Clerk...." >>> >>> The above document refers to Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, which >>> still >>> >>> stands directly across the road from my grandparents farm on Rte. 5. >>> >>> My now deceased Aunt Thelma Harrison-Tolson, compiled the original >>> printed >>> history of the church and sent it to me back in the late 1960's. It has >>> been altered over time, but since she, my own mother and 3 uncles "lived >>> it", and I heard the story myself from my grandparents, I tend to >>> believe >>> their version more than the newer ones. >>> >>> A brief history of Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church, 1891 - 1991: The >>> oldest record that can be found of this church is in 1891. O. H. Keadle >>> was >>> >>> paster of the church at that time and the building was also used as the >>> local school house. On March 8, 1908 a Valentines Day storm literally >>> blew >>> away the old church. The members, some of whom were the Harrisons, >>> Julia >>> Forsythe Ulmer, Martha Russel Steed, the Rapers and Pricketts, gathered >>> together to decide how to go about building another church, as there >>> were >>> no >>> >>> services for a year. >>> (My grandparents )offered to sell the church the property where it >>> is >>> presently located. It was originally made of rough lumber, had two >>> front >>> doors with three rows of benches. In 1936 the Sunday School rooms were >>> added on the back, and concrete piers were made by using nail kegs. >>> These >>> rooms, being built during 'hard times' were made by, and from materials >>> found in the homes, of members. >>> In the early '40's ceiling tile, new windows and sheet rock were >>> installed and the bell tower removed, with a vestibule added. When >>> another >>> church disbanded, Mt. Carmel received their kneeling rail and black >>> benches >>> and are there today. In 1959 the present pews were added and a pulpit, >>> communion table and piano. As was this parish's tradition, everyone >>> donated >>> >>> to the cause. >>> In 1972 restrooms were added towards the front of the little church, >>> and a fellowship hall was added in 1973. About October of 1975, Mt. >>> Carmel >>> members purchased the adjoining land. >>> Remodeling of the interior was completed in 1979, and new >>> improvements >>> came alone in 1981 as well. The very first Sunday School Superintendent >>> was >>> >>> my great grandfather, James Riley 'Jim' Harrison (1891), followed by >>> many >>> others including my grandfather 'Doc', and some distant cousins. >>> >>> On a table of Honor, in the entrance of Mt. Carmel United Methodist >>> Church, >>> lies a memory book which reads: "To the Glory of God and in Loving >>> Memory >>> of >>> >>> Eugene F. Prickett, A Memorial Perpetuated In Repository, Presented by >>> The >>> Carl Prickett Family, Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Wooley and Others. In >>> Remembrance >>> of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Harrison." Naturally, there are others listed, as >>> well, but it does my heart good to see my grandparents names in >>> memorial. >>> >>> I hope this is of some help in your search? >>> Brenda >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Suzanne Russell" <auntsue@twlakes.net> >>> To: "Saline Co list" <ARSALINE@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 1:13 PM >>> Subject: [ARSALINE] Russell ancestry in Saline Co. >>> >>> >>>>I am new to this list and need to find a marriage record for James >>>>Anderson >>>> Russell and Margaret (Maggie) Florence Bragg. Their first child was >>>> born >>>> in >>>> Saline in 1893. He was Homer Horace Russell. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Also, I have an article, copied from The Saline, Vol 16, No. 2, titled >>>> "History of Mt. Carmel Methodist Church." There are several mentions of >>>> my >>>> Russell ancestors in this article, but one puzzles me. It mentions >>>> Manley >>>> Russell as one of the first trustees and a footnote says that he was >>>> the >>>> "son of James, and Maggie Russell, born in 1874." It gives as source >>>> the >>>> 1880 US Census for Saline County, household 265. James would only have >>>> been >>>> 14, and Maggie would have been 9, in 1880. They could not have been >>>> Manley's >>>> parents. I cannot find any census record of Manley Russell and assume >>>> that >>>> that is a nickname, but who was he? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I do know that James and Maggie moved to Texas sometime after the birth >>>> of >>>> their second son, James. They had five more children in Texas. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> James Anderson Russell was the twin brother of my grandfather, Ezekiel >>>> Curry >>>> Russell. They were sons of Alexander and Sarah Nelson Russell. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for any help on the marriage record and on the solving of the >>>> Manley >>>> Russell puzzle. >>>> >>>> Sue Russell >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARSALINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. 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