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