My grandfather Elmer Elijah Baxter had a sister Anne Baxter that married a Russell. My grandfather was born in Cape Girardeau in approx 1860. Is this any part of your search. ----- Original Message ----- From: <STATOMB@aol.com> To: <ILWILLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:14 AM Subject: [ILWILLIA] Russell, Parton, Brasher, and Ward: > George Russell Born 12 January 1880 in White Co. IL. > Married Ida Parton 11 January 1900 > 5 children from this marriage: > Verna E. 1900 > Irene 1902 > Pauline 1905 > Louie Banister 1908 > George Jerome 1910 > > George Russells father was Lewis Jackson Russell who was born in White Co. > and married Matilda Brasher. > > Lewis Jackson father was Hiram A. Russell who we think was born in TN. and > Hiram was married to Levina Ward in 1842 in White Co. IL. > > We are involved in the Family Tree DNA project and trying to find the link > to > Hiram A. Russell father. Hiram A. Russell is our brick wall. > > Ida Parton born in Williamson Co. on 11 Feb. 1882 > Her father was Banister C. Parton. Of Williamson Co. IL. > Banister married Rebecca Jane Aplin in 1870 > > In 1867 James Arnold filed a petition to represent the following : > Seaborn B., James M., Wilson H., Benjamin, and John Stony Parton. If > there > were any girls the Guardian Records didn’t mention them. I believe Seaborn > B. > Parton is my gr grandfather Banister C. Parton. I wonder if he used the > “C” > for Seaborn. > > JoAnn Russell Statom > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILWILLIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message