Jackson-Standard from Feb 14th, 1878 "The following appeared in the Gallipolis Journal a few weeks ago: James Wallace, commonly called Jimmy Wallace, died on the the 21st inst. He would have been 86 years old next March. His wife died a week before him. Mrs. Wallace was a sister of Enoch Russell, of Bloomfield township, in this county. She was once the wife of Peter Aleshire, one of the pioneer Baptist preachers of this county." Source: Rec'd via Dann Norton from: Lillian Jones Museum Jackson Co., OH Amy Landrum, Director __________________________________________________________________________ Apparently Martha "Patsy" is a long lost daughter of Enoch Russell Sr. DEEDS 1823 Aug. 16th, Jackson Co., DB A-361, S12 T8 R17: Enoch Russell and wife Ruth of Gallia Co, deed of gift for $1 to John Dickason of Jackson Co., one acre of land that includes a saw mill that Dickason erected on Raccoon Creek. Wit: Patsy Russell Jackson Co.--John Dickerson, wife Mary Russell thought to be sister of Martha "Patsy" Ch: Reuben Dickerson, Enoch Russell Dickerson Martha "Patsy" Russell b abt 1795 Rockingham Co., NC, d 1878 Gallia or Jackson? m bet 1823-1828 Peter Aleshire from Shenandoah, VA. WILL: Peter Aleshire - March 4, 1847 Wife Martha also known as Patsy Daughter's Louisianna and Indiana Louisianna "Lucy Ann" Aleshire b July 21, 1828 m September 12, 1850 Jackson Co. OH by James McClung JP Reuben L. Scurlock b October 11, 1823 (Reuben Long Scurlock?) (this couple is said to have gone to Schuyler Co., Missouri where they both died) Indiana Aleshire m March 30, 1848 Jackson Co., OH by William Hale JP Stephen Huntley Martha Aleshire (Martha "Patsy" Russell Aleshire) m December 21, 1848 Jackson Co., OH by Rev. Samuel Petty James Wallace b abt 1793 Both husband & wife died January 1878. Does anyone know with certainty the name of James Wallace's parents were or his 1st wife? There were marriages for a James Wallace in both Gallia and Jackson. By his 1st wife it appears James Wallace had the following children: Hulda J. b June 27, 1838 OH Jane m November 27, 1857 Gallia Co. John White b abt 1833 PA James Jr. b abt 1830 OH Tamer b abt 1830 (is this a dau or widow of James Jr.?) Rebecca b abt 1837 OH Rebecca m April 27, 1851 Gallia Co. James M. Warren b abt 1829 OH Phebe K. b abt 1845 OH Phebe m November 04, 1860 Gallia Co. George W. Folden Sarah Ann Sarah m December 28, 1848 Gallia Co. Charles Davis ___________________________________________________________________________ Sources: John Wilcox, Dann Norton Reuben Russell also thought also to be a child of Enoch Sr., m Mary "Polly" Riddle July 23, 1807 Gallia Co. by Samuel William Blagg. She m 2nd a Baxter, which one? Children: Rachel Russell m Zaus Tharp March 01, 1829 Gallia Co.-Boone Co. IN-Grundy Co. MO Andrew Russell d bef 1833? Fountain Russell m Adaline Shepard June 17, 1832 Gallia Co., Fountain died after the birth of his son Morehouse Russell. Calphurnia/California Baxter In the case "Reuben Russell's Minor" Fountain Russell appeared in court April 20, 1832 and selected Samuel R. Holcomb as his guardian. In the case of "Fountain Russell's Minor" In Gallia Co., court July 12, 1834 Solomon Shepard was appointed guardian of Morehouse Russell aged 1 year, son of Fountain Russell deceased. Solomon Shepard appears in the 1820 Gallia Co. Census, was he father of Adaline? Where did Solomon come from and where did he go? Did Adaline Shepard Russell remarry in Gallia? Death/Mary Baxter--Court July 18, 1833--Andrew Russell's heirs, Rachel Tharp, Fountain Russell's heirs, and Calphurnia Baxter. Reuben, son of Andrew, deceased? Jackson Co, OH: Zaus and Rachel Russell Tharp vs. Reuben Russell, settled in 1837. Reuben Russell, minor, was named with a guardian, Peter Aylshire. Martha Aleshire was called as a witness. Zaus Tharp: Guardianship of California Baxter in Nov. 1840 in Boone Co., Indiana. Indiana: Zaus Tharp to the court, "...a suit is now pending in a Jackson County, Ohio, in behalf of his said ward and the wife of the undersigned vs. the administrator of the estate of Benjamin Baxter, the result of which is uncertain and undetermined...." Who was Benjamin Baxter, a deceased husband, a father-in-law, brother-in-law, step-son? Any info, corrections, additions are welcome. Karen