I keep seeing messages with Russells in the state of Texas. How far back do you all have your Russell ancestors accounted for in this state? What county? I have Russells that I still have not found any other Russell connection to. Nancy G. Russell, b.1817TN was the widow of a man named John Russell. Their son, Joseph M. Russell, was born in MO in 1835. He and his mother were in Texas prior to 1840. They had land in at least three counties; Henderson, Nacodoches, and Cherokee. After Nancy remarried in 1840 to a minister named Samuel C. Box, they relocated to Houston County for a time. Joseph died of pneumonia in 1860 at the age of 25. He left behind a wife, and at least one surviving child, a son named Samuel, my ggrandfather. Anyway, I am wondering if any of these names sound familiar to anyone. If John passed away prior to the migration to Texas, who did she make the trip with? A young widow with a little baby would probably not make such a trip alone back then! , would they? Can ya'll here my questions bouncing off that same old brick wall of mine? Oh, WHY couldn't Nancy have married Ferdinand Deefendorfer, or something! Mary Jo Moody, TX