This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Russell, Watkins, Dunn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oZEBAIB/4219 Message Board Post: Any additions/corrections appreciated. My grandparents were Ellaree Herndon Russell and Sam Scott Covington. Descendants of John Henry Taylor Russell Generation No. 1 1. JOHN HENRY TAYLOR3 RUSSELL (THOMAS W.2, STEPHEN1) was born January 07, 1837 in Tallapoosa Co., AL, and died April 17, 1891 in Hot Springs, AR. He married (1) MARY EMILY WATKINS November 11, 1860 in Tallapoosa Co., AL, daughter of THORNTON WATKINS and ELIZA DUNN. She was born December 28, 1840, and died October 01, 1871. He married (2) MARTHA JANE (MORRISS?) Aft. 1870. She was born Abt. 1851. Children of JOHN RUSSELL and MARY WATKINS are: 2. i. ROBERT LEE4 RUSSELL, b. February 26, 1865, Tallapoosa Co., AL; d. 1910, Tuscaloosa Co., AL. 3. ii. JOHN TAYLOR RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1863, Tallapoosa Co., AL; d. 1901, Wheatland, OK. 4. iii. BENJAMIN FITZPATRICK RUSSELL, b. January 30, 1870, Hackneyville, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama; d. January 24, 1947, Montezuma, Macon Co., GA. Children of JOHN RUSSELL and MARTHA (MORRISS?) are: iv. ANDREW G.4 RUSSELL, b. January 23, 1873, Alabama; d. July 11, 1960, Los Angeles, CA. v. ALLIE (OR SALLIE) D. RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1876. vi. EARNEST R. RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1880. Generation No. 2 2. ROBERT LEE4 RUSSELL (JOHN HENRY TAYLOR3, THOMAS W.2, STEPHEN1) was born February 26, 1865 in Tallapoosa Co., AL, and died 1910 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL. He married TALITHA BELLE RAY May 03, 1885 in Tallapoosa Co., AL, daughter of SAMUEL RAY and SUSAN POLK. She was born June 18, 1869 in Tallapoosa Co., AL, and died December 23, 1954 in Tallapoosa Co., AL. Children of ROBERT RUSSELL and TALITHA RAY are: 5. i. CHARLES HENRY5 RUSSELL, b. August 23, 1888, Tallapoosa Co., AL; d. January 06, 1958, Tuscaloosa Co., AL. 6. ii. THOMAS RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1889. 7. iii. ROBERT HARLAN RUSSELL, b. June 09, 1896, Alexander City, Tallpoosa Co., AL; d. February 19, 1970. iv. ANDREW RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1899. 8. v. ALLIE RUSSELL, b. June 24, 1901; d. June 26, 1988, Hyattsville, Prince Georges Co., MD. 3. JOHN TAYLOR4 RUSSELL (JOHN HENRY TAYLOR3, THOMAS W.2, STEPHEN1) was born Abt. 1863 in Tallapoosa Co., AL, and died 1901 in Wheatland, OK. He married ANNIS VICTORIA STREET December 10, 1884 in Hackneyville, Tallapoosa Co., AL, daughter of WILLIAM STREET and FRANCES DUNN. She was born Bef. 1870 in Tallapoosa Co., AL. Children of JOHN RUSSELL and ANNIS STREET are: i. LEON MELVIN5 RUSSELL, b. December 1885. ii. MAUD "MARION" RUSSELL, b. April 1887. iii. HARRY RUSSELL, b. June 1889. iv. JOHN MALCOLM RUSSELL, b. October 1891. v. LAMAR RUSSELL, b. November 1893. vi. FLORENCE R. RUSSELL, b. December 1895. vii. JOSEPH L. RUSSELL, b. October 1897. viii. FRANKLIN RUSSELL, b. October 1898. ix. HOWARD RUSSELL, b. August 1901. x. HUGH RUSSELL, b. August 1901. 4. BENJAMIN FITZPATRICK4 RUSSELL (JOHN HENRY TAYLOR3, THOMAS W.2, STEPHEN1) was born January 30, 1870 in Hackneyville, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama, and died January 24, 1947 in Montezuma, Macon Co., GA. He married (1) ROBERTA ?. He married (2) MARY ABIGAIL HOOPER, daughter of JOHN HOOPPAUGH and SAMANTHA BARBER. She was born November 06, 1874 in New Site, Tallapoosa Co., AL, and died January 18, 1949. Children of BENJAMIN RUSSELL and ROBERTA ? are: i. BENJAMIN C.5 RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1903. ii. THOMAS D. RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1904. iii. ROBERT A. RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1908. iv. ELIZABETH RUSSELL, b. Abt. 1910. Children of BENJAMIN RUSSELL and MARY HOOPER are: v. MAE5 RUSSELL. vi. JEWELL RUSSELL. vii. ESSIE BELLE RUSSELL. viii. HOOPER WATKINS RUSSELL. Generation No. 3 5. CHARLES HENRY5 RUSSELL (ROBERT LEE4, JOHN HENRY TAYLOR3, THOMAS W.2, STEPHEN1) was born August 23, 1888 in Tallapoosa Co., AL, and died January 06, 1958 in Tuscaloosa Co., AL. He married NELLIE DUNN LEDBETTER June 22, 1910 in Alabama (at the home of Eula Bailey Dunn, Luella Dunn Ledbetter's sister-in-law), daughter of ROBERT LEDBETTER and LUELLA DUNN. She was born February 03, 1886 in Madison Co., AL, and died March 19, 1964 in Jefferson Co., AL. Marriage Notes for CHARLES RUSSELL and NELLIE LEDBETTER: Charles and Nellie were second cousins, once removed Children of CHARLES RUSSELL and NELLIE LEDBETTER are: i. IRMA BELLE6 RUSSELL, b. May 03, 1911, Hackneyville, Tallapoosa Co., AL; d. February 10, 2002, Fair Haven Retirement Center, Birmingham, AL; m. JESSE CLYDE CRUSE, December 22, 1931; b. 1911. ii. ELLAREE HERNDON RUSSELL, b. October 13, 1912, Hackneyville, Tallapoosa Co., AL; d. June 04, 2002, Birmingham, AL; m. SAM SCOTT COVINGTON, May 24, 1933; b. January 12, 1912, Birmingham, AL; d. April 21, 1988, Birmingham, AL. 6. THOMAS5 RUSSELL (ROBERT LEE4, JOHN HENRY TAYLOR3, THOMAS W.2, STEPHEN1) was born Abt. 1889. He married JULIA ?. Child of THOMAS RUSSELL and JULIA ? is: i. S.T.6 RUSSELL, m. MINNIE LEE. 7. ROBERT HARLAN5 RUSSELL (ROBERT LEE4, JOHN HENRY TAYLOR3, THOMAS W.2, STEPHEN1) was born June 09, 1896 in Alexander City, Tallpoosa Co., AL, and died February 19, 1970. He married ZADA GONCE. She was born July 23, 1899, and died June 1980. Children of ROBERT RUSSELL and ZADA GONCE are: i. JUNE6 RUSSELL, b. October 08, 1925; d. February 1981. ii. LIVING RUSSELL m. LIVING KERN. iii.JOEL RUSSELL, b. February 29, 1932; d. July 18, 1992. 8. ALLIE5 RUSSELL (ROBERT LEE4, JOHN HENRY TAYLOR3, THOMAS W.2, STEPHEN1) was born June 24, 1901, and died June 26, 1988 in Hyattsville, Prince Georges Co., MD. She married GRADY HANCOCK. Child of ALLIE RUSSELL and GRADY HANCOCK is: i. JOYCE6 HANCOCK, m. DARCY WHEATLEY.