Father: William Russell
Mother: Anna Bonham
Spouse-1: Edward Perkins Stephens - b: 24/Oct/1824
- Lawrence Co., AL
d: 20/Apr/1864 - bur: Emory and
Henry Cem., Washington Co., VA
m: 2/Feb/1849 - Fannin Co., TX
Child-1: Mary Ellen - b: 20/Sep/1850 - Lamar Co., TX
m: Robert Selvidge - 24/Dec/1864 - Fannin Co., TX
m: Adolph Graffman - 8/Jun/1873 - Medina Co., TX
m: Albert Franklin Springfield - 18/Jan/1880 - Lamar Co., TX
2: Richard
Thomas - b: 8/Aug/1852 - Lamar Co., TX
d: 23/Feb/1945 - Choctaw Co., OK - bur: Mt. Olivet Cem.
m: Eliza Jane Castleberry - 15/Dec/1872 - Lamar Co., TX
3: James
Edward - b: 3/Jan/1854 - Lamar Co., TX
d: 19/Jun/1927 - Fannin Co., TX - bur: Georgia
Cem., Lamar Co., TX
m: Susan E. Popin - 18/Sep/1873 - Lamar Co., TX
m: Sarah (Sallie) Elizabeth Bennett - 1/Nov/1891 - Lamar Co., TX
4: Rebecca
Ann - b: 12/Sep/1855 - Lamar Co., TX
d: 5/Sep/1857 - Lamar Co., TX
5: Dixon
Fulton - b: 10/Sep/1857 - Lamar Co., TX
d: 5/Mar/1884
6: Littleton
Henry - b: 13/Aug/1859 - Lamar Co., TX
d: 3/Nov/1859 - Lamar Co., TX
7: William
Russell - b: 14/Nov/1860 - Lamar Co., TX
d: 24/Feb/1926 - bur: Georgia Cem., Lamar Co.,
TX
m: Adeline (Addie) Mariah Thomas - 11/Dec/1879 - Lamar Co., TX
Spouse-2: Daniel T. Shaffer - b: 10/Nov/1821 -
Washington Co., VA
d: 29/Aug/1897 - Hamilton Co., TX - bur:
Carlton Cem.
m: 11/Jan/1868 - Lamar Co., TX
Biographical Details:
The last of William and Anna Bonham Russell's children to be born in Kentucky was a daughter, Charlotte, born in Whitley County on March 15, 1831. Evidently, as a young child she traveled to Indiana and Illinois with the rest of her family. With the exception of two older daughters, viz., Rebecca and Elizabeth, family tradition affirms that all of the William Russell family migrated to Texas in the period between 1845 and 1850. Furthermore, although William and Anna Russell returned north before the Civil War, two of their daughters, viz., Jestin and Charlotte, remained behind and settled in northeastern Texas. Indeed, it is known that Jestin Russell and John W. Gorbit had married in Illinois and, thus, migrated to Texas as a couple with two small children. Therefore, consistent with common practice during the nineteenth century, it is a reasonable presumption that the families of William Russell and John Gorbit migrated together shortly after 1845; however, this is not known with certainty. In any case, Charlotte was evidently unmarried and, subsequently, met and married Edward Perkins Stephens in Fannin County after the arrival of the extended Russell family in Texas. Edward was born in Alabama and was about six years older than Charlotte. Again, according to family tradition, Edward P. and Charlotte Stephens lived near the village of Maxey in western Lamar County during the 1850's.1 (Lamar County is located just to the east of and adjacent to Fannin County.) Moreover, this presumption is supported by the population schedule of the 1850 US Census for Lamar County, Texas, which indicates that Edward and Charlotte were resident in Lamar County and had no children at the time the population was enumerated. Unfortunately, there is no record of the household of Edward Stephens in the population schedule of the 1860 census; however, Edward Stephens, almost certainly identifiable as the husband of Charlotte Russell Stephens, was indicated in the slave schedule of the 1860 US Census for Lamar County as the owner of fourteen slaves. Indeed, this implies that he was a man of some means, since slave property comprised a large fraction of overall equity in the antebellum South. Concomitantly, Edward Stephens patented land in Lamar County, almost cetainly located near the early settlements of Maxey and Tigertown.2 Accordingly, by 1860, Edward P. and Charlotte Russell Stephens were the parents of seven children, two of whom had died in infancy; however, with the outbreak of the Civil War there is documentary evidence that on June 12, 1861, Edward enrolled in a Texas State Infantry Company organized in Fannin County and was elected to the rank of Corporal.3 On July 26, 1861, this unit was mounted and subsequently designated as Company F of the Eleventh Texas Cavalry, CSA, which served west of the Mississippi River until the spring of 1862 when it was transferred to the east, serving until the close of the Civil War in April of 1865. At the end of the war the Eleventh Texas Cavalry was part of the Army of Tennessee under the command of General Joseph E. Johnston. Reliable family tradition indicates that Edward P. Stephens died in April of 1864 while serving with Confederate forces. He is evidently buried in the Emory and Henry Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia, perhaps in a mass grave. At this time, the Eleventh Texas Cavalry was operating in Tennessee and northern Alabama, although just a short time later, i.e., in May of 1864, the unit was dispatched to Georgia to defend the city of Atlanta from approaching Union forces under the command of General William T. Sherman. Exact details surrounding the death of E. P. Stephens have not been determined, but traditional chronology is broadly supported by Confederate military records. Following Edward's death, Charlotte married Daniel T. Shaffer in Lamar County on January 11, 1868.4 Unfortunately, she survived only ten months after the marriage and died on November 28, 1868. No burial place is known. Nevertheless, many descendants of Edward and Charlotte Stephens remained in northeastern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma well into the twentieth century.5Source Notes and Citations:
1. Anonymous, The Handbook of Texas, Pub. by the Texas State Historical Association, and distributed in partnership with the The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. (The Handbook of Texas Online, tshaonline.org/handbook, 2016.)Additional Citations:
"MAXEY, TEXAS. Maxey is on Farm Road 38 fourteen miles west of Paris in Lamar County. The area was first settled in the 1850s. A post office was granted in 1880 and named Nixon, after an early settler of the area, T. E. Nixon, who had served under Gen. Samuel Bell Maxey during the Civil War. When they discovered that a Nixon, Texas, already existed, Nixon and other settlers named the town after Maxey. Benjamin E. Wilhite was the first postmaster. The population peaked in 1896, when the town had 250 residents, two stores, and a one-teacher school with thirty-nine pupils. The population was fifty in 1914 and seventy-five in 1925. The post office was discontinued in 1931, and mail was directed through Brookston. The population was estimated at forty in the 1960s, fifty in the 1970s, and fifty-five in the 1980s. In 1990 Maxey had a population of fifty-five and no businesses. The population remained the same in 2000. (A. W. Neville, The History of Lamar County, Texas, (Paris, Texas: North Texas, 1937; rpt. 1986))"
"GEORGIA, TEXAS. Georgia, originally called Georgiaville, is on Farm Road 2352 a mile east of Slough Creek and four miles south of Direct in extreme western Lamar County. The area was settled by 1860, when the Georgiaville post office opened. The post office closed in 1867. By 1908 the Georgia school had been established. The 1936 county highway map showed the school, a business, a church and cemetery, and a cluster of dwellings at the site. The school was eventually absorbed by larger systems and by 1957 had been consolidated into the Central Independent School District, which had become part of the North Lamar Independent School District by 1970. In 1980 Georgia had a church, a cemetery, and a few scattered homes. It still was still shown on maps as a church community in 1983. (Thomas S. Justiss, An Administrative Survey of the Schools of Lamar County with a Plan for Their Reorganization (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1937))"
"TIGERTOWN, TEXAS (Lamar County). Tigertown is on Sanders Creek sixteen miles northwest of Paris in northwest Lamar County. The community was named Cothran's Store, for an early family, and used as a voting place for Precinct Five in county elections for 1873. It had a post office from 1878 to 1905. At the same time the community was also known as Tigertown or Tige, supposedly because of a circus poster in a saloon. In 1890 the community had a population of seventy-five, a hotel, a grocery, and a gristmill. By 1892 it had two general stores, a cotton gin, two physicians, and Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Four years later a district school was located in the community. Maps of the 1930s show rows of dwellings, at least two sawmills, a hotel, a cemetery, and Tigertown School at the site. By 1936 the population had fallen to forty and the businesses to two; they stayed at this level through the 1940s. In 1989 Tigertown appeared on highway maps that showed a grain elevator, a school, a cemetery, and one business on the site. (A. W. Neville, Backward Glances (2 vols., Paris, Texas: Wright, 1983). A. W. Neville, The History of Lamar County, Texas (Paris, Texas: North Texas, 1937; rpt. 1986))"
"DIRECT, TEXAS. Direct is twenty-five miles northwest of Paris on Farm Road 79 in northwest Lamar County. According to local tradition, the town was named either for Indians who crossed the river 'direct' to obtain whiskey or to a revivalist who believed the local people were going 'direct' to hell. The local church was built with money donated by a converted saloonkeeper. A local post office operated from 1887 until after 1954. In 1896 mail was delivered twice weekly, and Direct had three general stores and a cotton gin. By 1914 the community had a population of 218, telephone service, four general stores, and two blacksmiths. State highway maps in 1936 showed numerous businesses and residences at the townsite. By 1945 the population was 250, but after 1949 it began to decline, and in 1983 only seventy residents, a single business, two churches, and scattered dwellings remained. In 2000 the population was still seventy."
back to bio.2. Lamar County Abstract No. 833; Survey Name: Edward Stephens; Grantee: Edward Stephens: Texas General Land Office, Austin, TX. (Lamar County TXGenWeb Archives, 2016.)
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3. R. Scott Gartin, "The History of the 11th Texas Cavalry Regiment", privately published, 1999. (11texascav.org, 2003.) "CAPTAIN A. J. NICHOLSON'S COMPANY 'F' This Company enrolled in Texas State Troops as a Company of Infantry on June 12, 1861 in Fannin County, Texas. They elected officers and Mustered into Texas service on June 17, 1861. On the 26th of July, 1861 the Company was mounted and changed to Cavalry. Andrew J. Nicholson, of Fannin County, was the first Captain. On August 28, 1861, 44 privates and 3 officers were discharged. At the time, 32 new troops were recruited. The 2nd Lieutenant, John Stewart, resigned on that date also. The 2nd Sergeant and two Corporals were also discharged on August 28, 1861. The records do not indicate reasons for this change in troops. State service ended and Confederate States Army service began on October 2, 1861 at Camp Reeves, Texas. At first, the Confederate Regiment designation was 3rd Texas Cavalry in 1862, they became the 11th Texas Cavalry. Captain Nicholson recruited 14 troops from Honey Grove in Fannin County, Texas in February 1, 1862.
Confederate records indicate that 23 soldiers enlisted in or gave residence as Fannin County, Texas. Two soldiers were from Grayson County, Texas. One soldier, each were from Comal County and Red River county, Texas. Six soldiers enlisted in Arkansas in early 1862.""E. P. Stephens Was elected 2nd Corporal at the time of his Enrollment on June 12, 1861 in the Texas State Infantry Company. Mustered into State Service on June 17, 1861 in Fannin County, Texas. Also shown at this rank on the Corrected a and final State Muster Roll (October 2, 1861).
Stephens was 3rd Sergeant in the original Confederate organization. He was present and sick for the December 31, 1861 Confederate Muster Roll.
Sergeant Stephens was demoted to private in 1862. He went on Detached Duty as a Wagoner in January of 1863. A remark on April 30, 1863 Muster Roll reads: 'Stoppage on descriptive roll (Bounty due) $84.00.' The men were given a Bounty for re-enlisting at the reorganization (Oates, 1961). He received extra pay for teamster duty in May and June of 1863 at $0.25/day. In December of 1863, Stephens was on extra duty driving ambulance for Colonel Harrison (Brigade Commander). He was sick and present in February of 1864. He died later in 1864. Appears on a Register of Effects of Deceased Soldiers, turned over to Quartermasters, C.S.A. in 1864. The amount turned over was $153.33."Works Cited by Gartin:
1. Civil War Military Service Records, National Archives, Washington DC, (microfilm: rolls - M323_67, M323_68, M323_69, & M323_70).
2. Douglas Hale, "Rehearsal for Civil War: The Texas Cavalry in the Indian Territory, 1861", The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. LXVIII, No. 3, Fall, 1990.
3. Stephen B. Oates, Confederate Cavalry West of the River, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1961.
4. Muster Rolls, Confederate Pensions, Rosters of Texas Militia, etc., Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, TX.
back to bio.4. Daniel T. Shaffer can be identified as the son of William and Margaret Dorothy (Dolly) Jones Shaffer and was born in Washington County, Virginia, on November 10, 1821. He evidently remained in Virginia until after 1850, but then migrated west to Tennessee where he married Thelma Phaney Mowrey. They were resident with two children in Monroe County, Tennessee, in 1860. In any case, it appears that Daniel Shaffer moved further west to Texas after the Civil War, where he married Mrs. Charlotte Russell Stephens. (Thelma evidently died sometime after the birth of her fourth child either in Tennessee or Texas.) Accordingly, in 1870 Daniel Shaffer was a widower living with his four children in Fannin County. Subsequently, he moved to Hamilton County in central Texas where he died on August 29, 1897, and was buried in Carlton Cemetery. (1850 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Virginia, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 170A, (microfilm: roll M432_980; img. 344); 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Monroe County, Tennessee, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 247A, (microfilm: roll M653_1265; img. 500); 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Fannin County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 279B, (microfilm roll - M593_1584; img. 562); & 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Hamilton County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 357A, (microfilm roll - T9_1308; img. 486).)
back to bio.5. Descendants of Edward and Charlotte Russell Stephens appear in civil and census records of Texas and Oklahoma and are summarized as follows:
First Generation
Charlotte Russell, born 15 Mar 1831 in Whitley Co., KY, died 28 Nov 1868 in Lamar Co., TX; married (1) on 2 Feb 1849 in Fannin Co., TX, Edward Perkins Stephens, born 24 Oct 1824 in Lawrence Co., AL, died 20 Apr 1864, buried Emory and Henry Cem., Washington Co., VA; married (2) on 11 Jan 1868 in Lamar Co., TX, Daniel T. Shaffer, born 10 Nov 1821 in Washington Co., VA, died 29 Aug 1897 in Hamilton Co., TX, buried Carlton Cem.
1. Mary Ellen Stephens, born 20 Sep 1850 in Lamar Co., TX, died ~1924 in Bryan Co., OK; married (1) on 24 Dec 1864 in Fannin Co., TX, Robert Selvidge, born 1811/1812 in TN; married (2) on 8 Jun 1873 in Medina Co., TX, Adolph Graffman; married (3) 18 Jan 1880 in Lamar Co., TX, Albert Franklin Springfield, born 1849/1850 in NC.Second Generation
2. Richard Thomas Stephens, born 8 Aug 1852 in Lamar Co., TX, died 23 Feb 1945 in Choctaw Co., OK, buried Mt. Olivet Cem.; married on 15 Dec 1872 in Lamar Co., TX, Eliza Jane Castleberry, born 13 Jan 1857, died 28 Apr 1921, buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Choctaw Co., OK.
3. James Edward Stephens, born 3 Jan 1854 in Lamar Co., TX, died 19 Jun 1927 in Fannin Co., TX, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX; married (1) on 18 Sep 1873 in Lamar Co., TX, Susan E. Popin, born 1851/1852 in TX; married (2) on 1 Nov 1891 in Lamar Co., TX, Sarah (Sallie) Elizabeth Bennett, born 29 Aug 1869 in Lamar Co., TX, died 27 Dec 1938 in Taylor Co., TX, buried Buffalo Gap Cem.
4. Rebecca Ann Stephens, born 12 Sep 1855 in Lamar Co., TX, died 5 Sep 1857 in Lamar Co., TX.
5. Dixon Fulton Stephens, born 10 Sep 1857 in Lamar Co., TX, died 5 Mar 1884. Evidently never married.
6. Littleton Henry Stephens, born 13 Aug 1859 in Lamar Co., TX, died 3 Nov 1859 in Lamar Co., TX.
7. William Russell Stephens, born 14 Nov 1860 in Lamar Co., TX, died 24 Feb 1926 in Lamar Co., TX, buried Georgia Cem.; married on 11 Dec 1879 in Lamar Co., TX, Adeline (Addie) Mariah Thomas, born 20 Jan 1861 in Clark Co., AR, died 24 Dec 1945 in Lamar Co., TX, buried Georgia Cem.1. Mary Ellen Stephens was nearly forty years younger than Robert Selvidge when they married in Fannin County, Texas. He evidently died between 1870 and 1873.
1-1. Judy R. Selvidge, born 1867/1868 in TX. Evidently did not survive to adulthood.After the death of her first husband, Mary Ellen Selvidge married Adolph Graffman in Medina County, Texas, which is located about forty miles west of the city of San Antonio. Very few details are known regarding circumstances surrounding this marriage, but they evidently had no children and Adolph appears to have died before 1880. Concomitantly, Mary Ellen Graffman returned to northern Texas and married Albert Franklin Springfield in Lamar County.
1-2. Sarah Sholita Selvidge, born Jan1872 in TX; married (1) on 23 Jun 1889 in Fannin Co., TX, William H. Woolsey*, born ~1861 in Coffey Co., KS, died Jul 1906 in Fannin Co., TX. They had James Henry Woolsey; married (2) ~1893, William Eads, born Mar 1856 in TN. They had John A. Eads.1-3. Isom Beasley Springfield, born 2 Aug 1884 in Fannin Co., TX, died 2 May 1965 in Choctaw Co., OK, buried Restland Cem.; married on 2 Aug 1911, Alice Ioda Moody, born 12 Dec 1889 in Fannin Co., TX, died 16 Aug 1981 Sherman, Grayson Co., TX, buried Restland Cem., Choctaw Co., OK. They had Ruth Pearl, Ruby May, Mamie Lee, Nova Carrel, Mildred Beatrice, (unnamed infant), Henry Joe, Thurman Ioda, Edward, and Mary Alice Springfield.*According to family tradition, William H. Woolsey was murdered, apparently after the failure of his marriage to Sarah Selvidge: "My grandpa, James H. Woolsey, told me, W. J. Blankenship, that his father, W. H. Woolsey, was killed when he was just a child. he said someone cut his throat while he was ploughing at Lamasco (Fannin County, Texas)."
1-4. Artie Mirandia Springfield, born 10 Aug 1888 in Fannin Co., TX, died 4 Sep 1980 Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX, buried Grandfield Memorial Cem., Tillman Co., OK; married (1) on 21 Sep 1907 in Southern Dist., Indian Terr., George Nova Wilson. They had Francis Beatrice Wilson; married (2) on 31 Jan 1925 Witchita Falls, Witchita Co., TX, Rufus Edgar Martin, born 14 Feb 1888 in Navarro Co., TX, died 1 Feb 1958, buried Grandfield Memorial Cem., Tillman Co., OK. They had Rufus Edgar, Jr., Eva Geraldine, and Beatrice Martin.a. Children of Mary Ellen Stephens and her two husbands are affirmed by census records of Texas and Oklahoma. (1870 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 372B, (microfilm roll - M593_1594; img. 748); 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 66A, (microfilm: roll T9_1314; img. 308); & 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Fannin County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 213B, (microfilm: roll T623_1634; img. 206);.)
b. Marriage Records, Fannin County, Bonham, TX: Bk. F, pg. 494. (private communication)
c. Marriage Records, Southern District, Indian Territory, Ardmore: Bk. K, pg. 525.
d. Marriage Records, Wichita County, Wichita Falls, TX: Bk. 12, pg. 133.
e. Restland Cemetery, Choctaw County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99353&CScn=Restland&CScntry=4&CSst=38&, continuously updated).
f. Grandfield Memorial Cemetery, Tillman County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98537&CScn=Grandfield+Memorial&, continuously updated).
2. Richard Thomas Stephens and Eliza Jane Castleberry evidently lived in northern Texas after their marriage. It would seem that they remained in this locality until after 1900, but then moved across the Red River into the Indian Territory and settled in or near the town of Hugo, which became the county seat of Choctaw County, Oklahoma, after statehood in 1907. (As a matter of geography, Choctaw County is located just across the Red River from Lamar County.)
2-1. (unnamed son) Stephens, born ~1875.g. Children of Richard Thomas and Eliza Jane Stephens are affirmed by census records of Texas and Oklahoma. (1880 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 203A, (microfilm: roll T9_1314; img. 581); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Choctaw County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 62A, (microfilm: roll T625_1456; img. 128); & 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Choctaw County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 71A, (microfilm: roll T626_1897; img. 681).)
2-2. William Gardner Stephens, born 15 Jul 1878 in Lamar Co., TX, died 4 Nov 1963 in Marshall Co., TX, buried West Hill Cem., Sherman, Grayson Co., TX; married on 21 Dec 1902 in Lamar Co., TX, Lois Alma Williams, born 30 Dec 1882 in Clay Co., TX, died 20 Feb 1975 Wichita Falls, Wichita Co., TX, buried West Hill Cem., Sherman, Grayson Co., TX. They had William Roy, Earl Diemar, and Lois Elizabeth Stephens.
2-3. Malinda Elizabeth Stephens, born 14 Jul 1881 in Lamar Co., TX, died May 1935; married (1) on 25 Dec 1902 in Lamar Co., TX, Andrew Oscar Burton, born; married (2) James Fennel.
2-4. Minnie Belle Stephens, born 10 Jul 1884 in Lamar Co., TX, died 27 Mar 1941, buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Choctaw Co., OK; married ~1905, George Lee Gilbreth, born 12 Dec 1881 in Lamar Co., TX, died 9 Mar 1975 in TX, buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Choctaw Co., OK. They had Carl B., Rufus Gardner, Mary Oleta, and Audrey Lee Gilbreth.h. West Hill Cemetery, Grayson County, Texas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=7556&CScn=West+Hill&CScntry=4&CSst=46&, continuously updated).
3. James Edward Stephens married Susan E. Popin in Lamar County, Texas. There is considerable uncertainty regarding her maiden name, which is indicated variously as "Pophems", "Popham", "Pophens", etc.; moreover, the death certificate of James Edward Stephens, Jr., renders the name of his mother as "Papham". In any case, she evidently died in the 1880's.
3-1. Ella L. Stephens, born 1874/1875 in TX; married on 30 Oct 1892 in Lamar Co., TX, E. H. McDonald.After the death of his first wife Jim Stephens married Sarah (Sallie) Elizabeth Bennett. They evidently lived in Lamar County after their marriage, but, perhaps, contemporaenosuly with his older brother moved north of the Red River and were living in Choctaw County by 1910. Even so, James Edward Stephens was buried in Fannin County, Texas, after his death in 1927. His widow survived another decade and died in Taylor County, Texas, in 1938. Presumably, she was living with the family of her son, Walter, at the time of her death. (Again, as a matter of geography, Taylor Couty includes the city of Abilene is located in central Texas below the "Texas Panhandle" about one hundred and fifty miles west of metropolitan Dallas-Fort Worth.)
3-2. James Edward Stephens, Jr., born 7 Jul 1877 in Lamar Co., TX, died 5 Jul 1960; married on 17 Jun 1906 in Fannin Co., TX, Sammie Myrtle Bingham, born 28 May 1885 in OK, died 30 Aug 1965 in Fannin Co., TX, buried New Hope Cem. They had John Walter, Orland Lee, James Vernon, Almer Joe, Laura Edna, Myrtle Marie, Ed Ray, and Claude Robert Stephens.3-3. Minnie Mae Stephens, born 26 Jul 1892 in TX, died 5 May 1988, buried Fairmount Cem., Tom Green Co., TX, married Walter S. Crowell, born ~1888 in NC They had Frances L., Dorothy I., and Walter H. Crowell.Various researchers report that James Edward Stephens married a third time to Ivey Baker in Lamar County on May 10, 1902; however, this is not supported by subsequent census records that clearly indicate that he was living in Oklahoma with his second wife, Sallie, and their children in 1910 and 1920. Therefore, this third marriage must be regarded as spurious and likely derives from a confusion of identities.
3-4. Myrtle Stephens, born Sep 1893 in TX.
3-5. John T. Stephens, born 12 Feb 1895 in TX, died 26 Sep 1923, buried Mt. Olivet Cem., Choctaw Co., OK. Evidently never married.
3-6. William Walter Stephens, born 19 Apr 1897 in Lamar Co., TX, died 24 Nov 1983 in Taylor Co., TX, buried Buffalo Gap Cem.; married Gladys Roberta Maxwell, born 9 Apr 1897 in OK, died 7 Jan 1989, buried Buffalo Gap Cem., Taylor Co., TX. They had Maxine U., Bertha Inez, Cora L., James W., Billie M., George Glenn, Rudy R., and Peggy Bob Stephens.
3-7. Rebecca Stephens, born Nov 1899 in TX.
3-8. Blanche Stephens, born 1903/1904 in TX.
3-9. Lillie V. Stephens, born ~Dec 1909 in OK.i. Children of James Edward Stephens and his two wives are affirmed by census records of Texas and Oklahoma. (1880 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 253B, (microfilm: roll T9_1314; img. 684); 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 183B, (microfilm: roll T623_1653; img. 81); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Choctaw County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC: pgs. 181A-B, (microfilm: roll T624_1247; imgs. 367-8); & 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Choctaw County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 160A, (microfilm: roll T625_1456; img. 324).)
j. Death Certificates, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX, (Certificate No. 41588, Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Texas, Austin, TX).
k. New Hope Cemetery, Fannin County, Texas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=5553&CScn=New+Hope&CScntry=4&CSst=46&CScnty=2593&, continuously updated).
l. Fairmount Cemetery, Tom Green County, Texas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=3516&CScn=Fairmount&CScntry=4&CSst=46&, continuously updated).
m. Buffalo Gap Cemetery, Taylor County, Texas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2643&CScn=Buffalo+Gap&CScntry=4&CSst=46&, continuously updated).
7. William Russell Stephens and Adeline (Addie) Mariah Thomas were married in Lamar County and with the possible exception of a few years about 1885, were evidently resident in this locality for the remainder of their married lives.
7-1. James Thomas Stephens, born 4 Sep 1880, died 12 Jan 1968, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX; married (1) on 4 Feb 1903 in Lamar Co., TX, Ollie Berry; married (2) 28 Apr 1905 in Lamar Co., TX, Sallie Panter, born 1889/1890 in GA. They had Vernie O., (unnamed twins), (unnamed infant), Polly, W. R. (Billy), Jaunita, Robbie, and Marie Stephens; married (3) Omie Johnson, born 20 Mar 1892, died 30 Mar 1960, buried Tigertown Cem., Lamar Co., TX.**"William Floyd Stephens, 94, of Rt. 2, Sumner, died Aug. 16, in a Paris hospital.
7-2. Allen Edward Stephens, born 2 Aug 1882, died 16 Mar 1973, buried Tigertown Cem., Lamar Co., TX; married 22 Oct 1911 in Lamar Couty, TX, Nora Johnson, born 12 Jun 1893, died 30 Mar 1983, buried Tigertown Cem., Lamar Co., TX. They evidently had no children.
7-3. Minnie Stephens, born 27 Dec 1884. Probably died before 1900.
7-4. William Floyd Stephens**, born 29 Dec 1885 in Throckmorton Co., TX, died 16 Aug 1980 In Lamar Co., TX, buried Georgia Cem.; married on 22 Aug 1906 in Lamar Co., TX, Johnnie Emma Vaughn, born 9 Oct 1888, died 10 Mar 1961, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX. They had Clea Fulton, Lee, Mildred, Joe Willard, Addie Bell, and Brice Randall Stephens.
7-5. Harvey Calvin Stephens, born 12 Jan 1887, died 18 Sep 1892, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX.
7-6. Dora Emma Stephens, born 4 Feb 1889, died 13 Apr 1929, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX.; married on 18 Dec 1910 in Lamar Co., TX, John Robert Crutchfield, born 7 May 1886, died 13 Oct 1958, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX. They had Dixie B., Vira Lee, Frank W., Valta M., and Dora Joy Crutchfield.
7-7. Ola Elizabeth Stephens#, born 13 Jan 1892, died 3 May 1974 in Lamar Co., TX, buried Georgia Cem.; married on 4 Oct 1908 in Lamar Co., TX, Gid Cleveland Crutchfield, born 22 Feb 1884 in Lamar Co., TX, died 25 Oct 1979 in Lamar Co., TX, buried Georgia Cem. They had Clara Miller, Lela Christell, Deward G., Gid Cleveland, Jr., Norine, Ola Oleta, Willie Rae, Rufus Victor, Vester, Lester, Leroy, and Lloyd W. Crutchfield.
7-8. Maudie Lee Stephens, born 7 Feb 1894, died 27 Oct 1894, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX.
7-9. Ada Pearl Stephens, born 27 Mar 1895.
7-10. Miles Otto Stephens#*, born 13 Jun 1897 in Lamar Co., TX, died 23 Jun 1973 in Lamar Co., TX, buried Georgia Cem.; married Laura M. Cox, born 31 Oct 1896, died 18 Nov 1983, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX. They had Quinn B. Stephens.
7-11. Ethel Ruth Stephens, born 30 Oct 1899, died 1953, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX; married Dillard Wilson (Chick) Cuttrell, born 9 Aug 1884, died 7 Sep 1953, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX. They had Bud, leman, Ike, Allie, Suzie, William Stephens, Adella, and Comma Dewel Cuttrell.
7-12. Hurshel Lee Stephens, born 15 Jan 1904, died 24 Nov 1981, buried Georgia Cem., Lamar Co., TX; married on 11 Sep 1924 in Lamar Co., TX, Merle G. McQueen##, born 4 Sep 1906 in Lamar Co., TX, died 25 Aug 1969 in Lamar Co., TX, buried Georgia Cem. They had Howard B., (unnamed daughter) and Rita Stephens.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon in the First Baptist Church in Direct with the Rev. Jerry Moore and the Rev. Ray Decker officiating. Burial was in Georgia Cemetery under the direction of Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home.
Mr. Stephens was born in Throckmorton County on Dec. 29, 1885, son of William Russell Stephens and Addie Mariah Thomas Stephens.
He attended public school at the old Georgia school in Lamar County.
On Aug. 22, 1906 he married Johnnie Emma Vaughn, who preceded him in death on March 10, 1961.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Direct and a former member of the Tigertown Masonic Lodge. He was a farmer and rancher in the Georgia community until his retirement in 1966.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Ellis of Sumner and Mrs. Morris Ewell of Honey Grove; two sons, Lee Stephens and Brice Stephens, both of Direct; one brother, Rev. Hershel Stephens of Sumner; 14 grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren. Pallbearers were Shelton Stephens, Fulton Stephens, Glen Dale Stephens, Randall Wayne Stephens, Don Charles Smith and Larry Roberts." (obituary: Lamar County Echo, Paris, TX, Thur., Aug. 21, 1980.)#"Mrs. G. C. [Gid] Crutchfield, 1858 Maple, died at 1:22 p.m. Friday in McCuistion Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Moore, the Rev. Richard Harris and the Rev. James Elsom officiating. Burial will be in Georgia Cemetery.
The former Miss Ola Stephens, Mrs. Crutchfield was a daughter of William Russell and Adeline (Thomas) Stephens.
She married Mr. Crutchfield on 4 Oct 1908 in the Georgia community and they lived there until the past four years ago when they moved to Paris.
She is survived by her husband; seven sons, Judge Lester Crutchfield of Paris, Deward and Vester Crutchfield, both of Maxey, Lloyd and G.C. Crutchfield Jr., both of Encinitias, Calif., R.V. Crutchfild of San Tee, Calif., and Leroy Crutchfield of Floydada; four daughters, Mrs. Olela Decker and Mrs. Clara Jones, both of Paris, Mrs. Willie Ball of Direct and Mrs. Cristell Mahan of Stinnett.
Also surviving are two brothers, Floyd and Hershel Stephens both of the Georgia community; 31 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren." (obituary: Newspaper unknown.)#*"M. O. (Otto) Stephens, 76, of Rt. 2, Sumner, in the Georgia community, died at L. P. McCuistion Hospital at 9:45 a.m. Saturday.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bill Wideman, pastor of the Emberson Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Georgia Cemetery.
Mr. Stephens was a rancher and farmer in the Georgia community. He had been ill for the last six months.
He was born 13 Jun 1897, at Georgia, and had lived there all his life. He attended public schools in the Georgia community and was a former member of the Tigertown Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include his wife; one son, Q.B. Stephens of the Georgia community; three grandchildren, Julia, Felix and Laura Ann, all of Georgia; one sister, Mrs. G.C. Crutchfield of Paris; two brothers, Floyd Stephens of Direct and Hershel Stephens of Georgia; several nieces and nephews." (obituary: Newspaper unknown.)##"Mrs. Hershel Stephens, 67, wife of the pastor of Georgia community Church of God, Rt. 2, Sumner, died at 8 a.m. Monday in McCuistion Hospital, Paris, after about 18 months illness.
The funeral will be held at the Assembly of God Church where she had been an active member since 1936, the body to lie there Tuesday from 3 until 4 p.m., the service hour. Burial in Georgia Cemetery will be made by Fry and Gibbs of Paris.
The former Merle McQueen, daughter of C. A. and Sudie (Sikes) McQueen, Mrs. Stephens was born in nearby Tigertown community, 4 Sep 1906, and attended school there.
She and the Rev. Mr. Stephens were married at Tigertown, 11 Sep 1924, and he survives, besides a son, Russell Stephens; a granddaughter, Nita Stephens, all of Georgia; three brothers: Wayne McQueen, Maxey; Dale McQueen, Dallas, and the Rev. L. McQueen, Lawton, Okla. and a sister, Mrs. Ella Baum of Paris." (obituary: The Paris News, Paris, TX, Mon., Aug. 25, 1969.)n. Children of William Russell and Adeline Thomas Stephens are affirmed by census records. (1880 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 198B, (microfilm: roll T9_1314; img. 574); 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 102A, (microfilm: roll T623_1652; img. 846); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 263B, (microfilm: roll T624_1571; img. 1146); & 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pgs. 169A-B, (microfilm: roll T625_1827; imgs. 939-40).)
o. Marriage Records, Lamar County, Paris, TX: Bk. 22, pg. 422.
p. Marriage Records, Lamar County, Paris, TX: Bk. 34, pg. 337.
q. Tigertown Cemetery, Lamar County, Texas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=273742&CScn=Tigertown&, continuously updated).
r. Death Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, continuously updated.
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6. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 304A, (microfilm: roll M432_912; img. 184).7. 1860 US Census Slave Schedule for Lamar County, Texas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 44A, (microfilm: roll M653_1311; img. 92).
8. Marriage Records, Lamar County, Paris, TX: Bk. 6, pg. 113. (Lamar County TXGenWeb Archives, 2015.)
9. Russell-Perkins Family Record, unpublished MSS.
10. Emory and Henry Cemetery, Washington County, Virginia (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=50152&CScn=Emory&CScntry=4&CSst=48&CScnty=2893&, continuously updated).
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11. Marriage Records, Lamar County, Paris, TX: Bk. 8, pg. 50. (Lamar County TXGenWeb Archives, 2015.)
12. Marriage Records, Lamar County, Paris, TX: Bk. 12, pg. 483. (Lamar County TXGenWeb Archives, 2015.)
13. Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Choctaw County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99016&CScn=Mt.+Olivet&CScntry=4&CSst=38&CScnty=2139&, continuously updated).
14. Georgia Cemetery, Lamar County, Texas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2172960&CScn=Georgia&CScntry=4&CSst=46&, continuously updated).
15. Shirley Campbell Ramos and Patricia Campbell Kratz, Descendants of Phillip and Rebecca Russell, Gregath Publishing Company, P. O. B. 505, Wyandotte, OK, 74370, 1997: pgs. 176-7.