Father: William Russell
Mother: Anna Bonham
Spouse: Samuel D. Nixon - b: 2/May/1828 - Ireland
d: 4/Jul/1917 - Lane Co., OR - bur: Walker Union
Church Cem.
m: 23/Nov/1854 - Putnam Co., IL
Child-1: Sarah Augusta - b: 1855 - IL
d: ~1890 - bur: Hawks Cem., Republic Co., KS
2: George
Lewis - b: Jan/1858 - IL
m: Mary A. Williamson - 19/Oct/1892 - Washington Co., KS
3: Ella
A. - b: ~Dec/1859 - IL - bur: Hawks Cem., Republic Co., KS
4: William
Ellsworth - b: 26/Dec/1861 - Salem Twp., Henry Co., IA
d: 23/Jan/1955 - Eugene, Lane Co., OR - bur: Walker Union Church
Cem.
m: Sarah Catherine Pickard - 3/Dec/1884 - Belleville, Republic Co.,
KS
5: Harriet
R. - b: 1863/1864 - IA
d: ~1895 - bur: Hawks Cem., Republic Co., KS
6: Eliza
P. (Lizzie) - b: 22/May/1869 - IA
d: 31/Aug/1955 - Los Angeles Co., CA
m: George McClellan Hall - 1890/1891
Biographical Details:
Few certain biographical details are known concerning the life of Elizabeth Russell, daughter of William and Anna Bonham Russell, beyond the date of her birth, March 30, 1827, which undoubtedly occurred in Whitley County, Kentucky. Naturally, as a child she moved with her family from Kentucky through Indiana to Putnam County, Illinois. However, William and Anna Russell and their children left Illinois and moved to Texas about 1845 or 1846, but Elizabeth and her sister, Rebecca, remained behind. It is known that Rebecca had married Henry Hamm in 1842, however, Elizabeth remained unmarried for several years after this. Concomitantly, according to census records and other sources, Elizabeth lived in the household of her sister and brother-in-law, Henry and Rebecca Hamm, prior to her marriage. Samuel D. Nixon and Elizabeth Russell were issued a marriage license in Putnam County, on November 23, 1854. He was born in Ireland and it is reported that he arrived in New York on January 5, 1852, having embarked at Liverpool on the ship "Joseph Walker". Morerover, he was evidently not native Irish since both of his parents were born in Scotland. Indeed, they were apparently "highland Scots" because in the 1910 census, the native language of both of Samuel Nixon's parents was indicated to have been Scots Gaelic. Subsequently, the population schedule of the 1860 US Census for La Salle County, Illinois, indicated that the household of Samuel Nixon was then resident in the town of Eagle and consisted of his wife, Elizabeth, and three small children, Augusta, George, and Ella. (La Salle County lies immediately east of and adjacent to Putnam County; however, the town of Eagle appears no longer to exist.) It seems that Samuel and Elizabeth Russell Nixon and their three oldest children left Illinois for Iowa sometime in the early 1860's. A plausible assumption is that they moved to Henry County (or the close vicinity) since William and Anna Bonham Russell and at least three of their children are known to have settled in Salem Township in 1855. Indeed, subsequent census records affirm that the three youngest children of Samuel D. and Elizabeth Nixon were born in Iowa. This is supported by additional sources, which sffirm specifically that their son, William Ellsworth, was born in Henry County. Nevertheless, the 1870 US Census for Scotland County, Missouri, indicated that the household of S. D. (Samuel) Nixon was resident in Union Township in July of that year and consisted of himself; his wife, Elizabeth; two sons, George L. and W. E.; and four daughters, S. A., E. A., H. R., and Eliza. Clearly, this is in close accord with the known family of Samuel and Elizabeth Russell Nixon. (As a matter of geography, Scotland County is located just south of the Iowa-Missouri boundary and to the north adjoins Van Buren County, Iowa, which adjoins Henry County to the northeast.) Even so, they cannot have remained for long in Missouri because a list of early pioneers of Washington County, Kansas, published in 1938 affirms that S. D. Nixon settled near the town of Haddam in 1870. This is further supported by the population schedule of the 1875 Kansas State Census for Washington County in which the household of Samuel D. Nixon was indicated as resident in Strawberry Township and included, in addition to Samuel and Elizabeth themselves, all six of their known children. Likewise, federal census records of 1880 confirm that the family was still living in Strawberry Township; however, state census records reveal that they had moved to Grant Township by 1885. Elizabeth Russel Nixon died March 23, 1898, and was buried in Hawks Cemetery in Republic County, Kansas.1 Accordingly, in the population schedule of the 1900 US Census for Washington County, Samuel D. Nixon, age seventy-two, appeared as a widower resident in Grant Township. Subsequently, in the population schedule of the 1905 Kansas State Census for for Republic County, which adjoins Washington County immediately to the west, Samuel Nixon, aged seventy-seven, was evidently living in Elk Creek Township in the household of his son, William Ellsworth Nixon. This domestic arrangement apparently continued at least until enumeration of the population for the census of 1910, but after this Samuel almost certainly moved with his son's family to Lane County, Oregon, where civil records reveal that he died in early July of 1917, and was buried in the Walker Union Church Cemetery. Geographically, the village of Walker is located about ten miles south of the city of Eugene, Oregon.2Source Notes and Citations:
1. "It is our sad duty to announce the death of Mrs. S. D. Nixon, who died March the 23d, and was laid to rest in the Union cemetery the next day. It has been known for some time, by the friends of Mrs. Nixon that her case was very serious." She was, instead, evidently buried in Hawks Cemetery. (death notice: Cuba Advocate; Cuba, KS, Fri., March 25, 1898)
back to bio.2. Many of the descendants of Samuel D. and Elizabeth Russell Nixon eventually settled on the West Coast, specifically, in Oregon and California.
First Generation
Elizabeth Russell, born 30 Mar 1827 in Whitley Co., KY, died 23 Mar 1898, buried Hawks Cem., Republic Co., KS; married on 23 Nov 1854 in Putnam Co., IL, Samuel D. Nixon, born 2 May 1828 in Ireland, died 4 Jul 1917 in Lane Co., OR, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem.
1. Sarah Augusta Nixon, born 1855 in IL, died ~1890, buried Hawks Cem., Republic Co., KS.Second Generation
2. George Lewis Nixon, born Jan 1858 in IL; married on 19 Oct 1892 in Washington Co., KS, Mary A. Williamson, born Mar 1857 in IA, died 24 Feb 1934, buried Hawks Cem., Republic Co., KS. They had Delrie Maude Nixon.
3. Ella A. Nixon, born ~Dec 1859 in IL, buried Hawks Cem., Republic Co., KS.
4. William Ellsworth Nixon, born 26 Dec 1861 in Salem Twp., Henry Co., IA, died 23 Jan 1955 Sacred Heart Hosp., Eugene, Lane Co., OR, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem.; married on 3 Dec 1884 Belleville, Republic Co., KS, Sarah Catherine Pickard, born 3 Oct 1866 in Henry Co., IA, died 10 Oct 1950 Cottage Grove, Lane Co., OR, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem.
5. Harriet R. Nixon, born 1863/1864 in IA, died ~1895, buried Hawks Cem., Republic Co., KS.
6. Eliza P. (Lizzie) Nixon, born 22 May 1869 in IA, died 31 Aug 1955 in Los Angeles Co., CA.; married 1890/1891 George McClelland Hall, born 26 Dec 1863 in Monongalia Co., WV, died 3 Apr 1940 in Los Angeles Co., CA. They had Hildred Juanita and George Jay Hall.2. George Lewis Nixon married Mary A. Williamson in Washington County, Kansas, in 1892 and in 1900 they were living in Grant Township with their two children, her father, and a neice and nephew. They evidently remained in this locality until after 1920, but in 1930 were living in the household of their daughter and son-in-law, Maude and Clifford Runnels, in Jefferson County, Nebraska, which adjoins Washington County to the north across the boundary between Kansas and Nebraska. It is possible that George and Mary Nixon died in Nebraska; however, the 1940 population schedule for Sedwick County, Kansas, indicates that Clifford and Maude Runnels had been living in Washington County in 1935. Accordingly, it is, perhaps, more likely that George L. and Mary A. Nixon died in Kansas, but no burial place is known.
2-1. Maude Delrie Nixon, born 25 Nov 1896 in KS, died 9 Feb 1985, buried Haddam Cem., Washington Co., KS; married Clifford F. Runnels, born 22 Jan 1893 in KS, died 5 Oct 1970, buried Haddam Cem., Washington Co., KS. They had Dorothy M. and Clifford C. Runnels.a. George and Mary Nixon had only one surviving child, adaughter, Maude. who is affirmed by census records: (1900 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 88B, (microfilm: roll T623_503; img. 178); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 102A, (microfilm: roll T624_459; img. 761); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 130B, (microfilm: roll T625_554; img. 832); & 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Jefferson County, Nebraska, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 114A, (microfilm: roll T626_1233; img. 833).)b. Haddam Cemetery, Washington County, Kansas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=92623&CScn=Haddam&CScntry=4&CSst=18&, continuously updated).
4. William Ellsworth Nixon and Sarah Catherine Pickard lived in Elk Creek Township in Republic County, Kansas, after their marriage. They remained in this locality until about 1913 when they evidently relocated to Lane County, Oregon, and settled about fifteen miles south of the city of Eugene near the village of Saginaw. Perhaps, they were motivated by relatives, viz., George M. and Lizze Nixon Hall, who had moved to the nearby town of Cottage Grove by 1910. William and Sarah Nixon remained in Oregon until their deaths in the 1950's.
4-1. Lee Montrose Nixon, born 7 Nov 1885 in Haddam Twp., Washington Co., KS, died 12 Sep 1979, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem., Lane Co., OR; married on 4 Sep 1907 in Republic Co., KS, Ethel Hayes, born 29 Aug 1889 in KS, died 22 Feb 1972, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem., Lane Co., OR. They had Eleanor F. and Donald Nixon.c. Children of William Ellsworth and Sarah Catherine Pickard Nixon are affirmed by census records of Kansas and Oregon: (1900 US Census Population Schedule for Republic County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 75B, (microfilm: roll T623_497; img. 151); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Republic County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 98B, (microfilm: roll T624_454; img. 199); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Lane County, Oregon, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 161A, (microfilm: roll T625_1496; img. 327); 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Lane County, Oregon, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 295A, (microfilm: roll T626_1946; img. 597); & 1940 US Census Population Schedule for Lane County, Oregon, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 146B, (microfilm: roll T627_3368; img. 310).)
4-2. Viva May Nixon, born 18 Nov 1886 in Republic Co., KS, died 10 Sep 1980 in Lane Co., OR, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem.; married 21 Dec 1904 in Republic Co., KS, Jacob Milton Lindamood, born 12 Jun 1886 in Republic Co., KS, died 21 Apr 1956, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem., Lane Co., OR. They had Ruby, Alma, Nina, and Gail Lindamood.
4-3. Clara Alice Nixon, born 19 Jul 1888, died 13 May 1931 Pacific Cr. Hosp., Eugene, Lane Co., OR, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem.; married 1906 in Republic Co., KS, Elmer James Kent, born 10 Dec 1884 in KS, died 17 Apr 1967 Cottage Grove Hosp., Cottage Grove, Lane Co., OR, buried Fir Grove Cem. They had Alice and Lawrence D. Kent.
4-4. Hugh Ellsworth Nixon, born 1 Apr 1892 in KS, died 16 Aug 1991 in OR, buried Sunset Hills Cem., Lane Co., OR; married 1911 in KS, Ella M. *****, born 1886 in KS, died 1958, buried Sunset Hills Cem., Lane Co., OR. They had Marie, Maxine E., and Faye M. Nixon.
4-5. Ray G. Nixon, born 6 May 1894, died 24 Feb 1975 in Sonoma Co., CA, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem., Lane Co., OR; married Jeanette F. *****, born 6 Mar 1897, died 9 Mar 1984 in Lane Co., OR, buried Walker Union Ch. Cem. They adopted Peggy J. and Robert Flick.d. Death Certificates, Oregon Health Authority, Salem, OR, (Death Certificate No. 10791 - Center for Health Statistics, Salem, OR & Death Certificate No. 182 - Center for Health Statistics, Salem, OR)
e. Fir Grove Cemetery, Lane County, Oregon (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=38778&CScn=Fir+Grove&CScntry=4&CSst=39&CScnty=2224&, continuously updated).
f. Sunset Hills Cemetery, Lane County, Oregon (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=39475&CScn=Sunset+Hills&CScntry=4&CSst=39&CScnty=2224&, continuously updated).
6. Eliza P. (Lizzie) Nixon probably married George McClelland Hall in Kansas about 1890; however, it seems likely that they did not remain long in this locality, but migrated to the Oklahoma Territory before 1895. This is supported by a land patent issued to George M. Hall for one hundred and sixty acers in Grant County on April 28, 1899. (In response to public demand, Grant County was opened to non-Native American settlers on September 16, 1893.) This was a cash purchase and not a homestead preemption. Indeed, in the population schedule of 1900, George M. Hall was indicated as a "capitalist", which suggests that he was an entrepreneur, perhaps, investing in land in Oklahoma. Subsequently, the family moved to Lane County, Oregon, and in 1910 they were living in the town of Cottage Grove and George's occupation was indicated as "bank cashier". Accordingly, ten years later he was a "banker". Clearly, this would seem to imply that George Hall was a successful businessman. Concomitantly, George and Lizzie Hall relocated to southern California and were living on North Holliston Avenue in Pasadena in 1930. At this time, George was evidently engaged in the construction business (or, perhaps, more accurately as a real-estate developer). Of course, metropolitan Los Angeles was expanded rapidly in the first decades of the twentieth century, which, undoubtedly provided considerable financial opportunity.
6-1. George Jay Hall, born 22 Jul 1895 in Payne Co., Okla. Terr., died Oct 1984 in Burlington Co., NJ; married Anna E. *****, born 1898 in OH. They had Robert G., Elizabeth A., and Ruth M. Hall.g. The United States of America, Certificate No. 1051} To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
6-2. Hildred Juanita Hall, born 23 Oct 1901 in Payne Co., Okla. Terr., died 26 Dec 1990 in Los Angeles Co., CA; married Harry Carleton Armitage, born 21 Apr 1894 in King Co., WA, died 2 Apr 1970 in Los Angeles Co., CA. They had Jean, Melissa, and Thomas Armitage.
Whereas, George M. Hall, of Grant County, Oklahoma, has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Enid, Oklahoma, whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said George M. Hall according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," and the acts supplemental thereto, for the North East quarter of Section twenty-four in Township twenty-five North of Range three West of Indian Meridian, in Oklahoma, containing one hundred and sixty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said George M. Hall
Now know ye, That the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said George M. Hall and to his heirs the said tract above described: TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, unto the said George M. Hall and to his heirs and assigns forever.
In testimony whereof, I, William McKinley, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-third By the President: William McKinley By F. M McKean, Secretary. C. H. Brush Recorder of the General Land Office. (US Land Patent Certificate No. 1051; OK, Vol. 14, pg. 382, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 28 Apr 1899. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))h. The two children of George and Lizzie Nixon Hall are affirmed by census records: (1900 US Census Population Schedule for Payne County, Oklahoma Territory, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 105A, (microfilm: roll T623_1341; img. 671); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Lane County, Oregon, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 70A, (microfilm: roll T624_1282; img. 853); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Lane County, Oregon, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 116B, (microfilm: roll T625_1496; img. 237); & 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Los Angeles County, California, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 256B, (microfilm: roll T626_168; img. 1068).)
i. Death Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, continuously updated.
(unpublished notes)
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Additional Citations:
3. 1860 US Census Population Schedule for La Salle County, Illinois, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 1210, (microfilm roll - M653_197; img. 556).4. 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Scotland County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 533A, (microfilm roll - M593_805; img. 274).
5. 1880 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 544B, (microfilm roll - T9_399; img. 351).
6. 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 89A, (microfilm: roll T623_503; img. 179).
7. 1875 Kansas State Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Kansas State Historical Soc., 6425 SW Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS, 66615: pg. 20, (microfilm: roll 1875_K19; img. 521).
8. 1885 Kansas State Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Kansas State Historical Soc., 6425 SW Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS, 66615: pgs. 22-3, (microfilm: roll 1885_K139; imgs. 432-4).
9. 1895 Kansas State Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Kansas State Historical Soc., 6425 SW Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS, 66615: pg. 18, (microfilm: roll 1895_K159; imgs. 484-5).
10. 1905 Kansas State Census Population Schedule for Republic County, Kansas State Historical Soc., 6425 SW Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS, 66615: pgs. 1-3, (microfilm: roll 1905_K133; imgs. 4-5).
11. Early Pioneers of Washington County, 70th Anniversary Edition Supplement: Washington County Register; Washington, KS, Fri., Sep., 16, 1938. (Washington County KSGenWeb Archives, 2003.)
12. Oregon Death Index, Oregon Health Department, Center for Health Statistics, Suite 205, State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR, 97232, continuously updated. (Death Certificate No. 163 & Death Certificate No. 397) (Available online at www.ancestry.com)
13. Hawks Cemetery, Republic County, Kansas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=92663&CScn=Hawks&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=962&, continuously updated).
14. Walker Union Church Cemetery, Lane County, Oregon (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=39531&CScn=Walker&CScntry=4&CSst=39&CScnty=2224&, continuously updated).
15. Russell-Perkins Family Record, unpublished MSS.
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16. Marriage Affadavits, Washington County, Washington, KS, Bk. B, pg. 20; Marriage Licenses, Washington County, Washington, KS, Bk. D, pg. 230.
17. Death Certificates, Oregon Health Authority, Salem, OR, (Death Certificate No. 397 - Center for Health Statistics, Salem, OR)
18. Shirley Campbell Ramos and Patricia Campbell Kratz, Descendants of Phillip and Rebecca Russell, Gregath Publishing Company, P. O. B. 505, Wyandotte, OK, 74370, 1997: pg. 170.