Living

Notes:

The San Augustine Tribune
July 15, 1999, page 3

R. D. Russell

R. D. Russell, 75, of Pineland died July 12 at his residence.

[Note: The SSDI shows, apparently in error, his DOD as 1 July 1999)

Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 15, 1999 at Starr Funeral Home in Hemphill with burial at Joel Halbert Cemetery in Milam.

A lifelong resident of Sabine County, he was a retired Temple Inland supervisor and a World War II Navy veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Russell of Pineland; sons, Chris Russell of Lufkin and Roy David Russell of Milam; daughters Melinda Russell of Lufkin and Melissa Bradberry of Pineland; brother Julius Nethery of Center, and eight grandchildren.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, June 2011)

Roy married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

San Augustine Tribune

Thursday, October 20, 2005

San Augustine History 1929 by Harry P. Noble

November 1929

Roy Russell (30), a well-to-do Milam farmer, was stabbed in the lower stomach on the Hemphill courthouse steps by his nephew, Al HOLBERT (Halbert?), and died a few minutes later. According to M.S. MORRIS, an eyewitness, the stabbing grew out of an arguement over a pair of mules. After the stabbing, Ran Russell, a brother to Roy, attacked Holbert, but Holbert made his escape through the crowd. However, Holbert was soon found and arrested but since he had received several deep cuts on the neck and face he was taken to a hospital where he was kept under close guard.

Roy married Vergie Lorena Halbert before 1924. Vergie (daughter of William Washington "Dick" Halbert, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Smith) was born on 4 Nov 1905 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Sep 1991 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
They appear to have been separated at the time of the 1930 census. Virgie Russell, age 24, is listed as the head of a household consisting of her six year old son, R.D. Russell, Jr., Her widowed mother, Mary Halbert, and 23 year old Kirby Russell, her brother-in-law.

Notes:

His gravestone indicates he was in the Sons of Confederates of Texas.

Name A B Russell
Event Type Death
Event Date 18 Apr 1961
Event Place Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 09 Jun 1869
Birthplace Snowhill, Alabama
Father's Name Randall L Russell
Mother's Name Fannie Freeman
Informant Mr. Kirby Russell
Certificate Number 21780
GS Film number 2116713
Digital Folder Number 005145517
Image Number 00504



Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3HQ-PPH : accessed 10 Jun 2014), A B Russell, 18 Apr 1961; citing certificate number 21780, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2116713.

A. married Anna Dixie McGown on 20 Jan 1892 in Sabine County, Texas. Anna (daughter of George Washington McGown and Ida H. Smith) was born on 26 Dec 1872 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 27 Apr 1921; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
At the time of the 1910 census, she was listed as the mother of five children, four of whom were still living.

Notes:

Name: W. W. Halbert Sr.
Death Date: 12 Jan 1926
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 88 years 5 months 25 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1837
[Other sources show DOB as 25 Sep 1838; or 23 Sept 1839]
Birthplace: Milam, Sabine County, Tex.
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Joel Halbert
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Farmer
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Milam, Tex.
Burial Date: 13 Jan 1926
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114060
Digital Film Number: 4165757
Image Number: 3150
Reference Number: cn 3239
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

In 1924 he served as a witness to the confederate pension application for Susannah Halbert Mason, along with witnesse W M Fullen. Both signed with their marks.

William married Mary Elizabeth Smith about 1901. Mary (daughter of Rev. Edward Smith and Mary Jane Smith) was born on 9 Jan 1867 in Fairmount Community, Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Jan 1939 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name: Mary Halbert
Death Date: 21 Jan 1939
Death Place: Precinct 4, Sabine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 72 years 11 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 09 Jan 1867
Birthplace: Fairmount, Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: W.W. Halbert Jr.
Father's Name: Edward Smith
Father's Birthplace: La.
Mother's Name: Mary Jane Smith
Mother's Birthplace: La.
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Milam, Texas
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Fort Hill, Near Milam, Texas
Burial Date: 21 Jan 1939
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117863
Digital Film Number: 4030448
Image Number: 553
Reference Number: cn 4477
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Married:
The 1910 census indicated they had been married 9 years, and that she was the mother of three children, all of them still living.