John Caro Russell, Sr.

Notes:

Listed on the SSDI simply as J. Russell, 1 Jun 1896 - May 1982, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. His Form SS-5 shows his full name as John Caro Russell. At the time he completed the application, on December 4, 1936, he was a resident of Abilene, Texas. His home address was 540 Grape Street, and he was employed by Motz & Curtis of Abilene. He listed his parents as John Caro Russel and Annie Elizabeth Gaffney, and his place of birth as St. Louis, Missouri.

John married Lesey Virginia McLemore about 1927. Lesey (daughter of Adkins Pope McLemore and Josephine Craig) was born on 18 Nov 1898 in Haskell, Haskell County, Texas; died on 24 Jan 1994 in Taylor County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Taylor County, JP Ward 3, Abilene City
Enumerated 20 Apr 1910
SD 16 ED 266 Sheet 7A
Beech Mulberry Avenue
430 127 131
Russell, John C Head M W 52 m1 26 Tx Tenn Tx President Bank
Russell, Annie G Wf F W 47 m1 26 3/2 Tx SC Tx
Russell, Caro Son M W 13 S Mo Tx Tx
Gaffney, Mrs. M F. Mother-in-law F W 71 Wd 4/3 Tx Va Ala

Joe married Annie Elizabeth Gaffney about 1884. Annie (daughter of William Eli Gaffney and Mary Bolling) was born about 1863 in Red River County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1880 census, Annie, and her younger sister Elia, were both shown as boarders and pupils at a school in St. Louis, Missouri. Annie was shown as 17, born in Texas, and Elia, F, was shown as 14, also born in Texas. The school was on Cass Avenue and Visitation Convent.

This was likely the Visitation Academy of St. Louis, a private all-girls Roman Catholic High School, established in Kaskaskia, Illinois in 1833, and that moved to St. Louis in 1844.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitation_Academy_of_St._Louis

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Red River County, Pr. 7, P O Clarksville
Enumerated 1 Spet 1860
Page 7 Stamped 126
47-47
Eli W. Gaffney 25 M Farming 14,000 11,000 SC
Mary B Gaffney 21 F Tx
Virginia W. Gaffney 4/12 F Tx

William married Mary Bolling. Mary was born about 1848 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1910 federal census, she was living in Abilene with her daughter and son-in-law, Annie and Joe Caro Russell.

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Texas, Red River County, Clarksville
Enuemerated 8 July 1870
Page 14
81-82
Gaffney, M B 32 F W Keeping House 10,000 2,000 Tx
Gaffney, B. W. 11 F W Tx
Gaffney, Annie 7 F W Tx
Gaffney, W. G. 3 M W Tx (this appears to be Eli William, born 1866)
Garrney, Eli 1 M (sic) W Tx (this appears to be daugther, Elia, who was at school with her sister, Annie, in 1880)
Wilson, Anne 20 F B Domestic Servant Tx