Ida Angeline Russell

Notes:

She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Trav Russell of Isla.

Ida married Robert Carson Bragg on 12 Apr 1914 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas. Robert (son of David Benjamin Bragg and Naomi Leona Dorsey) was born on 4 Dec 1893 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 28 Jun 1987 in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas (pages 49-50)
Virgie Speights
April 23, 1964

Mr. and Mras. Carson Bragg wre honored April 12, 1964 at their home with an open house, on the Fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Approximately 60 guests attended the celebration between the hours of 2 and 5 pm.

Hostesses were Mrs. George Bragg, Mrs. David Bragg, Mrs. Herman Bragg, Jr., Mrs. Ardell Wise, Mrs. Jim Wilson, Miss Darlene Bragg and Miss Elizabeth Bragg.

They were married at 4 p.m. April 12, 1914, Easter Sunday, at the home of her late parents, Mr. and Mrs. Trav Russell, into which her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dorsey had moved at the time of her parents death, and which was located in the Isla community, Sabine County. They attended services that morning at Time Methodist Church, where a prominent Methodist minister, the Rev. C. A. Perkins, was preaching.

There was a big Sunday family dinner at the bride's home, and after the ceremony, at which the Rev. Jim Mason officiated, the went to the home of the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. B Bragg for a wedding supper, after which everyone attended a community singing at the home of Carson's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bragg.

The young couple spent a month with the D. B. Braggs' in the Bragg Settlement on the Sabine River, after which they attended a three week camp meeting, conducted by Perkins. Mrs. Bragg had inherited some furniture from her parents, which was taken to the camp meeting. She even had a stove, a rarity at camp meetings, and which all the other ladies wanted to use. They had a wonderful time, with a singing school held in the afternoons, and preaching and cooking the rest of the time.

The Braggs bought a place near his parents and built a house, in which they lived unitl 1928, when they bought the place on which they now live. They have always farmed and raised cattle.

There were four children, three of whom survive, Mrs. Evonne Cochran, Beaumont; Mrs. Doyla Dean Williams of Memphis, Tennessee; and Alton Bragg, who lives with them. They have three grandchildren, Travis Earl Layfield of Bossier City, Louisiana, Linda Kay Willimas and Robert Craig Williams of Memphis, and four great grandchildren.

Out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. Steele Russell, Houston; Mrs. Esther Gilchrist and son, Pat; Mr. and Mrs. Cockran, all of Beamont; Mr. and Mrs. Travis Layfield, Bossier City, Louisiana; Mrs. Anna Maxey and daughter, Mattie Lea, Miss Hettie and Hettie Ayers; Mr. and Mrs. Ural Maxey and daughter; Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Murdock, all of Zwolle, Louisiana; Mrs. Hattie Crow Chesser, Shreveport, Louisiana; and Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Booker, Newton; Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Wilson, Lufkin; and Misses Tracy and Cynthia Ellison of San Augustine.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2012)

1. Evonne Bragg was born about 1916 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
2. Living
3. Living

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Milam Precinct 4
Enumerated 16 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheet 9A
152-152
Russell, Travis Head W M May 1851 49 m 19 Ala SC Ala Farmer
Russell, Ellen Wf W F Feb 1861 39 m 19 6/5 La Mo Miss
Russell, Winnie Dtr W F Sept 1889 10 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Mary A Dtr W F May 1893 7 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Steel Son W M Oct 1894 5 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Ida Dtr W M Nov 1895 4 S Tx Ala La
Russell, Ellen L Dtr W F Mar 1898 2 S la Ala La
Buckley, Mary Servant B F May 1882 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Buckley, Lillian Bhcild B F Oct 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx

Abraham married Zorado Ellen Steele on 21 Aug 1888 in Sabine County, Texas. Zorado (daughter of Alvin Parcout Steele and Frances Ann Partin) was born in Feb 1861 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Bettye Bragg Wagstaff, the Steele family had an interesting naming pattern. The boys were given first names that began with "A" and Parcout as a middle name, that being the maiden name of their grandmother. The girls were given first names begininng with "Z.". Susan Ann Steele was probably named after her grandmother Susannah Parcout Steele. He was said to be the son of Stephen Parcot Steele and Susannah McCarty. He died during the Civil War.

Alvin married Frances Ann Partin on 3 Mar 1857 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. Frances (daughter of John C. Partin and Harriet McGrew) was born on 11 Nov 1834 in Mississippi; died on 20 Jan 1902 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information about the John and Harriet Partin Family was supplied by Bettye Bragg Wagstaff of Bronson, Texas. Her research included the following sources:

1850 Sabine Co. TX census "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Corrections and Added Family Information" by Schluter and Toole 1860 Sabine Co. TX census Morris Bible Record (John C. Partin's second wife was Drucilla Cordelia Watkins White. Her sister married Jacob Dickon Morris. Their daughter, Cordelia Morris Dickerson lived next door to Bettye Bragg's family. "Aunt Cord" gave Bettye the family Bible records in the 1950's. It appears that when John C. Partin married Drucillia Cordelia, they entered his birthdate, his marriage date to Drucilla and the birthdate of his children by Harriet McGrew.)

A. P. Steele, Frances's first husband, was connected to the Morris family. They were both from the same area of Kentucky. They are living next door to each other in 1860 in Sabine Co, TX.

In letters to Ester McGrew Hardin, Blanche Toole and others recount a legand of two McGrew brothers returning from the California gold mines, and who stayed briefly with the Partin or Alford family (Harriet McGrew's son in law) on their way back to Mississippi. One was dying, but would let no one attend to him or touch his saddlebag, said to be full of gold. That night he was said to have slipped out to bury the gold. The next morning he was too delirious to tell anyone where he had hidden it, and to this day it has never been found.

John married Harriet McGrew on 17 Jan 1831 in Marion County, Mississippi. Harriet (daughter of Alexander McGrew and Elizabeth Blackburn) was born about 1813 in Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; died after 1851 in Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]