Descendants of Elisha Russell of the Carolinas and Gilmer Co., Georgia

Descendants of Elisha Russell
of the Carolinas and Gilmer Co., Georgia

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Generation No. 1


1. Elisha1 Russell was born Abt. 1787 in North Carolina, and died Aft. 1850 in Gilmer Co., Georgia. He married Nancy Price.

Children of Elisha Russell and Nancy Price are:
+     2 i. Hannah2 Russell, born Abt. 1817 in Tennessee or South Carolina; died Aft. 1880.
+     3 ii. Rachel Russell, born Abt. 1824 in South Carolina; died in Jasper, Pickens Co., Georgia.
+     4 iii. Elijah Russell, born May 24, 1831 in Georgia; died April 18, 1906 in Gilmer Co., Georgia.
       5 iv. John Russell, born Abt. 1833 in Georgia.

Generation No. 2


2. Hannah2 Russell (Elisha1) was born Abt. 1817 in Tennessee or South Carolina, and died Aft. 1880. She married Andrew Jackson Carnes January 01, 1837 in Rabun, Georgia.

Children of Hannah Russell and Andrew Carnes are:
       6 i. Andrew Elisha3 Carnes, born Abt. 1838 in Georgia. He married Sarah Ann Littleton October 29, 1857.
       7 ii. Rachel Carnes, born Abt. 1840. She married Commodore Robinson.
       8 iii. Nancy Minerva Carnes, born July 22, 1842 in Rabun, Georgia; died October 29, 1926 in Yonkers, Wagoner, Oklahoma. She married Jacob Silas Burton December 02, 1860.
       9 iv. Elizabeth Carnes, born Abt. 1845; died November 30, 1856.
       10 v. Mary Ruth Carnes, born Abt. 1845; died December 21, 1873 in Rabun, Georgia. She married Martin VanBuren McLain.
       11 vi. Elijah L. Carnes, born April 04, 1848 in Georgia; died June 12, 1933. He married Mary Smith.
       12 vii. Sarah Melissa Carnes, born March 15, 1855; died September 07, 1935. She married Isaac Columbus Carson October 03, 1873 in Rabun, Georgia.
       13 viii. Susan Ellender Carnes, born November 30, 1858; died Abt. 1943 in Texas. She married George Littleton McLain.


3. Rachel2 Russell (Elisha1) was born Abt. 1824 in South Carolina, and died in Jasper, Pickens Co., Georgia. She married Ansel Roe Wiggington January 21, 1841 in Murray Co., Georgia.

Child of Rachel Russell and Ansel Wiggington is:
       14 i. Major Maxwell2 Wigington.

4. Elijah2 Russell (Elisha1) was born May 24, 1831 in Georgia, and died April 18, 1906 in Gilmer Co., Georgia. He married Amanda E..

Children of Elijah Russell and Amanda are:
       15 i. James M.3 Russell, born Abt. 1852 in Georgia.
       16 ii. John T. Russell, born Abt. 1854 in Georgia.
       17 iii. Mary V. Russell, born Abt. 1860 in Gilmer Co., Georgia.
       18 iv. Nancy C. Russell, born Abt. 1862.
       19 v. Martha H. Russell, born Abt. 1864.
       20 vi. Robert L. Russell, born Abt. 1866.
       21 vii. William Russell, born Abt. 1868.
       22 viii. Charles C. Russell, born Abt. 1870.
       23 ix. Elisha Russell, born Abt. 1872.

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