Willie Francis Russell

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Name: Willie Francis Dorsey
Death Date: 02 Mar 1972
Death Place: Milam, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 89 years
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Birth Date: 04 Dec 1882
Birthplace: Texas
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Father's Name: R T Russell
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Mother's Name: Mary Bragg
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Film Number: 2223768
Digital Film Number: 4005476
Image Number: 03120
Reference Number: 30932
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

Family/Spouse: Edward Woodland Dorsey. Edward (son of Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Dorsey and Tibatha Emeline Halbert) was born on 13 Sep 1874 in Texas; died on 26 Jun 1951 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Willie Esther Dorsey was born on 16 Dec 1912 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Feb 1995 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried on 13 Feb 1995 in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Edward Wilson Dorsey was born on 6 Mar 1917; died on 27 Mar 2001; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

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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 Mary Ellen Bragg on 10 Jan 1881. Mary (daughter of William Herman Bragg and Sarah Willie Register) was born about 1863 in Louisiana; died on 30 Dec 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According the "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" by Edna McDaniel White and Blanche Finley Toole, William Bragg enlisted in the Confederate Army at Alexandria, Louisiana and served under Capt. T.J. Stafford, Vincent's Reg. Mounted Partisan Rangers, was taken prisoner at New Orleans May 26, 1865, and paroled June 3, 1865 at Alexandria.

His tombstone is inscribed with LA Cop Co G 1 LA Calvary, Confederate States Army.

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Census Information:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine, Precinct 5
FHL Film #1255325 NA Film # T9-1325
Page 249A
William Bragg Self M M W 46 Ga Farmer Va Ga
Sarah Bragg Wf M F W 46 Ga Keeps House SC SC
Henry M. Bragg Son M W 21 Fl Works on Farm Ga Ga
Mary L. Bragg Dau S F W 17 La At Home Ga Ga
David B. Bragg Son S M W 12 Tx Works on Farm Ga Ga
Richard A. Bragg Son S M W 7 Tx Ga Ga
Thomas A. Bragg Son M W 5 Tx Ga Ga

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine, Milam
Enumerated 15 and 16 June 1900
SD 8 ED 71 Sheets 8 B and 9A
144-144
Bragg, William Head W M Dec 1833 66 M 12 Ga Va Ga
Bragg, Nancy C Wf W F Mach 1846 54 M 12 1/1 Tx Ga Ga
Bragg, Thomas A Son W M Nov 1878 24 S Tx Ga Ala Farmer
Bragg, Mary A Dtr W F Nov 1888 11 S Tx Ga Ala
Neal, Wm A Gr. Son W M Jun 1883 16 S Tx Tx Tx

William married Sarah Willie Register in 1854. Sarah was born about 1834 in Georgia; died about 1885; was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]