Jewell Esther Russell

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FindAGrave shows her as a daughter of Benjamin Franklin Russell and Fannie Evelyn White, as does Virgie Speights. She wrote that the Russell's came to Texas from Arkansas. She was one of 12 children who had seven siblings still living in 1964; sisters Mrs. Eula Habbard and Mrs. Bennie Davis of Huntington and Mrs Edwin Ogden of Woodville; and brothers Denman Russell of Galveston, Paul Russell of Lake Charles, Lewis Rusell and Cary Russell of Beaumont.

Jewell married William Wade Anderson on 31 Aug 1914 in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas. William (son of John Andrew Anderson and Mary Elizabeth Bostick) was born on 13 Jul 1886 in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana; died about 1965; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Old Timers of Sabine County (pages 65-67)
Virigie Speights
August 27, 1964

Mr. and Mrs. Wade W. Anderson will be honored on their golden wedding anniversary with a huge family reunion type of celebration with all friends and relatives invited for the all day affair at their newly remodeled home, Sunday, August 30, 1964. There will be a noon dinner and open house in the afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock. Hosting the event will be the six children of the Andersons, Mrs. G. L. Beauchamp of Bronson; Mrs. Ruth Tacker, Charlie Anderson, and William W. Anderson, all of Dallas; Mrs. Eula Broussard of Houston and Bostick Anderson of Lufkin. They also have 21 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

In 1914, he carried a load of stock to South Houston for George Oliphant. On the way home he stopped at Zavalla to attend a camp meeting and visit a friend. "I was sitting there listening to the sermon, under that tabernacle, when in walked this beautiful girl with her relatives she was visiting. I took one loks and said to myself, 'That's the girl of my dreams!'"----three weeks later, I hitched up the horse and buggy and headed towards Huntington. Mr. Anderson was 28 and Mrs. Anderson 24, and he didn't see any use wasting any more time. He asked her about getting married, and when she agreed he said "Well how about tomorrow for getting married." They were married in Lufkin less than a month after they met. A young Church of Christ preacher, Bro. Campbell, performed the ceremony, and they spent the night in the Angelina Hotel, the next night in Zavalla, with Mrs. Anderson's relatives, the next at Blue Springs with Will Davidson, and the next at Sabinetown with Lewis Maunds. World War I was brewing, and times were hard. Anderson said that "I borrowed $25 from Lee Lord to set up housekeeping on a place I already owned. We worked hard and had plenty to eat, and enough clothes already, but that was the last money we saw for a year. It was impossible to sell anything. The cotton markets were closed. We've had our ups and down, never much money, but always plenty of love and good times together as we raised our children,"

1. Pearl Elizabeth Anderson was born on 13 Jan 1916 in Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas; died on 10 Jan 2011; was buried in Beauchamp Family Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Johnny Ruth Anderson was born about 1917 in Texas; and died.
3. Charlie C. Anderson was born on 29 Jul 1918 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 4 Dec 2004 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Bexar County, Texas.
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6. Frank Bostick Anderson was born on 29 Dec 1927 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Apr 2000 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Harpers Chapel Cemetery, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas.