Family: Robert Carson Bragg / Ida Angeline Russell (F11244)

• Father | Male Robert Carson Bragg

  
  

  Born	4 Dec 1893	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	28 Jun 1987	Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi
  Buried		New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas
  Married	12 Apr 1914  [1, 2]	Isla, Sabine County, Texas  [1, 2]
  Father	David Benjamin Bragg | F1186 Group Sheet
  Mother	Naomi Leona Dorsey | F1186 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Ida Angeline Russell

  
  

  Born	16 Nov 1896	Texas
  Died	28 Feb 1967
  Buried		New Hope Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County, Texas
  Father	Abraham Travis "Trav" Russell | F12527 Group Sheet
  Mother	Zorado Ellen Steele | F12527 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Evonne Bragg

  
  

  Born	Abt 1916	Sabine County, Texas
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Living

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Living

  
  

  Born
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• 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)

  
  

• Sources

  [S928] McCary, Mackie & Kay "New Hope Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 49 (Reliability: 3).