THE RUSSELL TREE Absalom Russell married a Gains and to the union were born Birdie who married a Norris; George; Lucretia married James Vest; Jincy married R. Luttrell; Eliza married J. L. Shaw. The children of Birdie werre Rosie who married J. Bowmer; Green married a Roberts; George married a Bowmer; Isiah married a Price; John M. married first a Southerland and later a Richardson; Jane married R. Luttrell; Patsey married a Stevens. To Green were born Margaret who married Tom S. Benson; Martha married J. Southerland; Cyrus married Rosa Spears; Caleb married Leaner Buise; Wess; Frank; Ida married J. Durham; Artemisia married McDowell Jones; and Ellen married Taylor Durham. The children of Cyrus were Ray who married Lizzie Shoemaker; Ollie married Wilson Patterson; Montie & Chaffin. The children of Caleb were Luther, Belda, and Mollie. The children of George were Matthew who married Sarah Thomas, a Gadberry, and a Harris; John B. who married Charlott Combest; Owen C. who married Sally Butcher, Bettie Walters, and Ethel Bowmer; Ranzy who married Maggie Tate; Wm. S. married Arna Stanfield; Bird married Christine Combest; and Julia who married D. Lawson. The children of Ranzy and Maggie were Jas. who married Etta Watkins; Herman married Melissa Taylor; Virgil; William married Martha Pelly; Mattie married a Medical; Mary married Bill Burgin; Bettie married Caleb Newell; Eva married a Pondexter; and Ann Liza married Clell McAninch. The children of Owen c. were Chester who married Lula Toms (children: Sue, Robert, I. C.); Ranzy (Lorenzo) married Ann Cundiff; Lillie married J. Baldock; Mary married J. H. Porter. The children of Matthew, son of George, were John B. who married Laura Thomas, and Beatrice Dick; and Christine who married C. Turner. The children of John B. were Flora who married F. B. Luttrell; Chas. married Hester Meeks; Alice married C. Tarter; Beulah married H. Morgan; Imogene; Mildred; J. H.; and Billie.