Wilson Daily Times, 3 March 1955.
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In the 1900 census of Township #5, Fairfield County, South Carolina: farmer Etta Russel, 46, and children Henry, 17, Ed, 15, Robert, 14, Jeff, 11, Ira, 9, Samuel, 7, Earnest, 2, and Rosa, 1.
In the 1910 census of Township #5, Fairfield County, South Carolina: Jeff Russell, 21; wife Francis, 21; and sons Frank, 1, and Robert, 2 months.
In 1917, Jeff Russell registered for the World War I draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 8 August 1890 in Winnsboro, South Carolina; lived on Virginia Street, Wilson; worked as a bricklayer for Bill McGowan; and supported a wife and three children. [Where was Virginia Street?]
In the 1920 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on Atlantic Street, laborer Jeff Russell, 35; wife Julia, 32; and daughter Annie, 9.
In the 1920 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Russell Jeff E (c) bricklyer h Atlanta nr East
In the 1922 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Russell Jeff E (c) bricklyer h 910 Atlanta; also Russell Julia (c) dom h 910 Atlanta
In the 1928 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Russell Jeff E (c) bricklyer h 915 Atlanta
In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: brickmason James [sic] Russell, 42; wife Julia, 42; daughter Annie, 17; and lodger James E. Amos, 41, public school teacher.
In the 1930 Hill’s Wilson, N.C., city directory: Russell Jefferson E (c; Julia) brklyr h 919 Atlantic av
On 21 December 1936, Annie Russell, 24, daughter of Jeff and Julia Russell, married James McNeill, 28, son of Bernie and Lacy McNeill, in Wilson. Baptist minister B.F. Jordan performed the ceremony.
In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 623 Green Street, truck driver Albert Gay, 24; his siblings Harrell, 19, Samuel, 17, Annie M., 14, and Ralph, 12; lodger Mrs. Julia Russell, 40, widow, servant; and lodger’s son Albert, 22, brickmason. [This is curious. Julia Russell was not a widow, as Jeff Russell was very much alive in 1940. Where was he? And where was Albert in earlier censuses?]
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 8 March 1950.
Jefferson Elliott Russell died 2 March 1955 at Mercy Hospital, Wilson. Per his death certificate, he was born 10 August 1894 in Fairfield County, South Carolina, to Robert Russell and Henrietta Rudgley; worked as a laborer; lived at 203 North Reid Street; and was married. Informant was Francis Gunthorp, Winnsboro, S.C.
Annie Russell Phillips died 12 April 1985 in Wilson. Per her death certificate, she was born 18 November 1910 in York County, South Carolina, to Jeff Russell and Julia Jones; lived at 912 East Nash Street; was married to Preston P. Phillips; worked as a nurse; and was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery.