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Jason & Elizabeth (Rogers) Russell Relevent Links

1. Father: Jesse LaFayette (Mut) Rogers
2. Children: Jesse L. Russell
3. Siblings: Mary Emily (Polly) Rogers
4. Minerva J. Rogers
5. Amy Rogers
6. William J.W. (Bill) Rogers
7. John Franklin Rogers
8. Sarah A. (Sally) Rogers
9. Jesse LaFayette Rogers, Jr.
10. Olivia P.L. (Ollie) Rogers

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Jason & Elizabeth (Rogers) Russell

Jason Russell

Born: 28 Oct 1836 in Union County, Tennessee
Died: 25 Dec 191009 September 1837 in Claiborne County, Tennessee

Mother: Barbara Graves

b. ca 1802 in Randolph Co, VA

Father: Edward Russell

b. ca 1797 in Botetourt County, Virginia
d. 1856 in Union County, Tennessee

Married: Elizabeth Rogers in 1858

Born: 09 September 1837 in Claiborne County, Tennessee
Died: 12 April 1907

Mother: Margaret (Peggy) Wilson
Father: Jesse LaFayette (Mut) Rogers

Children:

1. Anne
   b. 28 April 1858
   m. William Harrison Ausmus b: 17 March 1862 d: 26 January 1924
   d. 12 January 1934
2. Harriett
   b. 16 November 1861
   m. Landon H. Chesney b: 12 March 1851 d: 4 July 1917
   d. 03 January 1952
3. Jesse L.
   b. 07 July 1864
   m. Emma Ausmus b: 5 March 1871 d: 10 June 1961
   d. 19 November 1949
4. Edward F.
   b. Unknown
5. Emily F.
   b. Unknown
6. Horace L.
   b. Unknown
7. James C.
   b. Unknown
8. John H.
   b. Unknown
9. Sarah A.
   b. Unknown
10. William M.
    b. Unknown

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Sources and Additional Information:

Taken from the biographical appendix, History of Tennessee Illustrated, 30 East Tennessee Counties, published in 1887 by The Goodspeed Publishing Co, page 1144

Russell, Jason         Claiborne County                                               
Jason Russell, farmer, trader and timber dealer, was born in Union County, October 28, 1836, the son of Edward and Barbara (Graves) Russell, the former of Irish stock, born in Botetour County, VA. about 1797, and deceased in Union County in 1856, and the latter of German origin born in Randolph County, VA. about 1802 and still living.  The father came to Union County when six years old and was a blacksmith, but afterward a farmer.  He was a Major of Militia and a Democrat.  Our subject, the fourth of seven children, six now living, left home when twenty-one years of age, but farmed independently of his father's farm until 1869, when he settled on his present farm, the farm of his father.  He is a Methodist, and a Democrat.  June 17, 1859, he married Elizabeth, a daughter of Jesse and Margaret Rogers, a native of this county, born Sept. 27, 1837.  She is a Methodist.  Their children are Sarah A., Harriett, Jesse L., Emily F., William M., Edw! ard F., John H., James C. and Horace L.

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