Wise County Texas Archives Photo Tombstone.....Russell, Martha Susan Mitchell ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jill Clark jilliemae@aol.com July 10, 2005, 6:58 am Cemetery: Bethel Cemetery, Near Boonsville, Wise Co., TX Name: Martha Susan Mitchell Russell Date Of Photograph: January 16, 2000 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/wise/photos/tombstones/bel/russell202nph.jpg Image file size: 46.9 Kb Headstone says: In memory of Martha S., wife of Dr. R.Y. Russell, born Jan. 8, 1835, Died Oct. 19, 1899, "Rest mother rest in quiet sleep while friends in sorrow o'er thee weep." The marker is broken just below the text "wife of." The stone is facing the opposite direction of her husband's who is buried next to her. Additional Comments: Martha Susan Mitchell is reported to have been one of many children born to Shateen Coker Mitchell and Mahala (Mahaly) Burdette. The family hailed from Jasper Co., and then Spalding Co., GA. At the age of sixteen, Martha married Robert Y. Russell. She and her husband had at least 11 children of their own, moving from GA to Claiborne Parish, LA, to Collin, Cooke, and finally Wise Counties in TX. Martha Susan's father mentioned her in his will with the following citation extracted from a letter found in the Russell family file at the Wise Co. Historical Museum in Decatur, TX. "Family Bible of Alta G. Russell (Frederick, OK) shows that Martha Susan and Robert were married 14 Oct. 1851 at Griffin, GA and that she died 19 Oct. 1899 and was buried there. Shateen Coker Mitchell's will leaves her 1 of 16 shares of estate and says, 'I have given to my daughter, Martha S. Russell, the negro slaves Ann, a woman, and Evaline, a girl, and my will is that said negroes be charged to her estate at the sum of $1800.'" File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/wise/photos/tombstones/bel/russell202nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/txfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb