Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Birth1795, St Mary’s County, MD24762,60634,60639,24766
Census1820, St Mary’s County, MD60634
Memo3rd District
Deathaft 185260640,60641
MemoAft 1840?-bef children born; shot for peeking in someone’s window as a “peeping tom”
FatherJames B. Russell (1755-<1834)
MotherMaria Graves (~1760-)
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1820MDStM3D7610432 Jeremiah Rufsell 2M <10, 1M 26-45, 1F 16-26 (2 Males <10 not listed in Reunion)

Alienations & Transfers in St Mary’s Co12281 (Him?)
Pg 7 Alvey, Jeremiah; Subj: Deed to Jeremiah Russel for all that tract called Bonds Purchase whereon the said Russell now lives; Jul 13, 1827; Folio 304
Pg 171 Russell, Jeremiah; Bill of sale to Charles Hayden (Chattle); Feb 27, 1823; Folio 263
Pg 171 Russell, Jeremiah; Deed to Thomas Underwood - For all his right & interest to Bonds Purchase; Feb 14, 1828; Folio 307

A Journey Through Time60642 (His son Jeremiah married Mary Polly Copsey?)
Jeremiah Jerome Russell b: 1810 s/o Jeremiah Russell & Susanna Hayden. In 1840 Jeremiah Jerome Marr: Mary “Polly” Copsey b: 1826…. Article in the Sun: “Man Killed. We learn from St Mary’s (MD) Beacon, that Mr. Jerome Russell, a resident of Chaptico district, was shot by a man named Pilkerton, a son of Mr. John Pilkerton, on Monday of last week …” (Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb 1851)

A Journey Through Time60643 (His d: 1851? His son James b: 1863 vs 1852? )
James Bernard Russell b: 8 May 1863 was supposed to have been the son of Jeremiah Jerome Russell and Mary “Polly” Copsey but that’s a problem as Jeremiah d: 26 Jan 1851, two years before the birth of James
Spouses
Memobet 1794-1804?
Census1820, St Mary’s County, MD60644
Memo3rd District
FatherWilliam Hayden (ca1770-)
MotherAnn M. (ca1770-)
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Not listed as a wife of Jeremiah Russell60646

Russell, Jeremiah, Spouse: Hayden, Susanna (d/Thomas Graves & Ann Horrell), Marr: Jan 27, 1810, Source: county court record 21576 (d/o Thomas Graves & Ann Horrell?) (Also Res Note Thomas Graves)
Marriage27 Jan 1810, St Mary’s County, MD60647,60648,60632,60633,24766,60636
Marr MemoMarriage license
Birthca 180024762,60650,24766,24767
Memobet 1790-1800? 1810? 1795 before parents marrage?
Deathbef 183424767
FatherPeregrine Graves (>1774-)
MotherAnn Davis (<1776-)
Marriage21 Jan 1829, St Mary’s County, MD60651,60652,60631,24766,24767,60653
Marr Memo12 Jan marriage license
ChildrenSarah (1832-)
Birth1820, MD24759,24774,24763,24775,24776
Memo1826? 1827?
Birth1825, St Mary’s County, MD24761,24777,24778
Census1850, St Mary’s County, MD24779
Memo4th District
Census1860, St Mary’s County, MD24759,24763
Memo5th District
Census1870, Chaptico, St Mary’s County, MD24761,24780
Census1880, Chaptico, St Mary’s County, MD24750
Deathaft 188024781,24776
Memoaft 1840? son Emanuel b: Feb 1860; listed in 1860 Census
Alias/AKAMary “Polly” Russell24758,24782,24783,24784
FatherJohn Copsey (ca1795-<1850)
MotherMary Elizabeth Hill (1798-)
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Marriages and Deaths St Mary’s Co MD431 (Jas E. Kilgour - Relationship? Ign. Russell - Relationship?)
Pg 280 Williams, William Henry m. Polly Russell, 20 May 1856. w/Jas. E. Kilgour, Ign. Russell (8)

1880MDStM4D84 Dwg 95 Fam 9514149 (Her and children? Where are the other children?)
Mary Williams, W F 53, Single, Widow, Keeping House, Cannot Read/Write, b: MD, Father b: MD, Mother b: MD
Somerset Williams, W M 22, Single, Laborer, Cannot Read/Write, b: MD, Father b: MD, Mother b: MD
Ross Williams, W M 20, Single, Laborer, Cannot Read/Write, b: MD, Father b: MD, Mother b: MD
John T. Williams, W M 18, Laborer, Cannot Read/Write, b: MD, Father b: MD, Mother b: MD
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1870MDStMChaptico17/593 Dwg 116 Fam 116 (Unsure of relationships? Surnames Russell and Williams?)10406,311
Rufsell, James T. 30 M W (Enum w/Williams,Mary 45 F W)
Rufsell, Sarah Ann 25 F W
Rufsell, Jane M. 23 F W
Rufsell, James W. 18 M W
Williams, John T. 9 M W (note John T. Williams and Mary Rufsell both 9 years? probably not Russell by first marriage and Williams 2nd?)
Rufsell, Mary 9 F W
Nannie 4 F W (no last name given)

A Journey Through Time “Williams & Quade Families24785 (Her?)
William Henry Williams and his second wife Mary “Polly” Copsey, widow of Jeremiah Jerome Russell
Marriage21 May 1840, St Mary’s County, MD60654,60655,24760,24766,24771
Marr Memo28 May 1840 license?
ChildrenJerome (1848-)
 James Vernon Bernard (1852-1932)
Last Modified 4 Apr 2021Created 27 May 2025 using Reunion 13 by Chris Dunmore
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