Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Birth1820, MD24937,24952,24941,24953,24954
Memo1826? 1827?
Birth1825, St Mary’s County, MD24939,24955,24956
Census1850, St Mary’s County, MD24957
Memo4th District
Census1860, St Mary’s County, MD24937,24941
Memo5th District
Census1870, Chaptico, St Mary’s County, MD24939,24958
Census1880, Chaptico, St Mary’s County, MD24928
Deathaft 188024959,24954
Memoaft 1840? son Emanuel b: Feb 1860; listed in 1860 Census
Alias/AKAMary “Polly” Russell24936,24960,24961,24962
FatherJohn Copsey (ca1795-<1850)
MotherMary Elizabeth Hill (1798-)
Research
Marriages and Deaths St Mary’s Co MD435 (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 9514242 (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?)10496,315
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 Families24963 (Her?)
William Henry Williams and his second wife Mary “Polly” Copsey, widow of Jeremiah Jerome Russell
Spouses
Birth1795, St Mary’s County, MD24940,60985,60990,24944
Census1820, St Mary’s County, MD60985
Memo3rd District
Deathaft 185260991,60992
MemoAft 1840?-bef children born; shot for peeking in someone’s window as a “peeping tom”
FatherJames B. Russell (1755-<1834)
MotherMaria Graves (~1760-)
Research
1820MDStM3D7610522 Jeremiah Rufsell 2M <10, 1M 26-45, 1F 16-26 (2 Males <10 not listed in Reunion)

Alienations & Transfers in St Mary’s Co12373 (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 Time60993 (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 Time60994 (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
Marriage21 May 1840, St Mary’s County, MD61005,61006,24938,24944,24949
Marr Memo28 May 1840 license?
ChildrenJerome (1848-)
 James Vernon Bernard (1852-1932)
Birth1822, MD24921,24922,24923,24926
Memobet 1825-1830?
Census1840, St Mary’s County, MD24922
Memo5th District
Census1860, St Mary’s County, MD24923,24921
Memo5th District
ResidenceSt Mary’s County, MD19074
Deathca 186524928,24926
MemoBef 1880
OccupationOverseer24921,24923
FatherJames Williams (1796-1844)
MotherElizabeth Spalding (>1790-1843)
Research
1860MDStM5D110710523
Dwg 1618 Fam 1538 Alfred Willilams 35 M, Farm Hand (Enum w/Henry Copsey, next Dwelling to Wm H.-Relationship? Possibly brother? put in Reunion - not linked)

2. William Williams Buried: Salem Methodist United Church, Cedar Grove, MD, USA24929 (Same William?)

Anc Plus I have hard copy - 1880 DC Washington, ED 36, 914 22 Street NW, Dwg 54 Fam 90 Williams, William H., W M 58, Father, Shoemaker, b: MD Father b: VA, Mother b: VA (Enum w/William, John E. 28 and family) (Him?)
Marriage20 May 1856, St Mary’s County, MD24964,24965
Marr Memowitnesses: Jas. E. Kilgour, Ign. Russell
ChildrenRose M. E. (1856->1920)
 Gordon Norman (ca1857-)
 Peter Somerset (1859-1914)
 Emanuel Ross (1860-)
 John Thomas (1861-1914)
 Nannie (1866-)
Birth1810, St Mary’s County, MD74627
Census1850, St Mary’s County, MD74628
Memo4th District
OccupationFarmer74628
Research
CR7450 Ledger, Image 63/669 Jerome Russell Marr: 13 Jan 1834 Susan Rock56420 (Him? Wife’s name different?)

A Journey Through Time “Williams & Quade Families24963 (Him?)
William Henry Williams and his second wife Mary “Polly” Copsey, widow of Jeremiah Jerome Russell
Marriageaft 28 May 1840, St Mary’s County, MD24951
Marr MemoMarriage License 28 May 1840
ChildrenJames T. J. (1841-)
 Sarah Ann (1845-)
 Jane M. (1847-)
 Charles H. (~1850-)
 James W. (1852-)
 Mary (1861-)
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