Isham Allen RUSS, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth PINNER updated

Isham Allen RUSS, Sr. (1829-1899)

and Mary Elizabeth PINNER (1829-1904) 

North Carolina

Isham Allen RUSS, Sr. is the 9th out of 10 children born to John RUSS and Rachel HILL
    b. 11 April 1829 Brunswick county, North Carolina

    d. 6 April 1899 Lee county, North Carolina

    m. 1853 Richmond county, North Carolina to 

Mary Elizabeth PINNER is the daughter of Arthur PINNER  (b. about 1795, son of Wright PINNER. There are a lot of Arthur PINNERs) and his wife. 

b. 6 July 1829 Richmond county, North Carolina
d. 15 May 1904 North Carolina

There is a book, Early Pinner Families in the South 1720-1900 by Ray E. Pinner, that I own that is a great source.

Isham and Mary are the parents of:

1. Cornelia A. RUSS 

    b. May 1851 North Carolina

    m. 3 March 1866 New Hanover county, North Carolina to Malachi BLACKMAN

    d. 9 December 1917 Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina

2.Virginia Victoria RUSS

    b. 31 March 1854 Laurinburg, Scotland, North Carolina

    m. 22 December 1874 Richmond county, North Carolina to John Bryant KING
    d. 25 December 1908

3. Fannie E. RUSS
    b. 13 August 1856 Richmond county, North Carolina

    m. 1879 in North Carolina to Daniel Davis BULLARD

    d. 13 August 1912

4. Adriana Cornelia RUSS

    b. 21 February 1859

    m. 1 October 1885 Ware county, Georgia to Albert B. JONES

    d. 15 December 1909 Jackson county, Florida

5. Mary Ann RUSS

    b. 7 March 1861 Richmond county, North Carolina

    m. 25 September 1894 Ware county, Georgia to Michael MacCARMACK

    d. 6 April 1941 Unadilla, Dooly, Georgia

6. Isham Allen RUSS, Jr. (Isham Arthur RUSS)

    b. January 1864 Richmond county, North Carolina

    m. 10 December 1891 Henry county, Alabama to Jesse BRYAN

    d. 7 March 1928 in Houston county, Alabama according to findagrave.com

7. Clarence T. RUSS

    b. 27 November 1868 Richmond county, North Carolina

    m. about 1891 to Mary Frances GALLOWAY

    d. 22 April 1911

8. Etta Johnnie RUSS

    b.19 June 1871  Brunswick county, North Carolina

    m. 8 February 1888 Ware county, Georgia to Samuel Kolb MEIGS

    d. 4 June 1925  Palatka, Putnam, Florida

9. James Dexter RUSS
    b. 23 March 1873 Richmond county, North Carolina

    m. 26 April 1899  Jackson county, Florida to Sally L. PEACOCK

According to one compilation of genealogy for the Meigs Family, Mary Elizabeth PINNER's mother's name was Hannah, but we don't know where they got that info from.

I have some correspondence that was passed down to me...unfortunately I am missing the letter of inquiry and only have the reply. It states:

"Etta Johnnie Russ' mother must have been a Penner, making the Penners her grandparents."

So, I'm guessing the original letter stated some first names for who the Penners were, but I have no idea what they might be.

The 1870 census from Stuartsville Twp, Richmond, North Carolina enumerates Isham and Mary's family and staying with them was an Elnora PENNER age 13. Elnora was Mary's niece. There is also a Mary McKEITHAN, age 66, living with them.