Texas Family Group Sheet for the William Oliver CONNELL Family

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Husband: William Oliver CONNELL (1)
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   Birthdate: 10 Dec 1816 - Fayetteville, Lincoln, Tennessee, USA (2)
  Death date: 17 May 1882 - Brownwood, Brown, Texas, USA
      Buried: 18 May 1882 - , Brown, Texas, USA
     Address: Connell Cemetery, Brown County, Texas
      Father: Sampson CONNELL (1793-1845)
      Mother: Millie COOK (1796-1834)
    Marriage: 31 Jul 1843                    Place: , Washington, Texas, USA (3)
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   Wife: Loumisa WILLS (4)
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         AKA: Eliza WILLS
   Birthdate: 25 Nov 1822 - Independence, Jackson, Missouri, USA (5,6)
  Death date: 29 Apr 1899 - Brownwood, Brown, Texas, USA
      Buried: 30 Apr 1899 - , Brown, Texas, USA
     Address: Connell Cemetery, Brown County, Texas
      Father: James B WILLS (1798-1872) (7)
      Mother: Amy W SHACKLEFORD (1800-Bef 1870)
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Children
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1  M  David Cook CONNELL (1,8)
   Birthdate: 25 May 1845 - , , Texas, USA (9)
  Death date: 20 Apr 1883 - , Brown, Texas, USA
      Buried: 21 Apr 1883 - Brownwood, Brown, Texas, USA
     Address: Connell Cemetery, Brown County, Texas
      Spouse: Naoma Fatima LEE (1849-1924) (1,10)
  Marr. Date: 25 Dec 1868 - , Brown, Texas, USA (11)
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2  M  James Gibbs CONNELL (12)
   Birthdate: 3 Nov 1847 - , , Texas, USA (1,13)
  Death date: Deceased
      Buried:
      Spouse: ??? (Abt 1852-    )
  Marr. Date:
      Spouse: Margaret Louvenia SON (1850-    ) (14)
  Marr. Date: 14 Dec 1880 - , Brown, Texas, USA (15)
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3  M  William Archibald CONNELL (1,16)
   Birthdate: 17 Feb 1850 - , , Texas, USA (17)
  Death date: 8 Mar 1866 - , Brown, Texas, USA
      Buried: 9 Mar 1866 - Brownwood, Brown, Texas, USA
     Address: Connell Cemetery, Brown County, Texas
      Spouse: Did Not Marry
  Marr. Date:
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4  M  Sampson Oliver CONNELL (18,19,20)
   Birthdate: 2 Feb 1852 - Lampasas, Lampasas, Texas, USA (21,22)
  Death date: 18 Apr 1883 - , Brown, Texas, USA
      Buried: 19 Apr 1883 - Brownwood, Brown, Texas, USA
     Address: Connell Cemetery, Brown County, Texas
      Spouse: Frances Maybelle HARRIS (1855-1875) (23)
  Marr. Date: Abt 1873
      Spouse: Lien ??? (1862-    ) (24) [Lieu?]
  Marr. Date: Abt 1880
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5  M  George Tinsley CONNELL (25,26)
   Birthdate: 15 Dec 1853 - , Bell, Texas, USA (27,28,29)
  Death date: 24 Sep 1915 - Brownwood, Brown, Texas, USA (30)
      Buried: 25 Sep 1915 - Brownwood, Brown, Texas, USA (30)
     Address: Greenleaf Cemetery, Brown County, Texas
      Spouse: Frances Elizabeth HUGHES (1856-1905) (31,32)
  Marr. Date: 1875 (33)
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6  M  Giles H CONNELL (1,34)
   Birthdate: 25 May 1856 - , Bell, Texas, USA (1,35)
  Death date: 28 Feb 1929 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
      Buried: 1 Mar 1929 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
     Address: Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Tarrant County, Texas
      Spouse: Arrena Josephine McHAN (1857-1944) (36,37,38)
  Marr. Date: 1879
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7  M  Wilson Edward CONNELL (1,39)
   Birthdate: 12 Apr 1858 - Belton, Bell, Texas, USA (40,41)
  Death date: 5 May 1936 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (42)
      Buried: 6 May 1936 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (42)
     Address: Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Tarrant County, Texas
      Spouse: Hattie Elizabeth MILLICAN (1862-1950) (43,44)
  Marr. Date: 1881
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8  F  Mary J CONNELL (45)
   Birthdate: 25 Aug 1861 - , , Texas, USA (46)
  Death date: Deceased
      Buried:
      Spouse:
  Marr. Date:
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9  F  Missouri Elizabeth CONNELL (47,48)
   Birthdate: 25 May 1864 - , , Texas, USA (49,50)
  Death date: 5 Dec 1941 - , Brown, Texas, USA (47)
      Buried: 7 Dec 1941 - Blanket, Brown, Texas, USA (51)
     Address: Antioch Cemetery, Brown County, Texas
      Spouse: Leonard Ernest CASON (1853-1891) (52)
  Marr. Date: 11 Feb 1883 - , Brown, Texas, USA (53)
      Spouse: William Thomas HAWKINS (1866-1935) (54,55,56,57)
  Marr. Date: Abt 1895
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10  F  Milly Elizabeth CONNELL (1)
   Birthdate: 25 May 1864 (1)
  Death date: Bef 1870
      Buried:
      Spouse:
  Marr. Date:
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11  M  Sidney Johnson CONNELL (58,59)
   Birthdate: 12 Apr 1869 - , Brown, Texas, USA (60,61)
  Death date: 11 Oct 1944 - San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (58)
      Buried: 12 Oct 1944 - Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (58)
      Spouse: Oveta MILLICAN (1869-1931) (62,63)
  Marr. Date: 17 Mar 1886 - , Brown, Texas, USA (64,65)
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General Notes: Husband - William Oliver CONNELL
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Connell Cemetery
Year Marker Erected: 1997
Marker Location: 3 mi. SE of Brownwood on FM 2525, right on CR just before FM 2126
Marker Text:
              William Connell came to Texas with his family in 1834. He later served in
the Republic of Texas Army, the Texas Rangers, and the Confederate Army. Connell
Cemetery, believed to be one of the oldest in Brown County, was probably in use before
1861. When William and Loumisa Wills Connell buried their son William Archibald in 1866,
they erected what is believed to have been the first headstone on this site. The last was
that of Edward Bruce McCallum, dated 1949. Sixteen families are noted; over twenty graves
remain unmarked. Connell Cemetery was deeded to Brown County in 1893. (1997)

As a teenager in 1836, he and his father Sampson Connell, a wagonmaster for the Texian
Volunteer Army delivered the last load of supplies before the siege and fall of the
Alamo. William fought in the Waco Indian Wars. He later served in the CSA. He was the
County Treasurer of Brown County prior to the fall of the Confederacy. Governor Davis
appointed William Connell as the Treasurer of Brown County after the Civil War. He
served in this capacity until he became a County Commissioner after many years of
service. [Robert Connell]

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Notes: Marriage
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Married by James Floyd, JP.


Last Modified: 15 Nov 2014

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Sources
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    1. Connell, Robert.
    2. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  age 43, Tennessee.
    3. Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 8.
    4. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, pg 5.  Eliza Connell.
    5. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  age 37,  Missouri.
    6. Limmer, E A Jr, Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1, (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas,
         1988) pg 1006.
    7. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 324.  Jas B Wills.
    8. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Milam, pg 70.  David Connell.
    9. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  age 15, Texas.
    10. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, pg 5-6, hh #37.  Naoma Connell.
    11. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, pg 5-6, hh #37.  Naoma Connell.
    12. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  Jas Connell.
    13. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  age 14, Texas.
    14. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Connell, James G.  to Mrs Margaret L Barr.
    15. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Connell, James G.  to Mrs Margaret
         L Barr, 14 Dec 1880, Brown County.
    16. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  Wm Connell.
    17. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  age 10, Texas.
    18. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Milam, pg 70.  Sampson Connell.
    19. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  Sampson Connell.
    20. Death Certificate, Connell, William Dudley #17971.  Sampson Oliver Connell.
    21. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  age 8, Texas.
    22. Death Certificate, Connell, William Dudley #17971.  Lampasas, Texas.
    23. Death Certificate, Connell, William Dudley #17971.  Maybelle Harris.
    24. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, ED 23, pg 18 (373D).  Lien? Connell (Lieu?).
    25. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Milam, pg 70.  George Connell.
    26. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, ED 23, pg 15 (372C).  Geo T Connell.
    27. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  age 7, Texas.
    28. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, ED 4, pg 15A.  age 46, Dec 1853, Texas.
    29. Death Certificate, Connell, George T #19176.  15 Dec 1853, Bell County, Texas.
    30. Death Certificate, Connell, George T #19176.
    31. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, ED 23, pg 15 (372C).  Francis Connell.
    32. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, ED 4, pg 15A.  Frances E Connell.
    33. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, ED 4, pg 15A.  married 25 years.
    34. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  Giles Connell.
    35. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  age 4, Texas.
    36. 1880 Federal Census, Texas, Taylor, ED 188, pg 4 (272D).  A J Connell.
    37. 1900 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 105, pg 2A.  Josephine Connell.
    38. Death Certificate, Snyder, Ruth Connell #14861.  Josephine McHan.
    39. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  Wilson Connell.
    40. 1860 Federal Census, Texas, Bell, pg 321.  age 2, Texas.
    41. Death Certificate, Connell, W E #27822.  12 Apr 1858, Belton, Texas.
    42. Death Certificate, Connell, W E #27822.
    43. Death Certificate, Connell, Giles Wilson #34007.  Hattie Elizabeth Millican.
    44. 1910 Federal Census, Texas, Tarrant, ED 122, pg 7A.  Hattie Connell.
    45. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, pg 5.  Mary J Connell.
    46. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, pg 5.  age 8, Texas.
    47. Death Certificate, Hawkins, Missouri Elizabeth #54072.
    48. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, pg 5.  Missouri Connell.
    49. Death Certificate, Hawkins, Missouri Elizabeth #54072.  25 Mar 1864, Brownwood, Texas.
    50. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, pg 5.  age 6, Texas.
    51. Death Certificate, Hawkins, Missouri Elizabeth #54072.  Antioch Cemetery.
    52. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org)), Cason, Mary Tubie.  
         Leonard E Cason.
    53. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Cason, L E.  to Eliza Connell, 11
         Feb 1883, Brown County.
    54. Death Certificate, Hawkins, John Dennis #88634.  William Thomas Hawkins.
    55. Death Certificate, Hawkins, William Thomas #55095.
    56. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org)), Hawkins, Pearl.  
         William Thomas Hawkins.
    57. Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (FamilySearch.org)), Hawkins, Pearl.  
         William Thomas Hawkins.
    58. Death Certificate, Connell, Sidney J #45439.
    59. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, pg 5.  Sidney Connell.
    60. 1870 Federal Census, Texas, Brown, pg 5 (119).  age 1, Texas.
    61. Death Certificate, Connell, Sidney J #45439.  12 Apr 1869, Brownwood, Texas.
    62. Death Certificate, Connell, Oveta Millican #31790.
    63. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Connell, Sidney J.  to Oveta
         Millican.
    64. Brown Co, Texas Marriage Book, A/244.
    65. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973 (FamilySearch.org), Connell, Sidney J.  to Oveta
         Millican, 17 Mar 1886, Brown County.

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