Joel & Margaret Russell Elrod


JOEL & MARGARET JANE ELROD 
(Saline Co. Arkansas)
(Son of Abraham Jr. and Mary Dobbs Elrod)
 

 	JOEL ELROD:
	CENSUS:    1830, 1840 Hall Co. Georgia with parents
		   1850, Saline Co. AR with parents
		   1860, 1870, 1880 with spouse and children

	MARRIAGE:  Saline Co. AR 18 Sep 1852. He was 22, she was 18.

	HISTORY: 
		   Spouse Margaret 'Jane Russell gave away 1 of twins: William Ambrose Elrod to her  
		   parents William & Jane Russell to raise.
	 	   When triplets arrived, 1 was stillborn, gave 1, Jenny, to her brother to raise!
	 	   When another set of twins arrived, she said "God had punished her" so she would 
		   raise these.

	DEATH: 	   Per grandson George Meeks Elrod; Joel died when he was 2-3 years old, while he 
		   was sitting on his lap, in their home at Mt. Carmel, AR.

	MARGARET JANE RUSSELL:
	Per grandson Meeks Elrod he attended Mt. Carmel School at time of tornado, 1909. The 
	cemetery was next to the home where his grandmother Jane was killed.

	DEATH:     Killed in her home during tornado, 09 March 1909; wall of home fell onto her 
		   and other family members and friends.  Two grandsons, Meeks and George Elrod, 
		   were thrown through a window and into well!
		
	Click here to read the 1909 Newspaper Article about Margaret and the Saline Co. AR Tornado
	
	BIRTH:     family records and histories of descendants

	RESIDENCE: from birth to 1848, Orange Co NC with parents
		   1848-1849 moved to Saline Co AR with parents and other family members settled 
		   near what is now Alcoa/Reynolds Metals Company.

	RELIGION:  Methodist

	HISTORY:   Gave land with husband Joel Elrod for Mt. Carmel Methodist Episcopal Church,  
		   School and Cemetery, 1885.


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	1880 Saline Co AR  P:164/29  D:363 F:376
	262-    
	ELROD Joel      WM 51   Head Farmer        GA SC SC
              Margaret  WF 45/8 Wife Keeping house NC NC NC
              Mary      WF 25   D                  AR GA NC
              Alexander WM 24   S                  AR GA NC
              George    WM 20   S                  AR GA NC
              Benjamin  WM  8   S                  AR GA NC
              Frannie   WF  8   D                  AR GA NC
              Luther    WM  3   S                  AR GA NC	
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	1860 SALINE CO AR 353/353 P:56  Owen Twp.
	353 353   
	ELROD Joel     32 M  farmer 800 GA
              Jane     26 F  farmer     NC
              Mary E.   7 F             Ark
              Alexander 5 M             Ark
              George 9/12 M             Ark
        ATWATER Mariah 30 F  sch tea    CT
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Descendants of Joel Elrod
					
1  Joel Elrod b: 1829 in Hall Co GA d: 1898 in Bryant AR-Saline Co
..+Margaret Jane Russell b: Sep 1834 in Chapel Hill NC-Orange Co m: 18 Sep 1852 in Benton AR-
   Saline Co d: 08 Mar 1909 in Bryant AR-Saline Co
.....	2  William Ambrose Elrod b: 22 Aug 1853 in Bryant AR-Saline Co d: Bef. 1870 in Bryant 
           AR-Saline Co
.....	2  Mary Elizabeth Elrod	b: 22 Aug 1853 in Bryant AR-Saline Co d: 07 Nov 1935 in Bryant 
           AR-Saline Co
.....	2  Sarah Jane 'Jennie Elrod b: 26 Feb 1856 in Bryant AR-Saline Co d: 06 Oct 1940 in 
           Brookston TX-Lamar Co (Sarah Jane 'Jennie was raised by her mother Margaret Jane's 
	   brother, Alexander Russell. Moved to Lamar Co TX by 1895) 
.........  +Thomas Newton Hogue	b: 1855 in Saline Co AR	m: 22 Oct 1877 in Saline Co AR	d: in 
            Lamar Co TX
.............	3  Isadora Hogue b: Jul 1878		
.................  +Ghould Hendon Thompson			
.............	3  Margaret Tennie Hogue b: 30 Aug 1881 in Benton AR-Saline Co d: 08 Feb 1934 
                   in Brookston TX
.................  +William Chiles Hogan b: 21 Nov 1881	d: 06 Mar 1941 in TX
.............	3  Annie E Hogue b: Mar 1884		
.............	3  Gordon Hogue	b: 06 Jul 1892 in AR d: 24 Jan 1969 in TX
.............	3  Milton B Hogue b: Jan 1896 in TX		
.....	2  Alexander Franklin Elrod b: 26 Feb 1856 in Bryant AR-Saline Co d: 07 Sep 1925 in 
           Sheridan AR-Grant Co
.........  +Martha Rebecca Anne Lowrance b: 18 Aug 1852 in Hardeman Co TN m: 16 Mar 1883 in 
            Benton AR-Saline Co	d: 28 Sep 1917 in Sheridan AR-Franklin Twp-Grant Co
.............	3  Henry Elrod b: 1885 in Alexander AR-Saline Co d: 18 Jul 1903 in Sheridan AR-
                   Grant Co
.............	3  Sam Elrod b: 1887 in Alexander AR-Saline Co d: 28 Jun 1903 in Sheridan AR-
                   Grant Co
.............	3  Joseph Daniel Elrod b: 11 Aug 1890 in Alexander AR-Saline Co	d: 20 May 1973 
                   in Sheridan AR-Grant Co
.................  +Cora Lida Wells b: 11 Sep 1890 in Sheridan AR-Grant Co m: 03 Jul 1909 in 
                    Sheridan AR-Grant Co d: 25 Sep 1968 in LR AR-Pulaski Co
.....	2 George Johnston Elrod	b: 18 Sep 1859 in Bryant AR-Saline Co d: 31 Jan 1923 in Bryant 
          AR-Saline Co
......... +Laura Parmalee/Parilee Dunnahoa b: Aug 1865 in Collegeville AR-Saline Co m: 14 Jan 
           1891 in Benton AR-Saline Co d: in Mt Carmel AR-Saline Co
.............	3  George Meeks Elrod b: 23 Jun 1897 in Mt Carmel AR-Saline Co d: Nov 1984 in 
                   Chino CA
.................  +Minnie Zellar Thomas b: Abt. 1896 m: 26 Jul 1915 Sweet Home AR-Pulaski Co	
.............	*2nd Wife of George Meeks Elrod:			
.................   +Mae Jones	        m: 10 Mar 1928 in Nogales MX-Sonora Co & Wickenburg AZ	
.............	   *3rd Wife of George Meeks Elrod:			
.................   +May Oliver		m: 19 May 1944	
.............	3  Edward Elrod	b: 1900		
.............	3  Edgar Newton Elrod b: 18 Jun 1892 in Bryant Cem-Bryant AR-Saline Co d: in 
                   Little Rock AR-Pulaski Co
.................  +Lucille		m: in Little Rock AR-Pulaski Co	
.....		*2nd Wife of George Johnston Elrod:			
.........	 +Fannie Lillian Mrs. Rood b: 21 Feb 1865 m: 13 Jul 1904 in Saline Co AR
                  d: 12 Mar 1947 in Saline Co AR
.............	3  Kathryn Irene 'Kate Elrod			
.....	2  Frances Margaret Elrod b: 10 Mar 1872 in Bryant AR-Saline Co	d: 29 Sep 1954 in 
           Sheridan AR-Grant Co
.........  +A H 'Jake Deimer		m: 08 Aug 1909 in LR AR-Pulaski Co	
.....	2  Zanoah Elrod	b: 10 Mar 1872		
.....	2  Benjamin J Elrod b: 10 Mar 1872 in Bryant AR-Saline Co d: 18 Sep 1905 in Bryant 
           AR-Saline Co
.........  +Elizabeth Holland Jones b: 12 May 1875 in Benton AR-Saline Co m: 14 Nov 1900 
            in Benton AR-Saline Co d: 05 Jul 1961 in Little Rock AR-Pulaski Co
.............	3  Margaret E Elrod b: 09 Sep 1903 in Saline Co AR d: 05 Apr 1979 in Little 
                   Rock AR-Pulaski Co
.....	2  Joel Luther Elrod b: 05 Nov 1876 in Bryant AR-Saline Co d: 12 Apr 1954 in Bryant 
           AR-Saline Co
.........  +Anna Mary Gantz b: 03 Apr 1885 in Potter Kansas m: 29 Apr 1885 in or 26 Jul 1905 
            Benton AR-Saline Co	d: 30 Oct 1973 in Bryant AR-Saline Co
.............	3  Angie Lena Elrod b: 07 Oct 1906 in Bryant AR-Saline Co		
.................  +Lemuel Phelton McGrew b: 03 Aug 1906 in Bauxite AR-Saline Co m: 05 Aug 
                    1927 in Bauxite AR-Saline Co d: 12 Dec 1995 in Benton AR-Saline Co
.............	3  Zanoah Emma Elrod b: 17 Jul 1909 in Bauxite AR-Saline Co d: in died young
.............	3  Lutie 'Marie Elrod b: 07 Sep 1912 in Bauxite AR-Saline Co d: 13 Jan 1996 
                   in Benton AR-Saline Co
.................  +Fred Warren Palmer b: 07 Sep 1913 in Alexander AR-Saline Co m: 30 Sep 1933 
                    in Bauxite AR-Saline Co d: Bet. 1975 - 1980 in Benton AR-Saline Co
.............	3  Joe Perry Elrod :Living	
.................  +Christine Molly Wright :Living


        Info compiled and document transcribed by Charlotte Curlee Ramsey from info and documents submitted by Jack and Doris Brown Rose.
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