I didn't have very much information on George Russell's mom. All I had was a name - Susan W. Tolar. I kept thinking there had to be more information somewhere. I kept digging and tonight I came up with more. Her name is Susan W. Taylor - not Tolar. Now, we know her mother and father and her siblings. I knew there was more out there! Now, we must try and find out what happened to her youngest child, H. A. Street.
One of the Taylor descendants has contacted me. She is going to publish a book when she finishes her research and she has promised to share with me. She lives in Mississippi in the same area the Streets and the Taylors lived before they came to Texas.
In the 1870 Census, Susan was a widow and lived on a farm with her 6 children. See the post on George Russell Street for more census information. On the farm next to Susan lived her brother and his family. Their farm was owned by them, free of any mortgage. It was worth $624 and personal property valued at $405.
J. B. Taylor - age 62 - farmer
M. Taylor - age 62 - wife - keeping house
John L. - age 23 - works on farm
M. J. - age 21 - female - at home
In the 1900 Census, Susan lived in Martindale, Texas (Caldwell County). She was living with her son, John. She was 62 and a widow. He was 45, single and a carpenter. They owned their house without a mortgage. They lived in a home, not on a farm.
Martindale, Tx. was established on the banks of the San Marcos River. A Baptist church was organized in 1858 and a post office was established in 1875, when the local population was less than fifty. In 1890 the town had four general stores and four gristmills and gins. By 1892 the population was 200. In 1905, Martindale had two schools with four teachers and 184 white students and one school with one teacher for 73 black students. Four churches, a hotel, three cotton gins, three stores, a bank, and telephone service were in operation by 1914.
Susan died November 29, 1909 and is buried in Humphrey Cemetery, Martindale, Caldwell County, Texas.
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