Person:Lelia Russell (1)

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Lelia Russell
m. 11 Sep 1882
  1. Lelia Russell1885 - 1963
m. 16 Aug 1903
  1. Russell Leslie Hight1908 - 1913
  2. Linnie Lucille Hight1910 - 1912
  3. Eugene Carlyle Hight1912 - 1976
  4. Mary Kathryn Hight1924 - 1990
Facts and Events
Name Lelia Russell
Gender Female
Birth? 27 Feb 1885 Farmersville, Collin, Texas
Marriage 16 Aug 1903 McKinney, Collin Co, Texasto Robert Leslie Hight
Education? 3rd grade
Occupation? Homemaker
Death? 2 Dec 1963 McKinney, Collin, Texas
Burial? 3 Dec 1963 Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Texas
Religion? Methodist

When Robert Leslie Hight was 21 he decided he would marry a girl 18. That was just the right age he told his granddaughters years later. That young girl was Lelia Russell. He died a few months shy of their 60th anniversary. Except for a couple of years they lived in Collin county Texas all their married lives. Leila Russell was the oldest child of Elijah Daniel Russell and Lydia Pardue Strode.