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William Oliver Connell and Loumisa Wills


Husband William Oliver CONNELL 1 

         Born: 10 Dec 1816 - Fayetteville, Lincoln Co, Tennessee 2
         Died: 17 May 1882 - Brownwood, Brown Co, Texas
       Buried: 1882 - Connell Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas


       Father: Sampson CONNELL (1793-1845)
       Mother: Millie COOK (1796-1834)


     Marriage: 31 Jul 1843 - Washington Co, Texas 3
Events in his life were:
• Property, Darrs Creek, Bell Co, Texas - bought from James B Wills, 4 Jun 1852

• Census, Bryant Station, Milam Co, Texas, 1860

• Census, Belton, Bell Co, Texas, 3 Jul 1860

• Occupation 2, Farmer, 3 Jul 1860

• Census, Western Dist, Milam Co, Texas, 26 Jul 1860

• Occupation, Raising cattle, 1870

• Census, San Saba, Brown Co, Texas, 24 Jul 1870

• Census, San Saba, Brown Co, Texas, 1880


Wife Loumisa WILLS 

         Born: 25 Nov 1822 - Independence, Jackson Co, Missouri 2 4
         Died: 29 Apr 1899 - Brownwood, Brown Co, Texas
       Buried: 1899 - Connell Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas


       Father: James Buchanan WILLS (1798-1872) 5
       Mother: Anna W SHACKLEFORD (1800-Between 1860)



Children
1 M David Cook CONNELL 1 

         Born: 25 May 1845 - Texas 2
         Died: 20 Apr 1883 - Brown Co, Texas
       Buried: 

       Spouse: Naoma Faytime LEE (1849-1924) 1 6
         Marr: 25 Dec 1868 - Brown Co, Texas 1






2  M  James Gibbs CONNELL 1





         Born: 3 Nov 1847 - Texas 1 2
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 








3  M  William Archibald CONNELL 1





         Born: 17 Feb 1850 - Texas 2
         Died: 1866 - Brown Co, Texas
       Buried: 1866 - Connell Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas








4  M  Sampson Oliver CONNELL 7





         Born: 2 Feb 1852 - Texas 2
         Died: 18 Apr 1888 - Brown Co, Texas
       Buried: Apr 1888 - Connell Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas



       Spouse: Maybelle HARRIS (Abt 1862-      )
         Marr: Abt 1875








5  M  George Tinsley CONNELL 1





         Born: 15 Dec 1853 - Bell Co, Texas 2
         Died: 24 Sep 1915
       Buried: 



       Spouse: Frances ??? (Abt 1856-      )








6  M  Giles H CONNELL 1





         Born: 25 May 1856 - Bell Co, Texas 1 2
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 



       Spouse: A J ??? (Abt 1857-      )








7  M  Wilson Edward CONNELL 1





         Born: 12 Apr 1858 - Belton, Bell Co, Texas 2 8
         Died: 5 May 1936 - Ft Worth, Tarrant Co, Texas 8
       Buried: May 1936 - Greenwood Cemetery, Tarrant Co, Texas 1



       Spouse: Hattie Elizabeth MILLICAN (1862-1950) 9








8  F  Mary J CONNELL





         Born: Abt 1862 - Texas
         Died: Deceased
       Buried: 








9  F  Missouri Elizabeth CONNELL 10





         Born: 25 May 1864 - Texas 10
         Died: 5 Dec 1941 - Brown Co, Texas 10
       Buried: 7 Dec 1941 - Antioch Cemetery, Brown Co, Texas



       Spouse: William Thomas HAWKINS (1866-1935) 11 12








10  F  Milly Elizabeth CONNELL 1





         Born: 25 May 1864 1
         Died: Bef 1870
       Buried: 








11  M  Sidney Johnson CONNELL 13





         Born: 12 Apr 1869 - Brown Co, Texas 13 14
         Died: 11 Oct 1944 - San Antonio, Bexar Co, Texas 13
       Buried: 12 Oct 1944 - Ft Worth, Tarrant Co, Texas



       Spouse: Oveta MILLICAN (1869-1931) 8
         Marr: 17 Mar 1886 - Brown Co, Texas 15











General Notes (Husband)



Was Matilda his sister?

On July 30th, 1850, Mrs. Matilda F. ALLEN, nee CONNELL, conveyed to Bell County out of the Connell League, one hundred and twenty acres of land on which was to be located the permanent county seat of Bell County. It is in this land that Belton is now built. Mrs. ALLEN was the mother of Mr. John CONNELL. [This doesn't even make sense, her married name should have been Connell if she was John's mother.]

1860 Bell Co, TX Census p. 321, 350-351
Connel Wm.       42 M   .   farmer   4,400 4,575   Tennessee   .   .
Connel Loumisa   37 F   .   .        .     .       Missouri    .   .
Connel D.        15 M   .   .        .     .       Texas       .   X
Connel Jas.      14 M   .   .        .     .       Texas       .   X
Connel Wm.       10 M   .   .        .     .       Texas       .   X
Connel Sampson    8 M   .   .        .     .       Texas       .   X
Connel G.         7 M   .   .        .     .       Texas       .   X
Connel Giles      4 M   .   .        .     .       Texas       .   .
Connel Wilson     2 M   .   .        .     .       Texas       .   .

1860 Milam Co, TX Census, Bryant Station, pg 70
Cornell     William         43 m Farmer              1500         4385  TN
Cornell     Louisa          36 f                                        TN
Cornell     David           15 m                                        TX
Cornell     James           13 m                                        TX
Cornell     William         11 m                                        TX
Cornell     Sampson         9  m                                        TX
Cornell     George          8  m                                        TX
Cornell     Giles           4  m                                        TX
Cornell     Wilson          2  m                                        TX

1870 Brown Co, TX Census, p.119, 7/24/1870, 36/36
CONNEL, William    52 M W Raising cattle   1200 2000   Tenn
        Eliza      49 F W Keeping house                Mo
        George     16 M W At school                    Texas
        Gyles      14 M W At school                    Texas
        Wilson     12 M W At school                    Texas
        Mary J      8 F W At school                    Texas
        Missouri    6 F W At school                    Texas
        Sidney      1 M W At home                      Texas
Clack, Missouri    17 F W At home                      Texas (Clark?)
Washington, W ?    31 M B Work on farm                 Canada

1880 Brown Co, TX Census, Pct 1, pg 372c
Wm. CONNELL         Self  M  M  W  64   TENN Farming          ---    ---
Loumissa CONNELL    Wife  M  F  W  57   MO   Keeping House    TENN   VA
Willson E. CONNELL  Son   S  M  W  22   TEX  Stock Raising    TENN   MO
Eliza CONNELL       Dau   S  F  W  16   TEX                   TENN   MO
Sidney CONNELL      Son   S  M  W  11   TEX  Attends School   TENN   MO
Thos. CONNELL       GSon  S  M  W   5   TEX                   TEX    GA
Dee CONNELL         GSon  S  M  W   3   TEX                   TEX    GA

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]


Notes (Marriage)



Married by James Floyd, JP.








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Sources






1
Connell, Robert. 

2
1860 Bell Co, TX Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bell/census/), 321. 

3
Washington Co, Texas Marriage Book, book 1 page 8. 

4
E A Limmer, Jr., Story of Bell County, Texas Vol 1 (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas), 1006. 

5
1860 Bell Co, TX Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/bell/census/), 324. 

6
1870 Brown Co, Texas Census (http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tx/brown/1870/). 

7
1860 Milam Co, TX Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/milam/census/1860/milam-1860.txt), 70. 

8
Death Certificate. 

9
Ibid, 40205. 

10
Ibid, 54072. 

11
Ibid, 88634. 

12
Ibid, 55095. 

13
Ibid, 45439. 

14
1870 Brown Co, Texas Census (http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tx/brown/1870/), 119. 

15
Brown Co, Texas Marriage Book, A/244. 







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