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The People Who Lived on the Land that is Now Redstone Arsenal, page 285
Anna TIMMONS Dau F S B 4 AL Berta TIMMONS Dau F S B 2 AL Census Place:Township 5, Madison, Alabama Source: FHL Film 1254021 National Archives Film T9-0021 Page 139D RelationSex Marr Race Age Birthplace Ephram TIMMONS Self M M B 42 AL Ellen TIMMONS Wife F M B 37 AL Carrie TIMMONS Dau F S B 16 AL William BURTON Other M S B 30 AL Census Place:Madison, Alabama Source: FHL Film 1254021 National Archives Film T9-0021 Page 139D RelationSex Marr Race Age Birthplace Rollie TIMMONS Self M M B 40 AL Victoria TIMMONS Wife F M B 25 AL Luke TIMMONS Son M S B 6 AL Annanias TIMMONS Son M S B 2 AL Mary B. TIMMONS Dau F S B 1 AL Aggie TIMMONS Mother F W B 70 AL Census Place:Madison, Alabama Source: FHL Film 1254021 National Archives Film T9-0021 Page 140A RelationSex Marr Race Age Birthplace Jacob TIMMONS Self M M B 50 AL Emmerline TIMMONS Wife F M B 40 AL Moses TIMMONS Son M S B 20 AL Louisa TIMMONS Dau F S B 15 AL Jammes TIMMONS Son M S B 12 AL Sarah TIMMONS Dau F S B 10 AL Jackson TIMMONS Son M S B 7 AL Prissilla TIMMONS Dau F S B 5 AL Emmerline TIMMONS Dau F S B 2 AL Walter Remembered Other Owners of the Timmons Plantation Walter said Dr. Russell owned “the Timmons place” at one time. He had a clubhouse where he and his friends gambled. Walter's mother told him that a bunch of bigwigs, lawyers and such, would come in from Huntsville and play poker on the weekends. Walter's father went there and cooked for them to make extra money. Walter said Dr. Russell sold the land to Lonnie Wilson “around the 1920's or earlier.” Walter's mother told him this. Walter said he saw the Timmons place from the road. He explained, “You didn't mess around on the property.” Walter did not provide Dr. Russell's first name. Goldsmith and Fulton (1985) in Medicine Bags and Bumpy Roads, provide biographical information for Dr. Hugo Russell (p. 241-242). The authors state that Hugo (“Hughy”) Russell's father, Dr. William Russell, practiced medicine in Morgan County, and he had several cousins and uncle “who were and are doctors” (p. 241). ). He was born in 1880 in Apple Grove in Morgan County. When Hugo was eight years old, his father died and his family moved to Oklahoma. He grew up being a working cowboy before returning to 285 - (4318)