Dell Family of Alachua County

John Dell B: 1676 Devon, UK  Holsworthy D: 1694 Plymouth, Devonshire, England M: 

Rev. Thomas Dell B: 1696 Devon UK D: 1750  M:

Phillip Dell Sr B: 1714 England D: 1803 apx FL M: Nancy Bennett B: 1731 apx D:    

1~Temperance Ann Dell 1735-1776 M: Blanchard Colding Sr B: 1731 England D: 1777 SC

1~John Colding 1750-1815

2~Thomas Colding 1753-

3~Henry Colding 1755-

4~Blanchard Colding, Jr 1755-1801 SC

5~Michael Colding 1760-

6~Rachel Colding Cone 1760

2~Nancy Dell 1749-   M: James M Colding

3~Delia Dell 1751-    M: James Beville

4~Joseph Dell see below

5~Agnes Dell 1755-   M: Samuel Briggs 

6~James Bennett Dell B: 1784 GA D: 1848 FL M:  Allie Lowe 1800-1832

Obituary from the Charleston Courier, 25 November 1848

7~John Dell 1761-1818  M: 1781 Mary Hodges 1765-1830

8~Sarah Dell 1763-1830   M: 1778 Enoch Daniels Sr 1761-1845, s/o Aaron Thomas Daniel Sr
1739–1790 and Elizabeth Whitfield 1740–1785.

1~Robert Daniels 1793-1822

2~Abraham Daniels 1795-1856

3~Rhoda Daniels 1797-

4~Elvira Appelus Daniels 1798-1856

5~Enoch Daniels, Jr; 1800-1888

6~Elas Daniels 1806-

7~Wiley Daniels 1810-

8~William Daniels 1810-

9~Bartholomew Daniels 

10~Vicey Daniels

9~Phillip Dell, Jr. 1765-1838

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 4~Joseph Dell B: 1753 D: 1803apx M: Martha Maxey B: 1772 GA

1~Simeon Dell B: 1796 D: 1869 M1: Melinda Miller M2: Elizabeth~ M3: 1849 Willemina Mina Warren B: 1827 FL D: 1910 (remarried to Thomas Downing)., d/o Solomon Warren. Simeon Dell, was appointed the first Alachua County Sheriff in 1827, serving until 1832, and also the county’s tax assessor and tax collector. At least two constables also served under Sheriff Dell, including Thomas N. Smith and Thomas Barrow. On September 25, 1868 Simon Dell sold land to Isham B. Thomas, 160 acres in Alachua for $1,000/Deed Book 2 - G580. Thomas Family heirs received 240 acres and other lands from Mary E. Thomas' will - order confirming sale of land to Jessie Mansfied Shaw the 5th of August, 1878.

Simeon Dell

Williamina Warren Dell

1~Charles S. Dell 1850–1868

2~Bennett Franklin Dell 1852–1935 M1:1871 Sophia D. Polhill 1866–1948 M2: 1875 Julia Elizabeth Traxler 1852–1917

       Bennett Franklin Dell & Julia Elizabeth Traxler

1~Simeon C. Dell 1875-1957 M: 1905 Leona Theresa Fowler 1883-1961

1~Thelma Leona Dell 1906-1957

2~Daisey L Dell 1878-

3~Florence Dell 1879-

4~Kate Dell 1881–1929 M:  John R Jones 1879-1968

1~Emmet U Jones 1907-1988

5~May Dell 1885-

6~William Maxey Dell 1891–1966 M: Nan Inez Townsend 1896-1979

          

        William Maxey Dell             Nan Inez Townsend Dell      William Maxey Dell 

William Maxey Dell

1~John Dell 1914-1914

2~Willie Mack Dell 1917-1982 Alaska M1: 1938 Elsie Marie Simmons Hunter
1918-1998 M2: 1945 Evelyn Ross Dell 1915-1981 M3: 1963 Kathleen Goggins Dell 1926-1997.  SSGT, US Air Force

1~Keith Roy Dell M: Carol Dell

1~Ian Dell

2~Barbara Ann Dell 1940-2001 M: 1963 Willie Anthony Anderson 1927-2015

Willie Mack and Barbara Dell 1940

1~Terri Anderson M: Sparks

3~William John Dell 1948-1954

3~Willard Keith Dell 1931–2016

3~Eliza Ann Dell 1855–1870
4~Mina Florence Dell 1858–1859
5~Ellen Louise Dell 1861–1883 M: John Rutherford Williams 1853-1925
6~Mary Leila Dell 1863–1950 M:  William H Traxler 1857-1928

   

   

Age 19

 

Age 65

1~Leon William Traxler 1890–1975 M: Felicia Williams 1892-1974

1~Frances Traxler Greiff 1926–2014

2~Dr Malcolm MacDougall Traxler 1931–1995

2~Earle Simeon Traxler 1891–1974 M: 1919 Jewell J Godwin 1899-1974

3~Mina Traxler 1896–1921 M: Williams Laws Jr

4~Bennett Dell Traxler 1900–1986 M: 1937 Lucile Skinner 1913-1998

1~Mary Lucile Traxler Cory 1939–2000

5~Eva Irene Traxler 1906–1970

7~Simeon Warren Dell 1865–1867

2~Louisa Jane Dell B: 1804 GA D: 1878 FL M: Shadrick Black Shade Hancock B: 1799 GA D: 1855 FL M: Aaron Tison B: 1803 GA D: 1840 FL

1~Martha B Tison B: 1826 GA D: 1882 FL M: 1841 Henry C Wilson B: 1817 NC D: 1853. He was elected Probate Judge, elected Clerk of the Court in 1843 and signed off on an election of Senators and Representatives in 1844.  He operated a 160 acre farm and owned 2 forges, a blacksmiths house and lot.  Also, he voted in the first statewide election and signed petitions supporting issues that were important to the development of the Territory of Florida. Henry, in an application he made in July 1843 for 160 acres of land to settle upon in Alachua County, Territory of Florida he stated in writing that he became a resident of Florida in June 1838.  He was the head of a family having married Martha B. Tison.

1~Jasper Newton Wilson B: 1842 Newnansville, FL D: 1893 M: 1866 Laura Strobar Guinn 1846-1919. Farmer. In 1861 at age 21, Jasper enlisted in the Confederate States Army in Starke, Florida., served until 1865. Jasper was baptized at Gallows Pond on 4 April 1890 and worshipped at Forrest Grove Baptist Church near Alachua. Jasper and his wife Laura are buried together in the Forest Grove Cemetery in Alachua County, Fl.

2~Louisa Cole Wilson B: 1843 FL D: 1881 FL M: 1859 William Otis Colson B: 1837 GA D: 1924 FL

1~Claude William Colson 1860-1924 M: 1882 Cecilia Sanders 1860-1943

2~Martha Mina Colson 1866-1957 M: Nathaniel Enoch Pearce 1856-1931

3~Rev. Lemuel Wilson Colson 1869-1953 M1: 1891 Willie Kennedy Colson 1867–1904 M2: 1906 Paula Vida Williford Colson 1877–1927 M3: 1929 Mary Irene Hall Colson 1893–1994.

4~Solomon Warren Colson 1875-1942 M: 1893 Eunice Edietha Gay 1873-1953

3~Frances C Wilson 1846-1911 M: 1868 Samuel Robert Harville 1846-1914

4~Virginia E Wilson 1850-1932 M: Spence

2~Mary Caroline Tison B: 1827 FL D: 1893 FL M: 1845 Samuel Russell 1816-1853 s/o Samuel Russell and Ann Elizabeth Corby. During the Second Seminole War, he served in Captain George E. McCellan, company, station at Lancaster (Alligator Settlement). East Florida. M2: 1854 Charles L Wilson B: 1818 Bangor, Maine D: Alachua, FL. Was Sheriff of Alachua County 1849-1855.

1~Ann Elizabeth Russell 1846-1851

2~Samuel Joseph Russell B: 1852 Newnansville, Fl D: 1924 Fl M: 1874 Ellen Leorna Shealy 1851-1924

 

Ellen Leorna Russell

1~Rena Belle Russell 1878-1965 M: Otis Taylor 1875-1945

2~Lena Lenora Russell 1880-1898 M: Lambert Norman Witt 1877-1906

3~William Oneca Russell 1882-1930 M: Daisy B Wilson 1884-1970

4~Willis Perry Russell 1885-1948 M: Dolores Louise Villeret 1890-1968

5~Dr Samuel Ota Russell, Sr. 1890-1962 M: Blanche Ethel Register 1898-1976

3~Mary Jane Russell 1847-1848 

4~Adalola Lulu Russell 1849- 1 child M: Ransom Cason 1835 Alachua, Fl D: 1900 La Crosse, Fl (he remarried to Susan Holloway 1845-1922). Enlisted on 5/23/1861 at Newnansville, FL as a 2nd Lieutenant. On 5/25/1861 he was commissioned into "B" Co. FL 2nd Infantry He Resigned on 5/10/1862. On 6/26/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. FL 7th Infantry, deserted on 5/2/1864 (Deserted to US Forces). He was listed as: Furloughed 2/24/1864 (place not stated), enlisted 5/2/1864 Cedar Key, FL (Enlisted in 2nd FL (US) Cav). Promotions: 3rd Lieut 8/12/1862 (As of Co. A 7th FL Inf) 2nd Lieut 11/8/1862 He was described at enlistment as: 5' 10.0", dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair.

1~Samuel Francis Cason 1870-1925

2~Viola Herschel Parker 1875-1898

3~Rev Plato Quintino Cason 1878-1962

4~Ravena Blanche Cason Gilbert 1880-1901

5~Vivian Flavius Cason Griner 1882-1972

6~Fabricus Humbolt Cason 1885-1947

5~Simeon Dell Russell

6~Levy David Yulee Russell

7~George F Wilson 1858-

8~Edward Musso Wilson 1861-1938 M1: Leona Golden 1859-1895 M2: Lula ~ 1875-1947

1~George N Wilson 1895-1935

3~Matilda J Tison B: 1832 apx D: FL M: William H Hancock B: 1825 GA D: 1910 FL

1~Maria C. Hancock B: 1847 apx D:  M:

2~Adde E. Hancock  B: 1854 apx D:  M:

3~Georgia Hancock  B: 1880 apx D: FL M:

4~William Orson Tison B: 1834 FL D: 1924 FL M: 1861 Martha Jane Hodges B: 1842 GA D: 1937 FL

1~Lola A. Tison 1862–1880 M: Eugene Cicero Pound 1856-1895

2~Sarah Lee Tison 1864–1930 M: Eugene Cicero Pound 1856-1895

3~Judge Orson Tison 1868–1957 M1: Emma ~ 1869–1894 M2: Sarah Ann Frances Gay 1877–1951.

4~Aaron Dell Tison 1870–1952 M1: 1890 Rosa Bell Williams 1871–1920 M2: 1921 Vida Ione McGill 1894–1977.

5~John Mason Tison Sr 1872–1963 M: Dorothy Howell 1894-1978

6~Gordon B. Tison 1875–1966 M: 1898 Cora Ellen Hyde 1879-1977

1~Martha Elizabeth Tison 1899–1997 M: 1921 Richard Morris Boring 1898-1938

1~Betty Boring 1922–2016 M: Michel George Emmanuel 1918-1992

7~Walter Wilson Tison 1879–1880

8~Martha Tison Kelly 1880–1963 M: Robert Emmett Kelly 1881-1966

9~Bennett Maxey Tison 1883–1946

10~King Terrell Tison 1887–1889

5~Susan W Tison B: 1837 D: 1889 FL M1: 1858 William Benjamin Farnell 1827-1863 M2: Thomas Stanford 1843-1889

1~Edwin W. Farnell 1859–1937

2~Mason Tyson Farnell 1861–1933

3~Annie J. Stanford 1868–1886

4~Thomas M. Stanford 1871–1890

5~Dr John Anderson Stanford 1875–1951 M: Essa Cora LeGrone B: 1879 D: 1912 FL

6~Cary A. Stanford Beall 1878–1915

3~Martha Matilda Dell M: 1819 William B Colson B: 1797 GA D: 1863 FL

1~James Dell Colson 1823-1867 M: 1853 Margaret Ann Scruggs 1830-1900.

2~Maxey Dell Colson B: 1825 GA D: 1900 FL M: 1861 Melvina R Sweet B: 1845 GA D: 1921 FL

1~Lorena Colson 1866-1943 M1: 1887 Thomas James Love M2: 1910 Samuel David Hunt

2~Willis William Colson 1870-1934 M: 1898 Avalee Alice Prevatt 1881-1910

1~Wilbur Willis Colson 1908-1977

3~Malinda Dell B: 1832 D: 1908 FL M1: 1857 William Hudson Mathers Scruggs B: 1835 GA D: 1864 FL M2: George Washington Tuten 1851-1890

1~Louise Rebecca Scruggs1863–1933 M:  Mathews

2~Willie Matilda Scruggs 1864–1901 M: James Madison Waters 1854-1926

1~Minnie Dell Waters Harris 1884–1955

2~George N Waters 1887–1971

3~Christian I Waters Beckham 1889–1972

4~Henry N Waters 1892–1972

Marion Waters 1894–1973

5~Carrie Waters Shearouse 1897–1976

4~Col Bennett Maxey Dell 1795-1855 M1: Penelope Love B: 1795 D: 1832 FL M2: Eliza Dorothy Boston 1807-1858, d/o James Boston and Elizabeth Dell Briggs.

1~Phillip Jones Dell B: 1818 D: 1867 M: 1938 Mary Matilda Boston 1810-

1~Henrietta Dell 1839-1893 M: Francis Cassidey 1836-1889

1~Phillip Dell Cassidey 1861-1918

2~Mary Sophia Cassidy 1862–1945
3~Henry J Cassidey 1868–1935
4~Francis Cassidey 1871–1945

5~Herbert Jennette Cassidey 1874-1941

2~Tallulah Ann Dell 1849-1872 M: 1867 Francis P Olmsted 1840-1895

3~Mary Phillip Dell 1853-

2~Mary Standley Dell 1822–1878 M: Johann Christian Frederich Duer 1815-1873

1~Mary Agnes Duer Harn 1841–1926
2~Alice Adele Duer Preston 1843–1925
3~Edith Augusta Duer Cocke 1845–1893
4~Camilla Duer Phelps 1848–1914
5~William Frederick Duer 1856–1910
6~Philip Charles Duer 1860–1895

3~Col John Boston Dell 1838–1914 M: Luara L Standley 1844-1892. Colonel John Boston Dell was born in 1838 in Newnansville, Florida, near the present-day town of Alachua. His family was among the earliest white settlers who moved into Alachua County. The Second Seminole War was raging the year he was born, and he was 7 years old when Florida became a state. After exemplary service in the Civil War, Col. Dell further served his community as a member of the Florida State Senate and the House of Representatives. He moved to Gainesville in the 1880s and lived on Roper Avenue (East 7th Street). He died on May 21, 1914, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

1~Allie Dell 1875-1959 M: Etienne Lartigue

1~Laura Dorothy Lartigue B: 1906 FL D: 2002 FL M: Joseph Brunet B: 1898 CO D: 1973 FL

1~Joseph Brunet 1936-1991 FL

2~Etienne Antoine Brunet 1937-2011 FL

2~James Blaxton Dell 1877-1927 M: 1906 Eva Haile 1879-1967

1~James Blaxton Dell 1912-1922

2~Elizabeth Dell 1884–1952 M: 1905 Henry Needham Leroy 1881-1968. Though as a young man Henry worked in his Uncle Furman's (Furman E Williams) mercantile business, after his uncle died. Henry became a stockholder, running the Williams Company with Jack Williams, Furman's brother. Along with general merchandise, Mr. LeRoy's business interests included farming and real estate properties. In 1921, he became active in his uncle's old bank the Bank of Alachua, taking on responsibilities as vice president. He served as mayor of Alachua for four terms, continuing on as city commissioner into the 1930s.  Mr. LeRoy was a member of the Methodist church, Masons, Scottish Rite, and Shrine. In June 2007 the Ivy House opened a Restaurant in the home. As of today they are still serving wonderful food. However, recently they haven't been doing that well and now have it for sale as of June 2011.

1~Blanche LeRoy 1911–1989

Blanche LeRoy 1940's

Blanche LeRoy's Alachua Home

4~George W. Dell 1842-1863 M: He was a Confederate Soldier in the Second Cavalry. According to the Reports of Interments in Laurel Grove Cemetery, he died of Typhoid Fever on December 3rd and was interred on December 6th. He is buried in the Boston Family Vault owned by his Uncle John Boston. John, his daughter and young son are also interred there.

Laurel Grove Cemetery North Savannah, GA

5~James Maxey Dell 1848-1914 M1: 1868 Anna Elizabeth Campbell Dell 1847–1873 M2: 1874 Mary N. Campbell Dell 1849-1920. James enlisted Company H, Florida 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

1~William Campbell Dell 1870-1900 M: Frances A Shannon 1875-1940

1~Joseph M Dell 1895–1895

2~Frank Shannon Dell 1896–1936

2~Samuel Tucker Dell 1877-1947 M:  Olive Weeks 1882-1958

1~Infant Son & Daughter Dell 1910–1910

2~Samuel Tucker Dell Jr 1912–1992

3~Olive Dell Ryder 1920–2017

3~Dr. James Maxey Dell 1880-1964 M1: 1905 Johnnie Liddon 1884-1972 M2: Rose 1889-1943

1~James Maxey Dell Jr 1907–1990 M: Hazel M Kane 1906-1985

1~Barbara Ann Dell 1933-2014 M: 1959 Arnold William Herwick 1932-2003

2~Mary Virginia "Sunny" Dell 1917–2014 M: Osee Nathaniel Harper 1913-1984

1~Janes Michael Harper 1952-2014

6~Eliza B. Dell 1850–1918 M: 1872 Dr. James A Williams 1836-1895 Newnansville, Fl

1~Benjamin Dell Williams 1874–1883 Newnansville, Fl

2~James A. Williams 1875–1962 M: 1900 Mable F Mizelle 1879- Newnansville, Fl

1~James A. Williams Jr 1904–1914 Newnansville, Fl

2~Ruth Williams 1919–1988 Tallahassee, Fl M: 1942 William Frank Giles 1909-1966 Tallahassee, Fl

3~George Boston Williams 1878–1882 Newnansville, Fl
4~Camilla Duer Williams   1882–1883  Newnansville, Fl

5~Carrie Dell Williams 1890–1944 M: 1915 Francis A Springer Jr 1882-1955 s/o  Francis A. & Anna V. Springer