Virginia A. Martin, Maria Ann Tapscott Martin's second offspring, was born c1853 and had two children, James W. Martin and William Martin, prior to her known relationship with Thomas Russell. Both children were born around 1868 and were likely twins. The father may have had the surname “Hord” since James appears, with his stepfather, Thomas Russell, in the 1880 census with the name “James W. Hora.” “Hora” is a rather unusual name and may be a miswriting of “Hord.” Several persons with the surname “Hord” were living in Fauquier County at the time, including some in the Southwest Revenue Distr, where Virginia was living in 1860. In fact, an Enos Hord had been the surety for a bond for the marriage of Virginia’s great aunt Catherine Tapscott and Virginia’s uncle Alexander Martin. William Martin is not seen after 1870 and James W. Martin/Hora is not seen after 1880.
By 1873, when their first child was born, Virginia was living
with Thomas Russell, brother of Mark Russell, who had married Virginia’s cousin
once removed Mary Frances Tapscott. The couple had three known children: Agnes A. (b
c1873), Mattie R. (b c1875), and Minerva (b c1877). The last child, Minerva is seen in a single
record.
The relationship with Thomas did not last. In 1900 we find Virginia,
living separately from Thomas and under her birth name “Martin,” caring for her
“daughter,” Anna B. Martin. The “daughter,” was actually Virginia’s
granddaughter Anna Belle Chandler, the only known child of Agnes Russell, who
had married John Franklin Chandler in Fauquier County on 15 Nov 1888. It
appears that both Agnes and John had died between the birth of their child Anna
in 1892 and 1900, when their daughter was being cared for by Virginia.
In 1900 we find Thomas Russell living with a new wife, Polly Russell,
and a new family of five children, four of them his. Born around 1847 (his death
certificate claims 1852), Thomas passed away on 20 Oct 1915, and was buried in
Poplar Forks Baptist Church Cemetery. His second wife, Polly Pinn, born in
1872, lived until 13 Jan 1951 and was buried in Warrenton Cemetery.
Of
her five known children, Virginia had a single child, Mattie, known to have
lived past early adulthood. Mattie, who had multiple and intensely confusing
relationships, passed away on 1 Nov 1954 in Warrenton, Virginia.
Virginia had one more relationship. In the 1900 census she is shown with the surname “Martin,” but the 1910 census shows Virginia as a widow with the surname “Baker.” It appears that between 1900 and 1910, Virginia had married, and then her new mate had died. When Virginia died on 16 Jan 1929 in Fauquier County, her death certificate showed her as widowed with Andrew Baker as her husband. Her husband had likely been the Andrew Baker who was born in Fauquier County c1856 to Charles and Isabella Baker and who on 22 Nov 1877 had married Mildred Grigsby. Andrew and Mildred had apparently separated prior to Andrew's union with Virginia since Mildred is found in 1910 with a new husband, Charles Coram, to whom she was married c1896. Mildred died 25 Sep 1918 in Warrenton.