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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Franklin Holmes Russell: Birth: 2 FEB 1857 in Liberty Twp., Highland Co., OH. Death: 13 OCT 1927 in Kellogg Twp., Jasper Co., IA

  2. Mary Belle Price Russell: Birth: APR 1858 in Highland Co., OH. Death: 14 AUG 1938 in Newton, Jasper Co., IA

  3. Nettie Price Russell: Birth: 1860 in Highland Co., OH. Death: 26 OCT 1893 in Newton, Jasper Co., IA

  4. Robert Henry Russell: Birth: JAN 1862 in Highland Co., OH. Death: AFT 1885

  5. Minnie A. Russell: Birth: 11 NOV 1864 in Highland Co., OH. Death: 14 MAR 1908 in Newton, Jasper Co., IA

  6. Catherine Ellen Russell: Birth: 23 MAR 1871 in Buena Vista Twp., Jasper Co., IA. Death: 5 JUN 1913 in Newton, Jasper Co., IA

  7. Virginia S. Russell: Birth: 1872 in Buena Vista Twp., Jasper Co., IA. Death: 8 AUG 1960 in Newton, Jasper Co., IA

  8. Fanny Grace Russell: Birth: 10 DEC 1875 in Buena Vista Twp., Jasper Co., IA. Death: 15 JAN 1936 in Denver, Denver Co., CO

  9. Olivia M. Russell: Birth: 1877 in Buena Vista Twp., Jasper Co., IA.

  10. Lynn A. Russell: Birth: AUG 1884 in Buena Vista Twp., Jasper Co., IA. Death: 10 JAN 1947 in Newton, Jasper Co., IA


Sources
1. Title:   1885 Jasper County Census
2. Title:   Marriage Records of Highland County, Ohio (LDS Web site)

Notes
a. Note:   1878 Biography
 Farmer, Sec 9, P.O. Newton; born in Highland Co., Ohio in 1834; located in this County in 1865. Married Miss M. A. Mobberly in 1856; she was born in Highland Co., Ohio, in 1837; their children are Frank H., Mary B., Netty P., Robt. H., M. A., Catherine E., VA I., Fanny G., Oliver M. Are members of the M. E. Church; he is a Democrat. Owns 213 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre. Mr. Russell is an energetic and skillful farmer.
  1894 Biography
 Samuel Garnet Russell, a citizen of Jasper County, resides on section 8, Buena Vista Twp.. He was born in Highland Co., Ohio, on the 23d of August 1834. His parents, Samuel and Mary (Price) Russell, were both natives of Virginia, and the ancestors of their families were English. The paternal grandfather was one of the heroes of the Revolutionary War. (William Russell?)
  The father of our subject was one of the pioneer settlers of Highland County, Ohio, having there located in 1832. Under the parental roof, Samuel G. was reared to manhood, and in the district schools of the community he began his education, which was supplemented by study in Hillsboro Academy. He afterwards engaged in teaching for two terms in southern Ohio, but he was reared to agricultural pursuits, and has practically followed that business throughout his entire life. In the spring of 1865, he with his family left the state of his nativity and emigrated westward to Iowa, locating in Jasper County, upon the farm which has since been his home. He now owns two hundred and seventy acres of good land, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation, and ill connection with his labors in this direction he raises a good grade of stock.
  On the 20th of March 1856, in the Buckeye State, Mr. Russell was united in marriage with Margaret A. Mobberly, who was born in Highland County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Amos Mobberly, of that County. By their union they have become the parents of ten children, as follows: Franklin H.; Mary B., wife of Rev. S. J. Geddes, who is now President of the IA Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church; Nettie P., who died October 26, 1893; Robert H.; Minnie A., the wife of Dr. E. H. Robb, of Mingo, IA; Catherine E.; Virginia S., Fannie G., who is engaged in teaching in the public schools; Olivia M. and Lynn A.
  In politics Mr. Russell is a Democrat. He is now serving his second term as Trustee of Buena Vista Township, and has proved himself a capable and efficient officer. For six years he has been President of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Jasper County. He is a prominent and faithful member of the Methodist Protestant Church, has been active in church and Sabbath-school work, and was president of the Sabbath-school Association of Buena Vista Twp. for two years.


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