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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. John William Russell: Birth: 5 AUG 1827 in New Canton, Buckingham Co., VA. Death: 5 APR 1916 in Buena Vista Twp., Jasper Co., IA

  2. Ann Eliza Russell: Birth: 21 FEB 1830 in New Canton, Buckingham Co., VA. Death: 8 FEB 1914 in Murphy, Jasper Co., IA

  3. Benjamin James Russell: Birth: 3 AUG 1831 in New Canton, Buckingham Co., VA. Death: 7 DEC 1909 in Newton, Jasper Co., IA

  4. Samuel Garnet Russell: Birth: 23 AUG 1834 in Union Twp. (Russell Station), Highland Co., OH. Death: 6 MAY 1929 in Buena Vista Twp., Jasper Co., IA

  5. Robert Henry Russell: Birth: 7 JUL 1838 in Union Twp. (Russell Station), Highland Co., OH. Death: 5 MAY 1866 in San Francisco, CA

  6. Virginia Price Russell: Birth: 25 JUN 1840 in Union Twp. (Russell Station), Highland Co., OH. Death: 16 MAY 1859 in Union Twp., Highland Co., OH

  7. Mary Jane Russell: Birth: 7 MAR 1844 in Liberty Twp., Highland Co., OH. Death: 13 MAR 1922 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN

  8. William Camey Russell: Birth: 1850 in Highland Co., OH. Death: AFT 1880 in Monroe, Madison Co., IA (?)


Sources
1. Title:   Estate Document William Russell
2. Title:   Russell Family Records
3. Title:   metaylor.ged

Notes
a. Note:   Nowhere have I seen mention of a middle name for Samuel. His middle initial is given only once, in the Jasper County obituary of his wife Mary Duncan, and there it is given as "R".
  Samuel Russell came west from Ohio in August 1876 to visit his children. His wife, Mary Price Duncan Russell, travelled with him. He was bitten by a mosquito in Jasper County, Iowa and died of Typhoid fever several weeks later. A transcript of his "Notice of Filing of Will" reads:
  RUSSELL, Samuel, "of Highland County, Ohio, now visiting his children in Jasper County, Iowa". Date: August 22, 1876. Wife: Mary P. Children: Samuel G., John W., Ann E. wife of John W. Murphy, Benjamin J., "all the above named heirs now living in Jasper County, Iowa", Mary J. wife of C. L. Bennett "of Highland County, Ohio". Too: "William Camey a boy who I have raised and generally known as William Russell". Executor: Samuel G. Russell. Witnesses: J. D. Zink, D. E. Murphy. Proven Jasper County, Iowa, by the witnesses November 5, 1876 was filed with the above will and signed by Mary P. Russell (widow), J. W. Russell, B. J. Russell, S. G. Russell, Ann E. Murphy, J. W. Murphy, Mary J. Bennett, William Russell. Appraisers: E. G. Boatright, Jas. Oldaker, P. F. Jonte.


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