Husband: John Lynn Russell
Born: Feb-16-1827 in Augusta Co, VA 1
Died: Jun-29-1894 2
Buried: (no dates) in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 3,2
Resided: 1881 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 4
Military: Pvt, Co B, 6th W.Va. Cav, and Sayers Co, W.Va. Guards, Civil War 5,6
Father:
Mother:
Other spouse 2
Wife: Adelia Elizabeth Davisson 7,8 Also known as: Delia ___ 8
Born: ca 1826 9 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Mother: Notes
F Child 1: Emzy Jane Russell Also known as: Jane Russell 10 Born: May-19-1848 11 (see note 1) Died: Feb-23-1901 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,2 Buried: in Robinson Cemetery, PortoRico/MaxwellRidge Rd, near Market, Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Andrew Jackson Groah b. Sep-20-1838 d. Mar- 3-1917 Also known as: Jackson Groah 12 Married: Apr- 7-1870 in Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 2: James Oscar Russell Census name: J. Oscar Russel 13 Born: 1849 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1 Died: Nov- 9-1892 Buried: (no dates) in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Military: Pvt, Co B, 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War 3 Wife: Mary I. Russell b. ca 1850 Married: Jul-12-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 1 Wife: Melvina Helen "Viney" Knight b. Sep- -1850 d. Dec-29-1929 Census name: Levina Married: Jan-20-1872 in Doddridge Co, WV 14
F Child 3: Mary Ann Russell Born: Nov- -1850 15,13 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Husband: Napoleon Bonaparte Swisher b. Aug-26-1842 d. Feb-20-1898
M Child 4: Benjamin F. Russell Born: ca 1851 13 Census: 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
M Child 5: Joseph Russell Born: Sep-29-1853 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 16 Died: bef 1860 (see note 3)
F Child 6: Sarah M. Russell Born: Apr-11-1856 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 17,15,18,1 Died: May-25-1932 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 17,18 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 17,19 Census: 1880, 1900, 20, 30 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 4) Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Andrew Jackson Gaskins b. Mar- -1853 d. Jul-11-1925 Married: May- 9-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 1
M Child 7: Millard Fillmore Russell Also known as: Fillmore Russell 20,21 Born: May- 1-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 22,9,23 Died: Jul-16-1947 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 22 Buried: in Enoch Cemetery, Wirt Co, WV 22,2 Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 22 Resided: 1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 23 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: tile plant (retired) 22 Wife: Eunice May Brown b. Apr-10-1863 d. Sep- 1-1926 Also known as: May Brown 20,24 Married: Nov- 1-1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 20
F Child 8: Barbara Melissa "Lessie" Russell Census name: Barbery M. Russell 9 Born: ca 1863 13,9,1 (see note 5) Died: Jan-23-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 25 Cause of death: typhoid fever 25 Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Jerome Prunty b. ca 1855 d. Feb-15-1893 Married: Dec-24-1880 in Doddridge Co, WV 26
Sources: (1) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (2) Findagrave.com. (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (5) Military Grave Marker. (6) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (7) Marriage record of daughter. (8) Marriage record of son. (9) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (10) Obituary of daughter. (11) Headstone. (12) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 219. (13) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (14) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James O. Russell, widowed, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of John L. & Delia Russell; and Melvina Knight, single, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Sayre & Jemima E. Knight. Married Jan 20 1872 in Doddridge County. MR p. 186 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791216&Type=Marriage. (15) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (16) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (17) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=710300&Type=Death. (18) Headstone (year only) (19) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (20) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538761&Type=Marriage. (21) Death record of wife. (22) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (23) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (24) Death record of husband. (25) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (26) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jerome Prunty, 25, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Nicholas & Catharine Prunty; and Melissa Russell, 18, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of John L. & Adelia E. Russell. Married Dec 24 1880 in Doddridge County. MR p. 246 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791890&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1847, but date on headstone is May 19 1848. Note (2) Listed as a brother-in-law, 68, widowed, in household of sister and her husband, Sarah & Andrew Gaskins. Note (3) Not with family in 1860 Census. Note (4) In 1930, in household of daughter & son-in-law Mary & Henry Hoey, location specified as Big Flint. Note (5) Birthplace given as Doddridge County in marriage record, but as Ritchie County in death record. Doddridge appears more likely. Age 41 in death record is inconsistent with her age given in 1870 Census and in marriage record.