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James Oscar RUSSELL

James Oscar RUSSELL

Male 1849 - 1892  (43 years)


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  • Name James Oscar RUSSELL
    Birth 1849  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Military Pvt, Co B, 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War  [3] 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 9 Nov 1892 
    Burial (NO DATES)  Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I79382  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2013

    Father John Lynn RUSSELL,   b. 16 Feb 1827, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1894 (Age 67 years)
    Mother Adelia Elizabeth DAVISSON,   b. CA 1826
    Family ID F18792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary I. RUSSELL,   b. CA 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 12 Jul 1867  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp), enumerated on Aug 6 1870:
      James O. Russell, 23, common laborer; Mary I, 19; Louise J, 6 months.
      The adjacent household was that of James' parents, John L. & Adeline E. Russell.
    Children 
     1. Jasper RUSSELL,   b. 25 Apr 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Louisa J. RUSSELL,   b. CA Feb 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1902, North Fork Hughes River, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 32 years)
    Family ID F34132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Melvina Helen "Viney" KNIGHT,   b. Sep 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1929, Satsop, Grays Harbor Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years)
    Marriage 20 Jan 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F33976  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 186 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791216&Type=Marriage.
      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.