Note from Ray LaFever: Carol McCraw, at my request, sent me her compilations on the Russell families of Bovina Center, NY. I am working on transcribing notes created by Fletcher Davidson from work done by David F. Hoy on Bovina Families. Since much of her work is based on the work done by David Hoy, this seemed like a good way to get the information on line (and to save me many pages of transcribing). It has the added advantage of providing other citations and further information that was not provided by Mr. Hoy. If you wish further information about these compilations, please contact Carol McCraw at EUSD02@aol.com.
Foreword by compiler Carol J. (McCune) McCraw
546 McKinley Ave.
Woodland, CA 95695
1Oct1990 and last draft dated 7 August 2002
Dear Readers,
William Taylor Russell was the son of Hester Taylor and William Russell, son of
Janet Pomphrey and William Russell, our earliest identified Russell ancestor.
The majority of the information regarding the descendants of Janet Pomphrey or
Pumphrey or Pumpry and William Russell has been furnished by Ida (Gladstone)
Hanna, Edwin Russell, and David F. Hoy from his manuscript entitled Russell
Family of Bovina, New York. Ida's picture has been hanging in my parents' house
as long as I can remember. The picture is of a Russell reunion which took place
about 1900-1901 and my father as a lad of about six years is in the front row of
the picture as is Ida Hanna. A copy of this picture is being reproduced in this
compilation and Ida Hanna has been responsible for identifying many of the
persons in the picture. If you can identify someone else, please let me know
immediately. Ida also furnished the copy of the photograph of William Taylor
Russell. If any of you have any pictures of the generations prior to 1900,
would appreciate having a copy to place in the finalized compilation on the
Russell family of Delaware Co., New York.
I am using the Henry genealogical numbering system which I find the easiest for
me to understand. I am going to assign the generation number of three to
William Russell, our earliest known ancestor at this time, because I doubt very
much if we will be able to go back any further than his grandfather if that far
back. Therefore, William Russel(l) born 1733 is 3 and his fifth child, my
ancestor, William Russell is fifth in his generation and is numbered 35 and 35
William Russell's first child, about whom we know, is my ancestor William Taylor
Russell and he is numbered then 351. Dates are written 7Oct1990 without spaces.
Periods are eliminated from abbreviations, to wit: 351 WILLIAM TAYLOR RUSSELL b
4July1820 Delaware Co NY d 27Nov1906 Walton Delaware County NY bur old Goldsmith
Graveyard on 6Jan1848 Hamden Delaware Co NY m ANGELINE SWART b ca 1820 d prior
to 1860 d/o POLLY BEEMAN and WILLIAM SWART.
I am also attempting to set out information in a chronological sequence.
Abbreviations will be used whenever possible. There will be an index. When you
send your additions/corrections, please refer to the person by his or her
number, as the page numbers will change as I make changes or additions to this
family history.
As information was obtained regarding the Russell families in Delaware Co., New
York, it has become obvious that there were at least three separate Russell
families living there in the early 1800's. Linda Lohrum sent copies of the
Bible records of her grandfather Matthew Delos Russell, descendant of Sarah
[lnu] and James Russell. The death dates of James 13 May 1809 and Sarah in 9
Aug 1813 as relect of James were the first names recorded in this Bible under
deaths. . David Hoy, early Delaware Co. NY Historian, wrote in 1920 that there
was another Russell family besides that of my ancestor William Russell who
married Janet Pumphrey and whose family Edwin S. Russell located in parish
records in Ayr Co. Scotland. David Hoy named them as James, Matthew,
Agnes/Nancy, Stephen and Elizabeth. Since these names are the same as those in
the family of William Russell who married Janet Pomphrey, had to make
concentrated search to identify all of these Russells. The first chapter
pertains to my ancestors Janet Pomphrey and William Russell and their
descendants. Chapter Two pertains to Sarah [last name] unknown and James
Russell and their descendants. Chapter III pertains to Christian/Christina Reid
and James Russell b 1790 Scotland.
Then I corresponded with Kim DePew, 2804 Whitewood, Midland, MI 48642 517-837-
9509 e-mail Midland Mom@aol. com., also a descendant of Matthew Russell born
1774, son of Sarah [lnu] and James Russell died 1809. Kim shared some very
important information. A letter from James Russell in Scotland dated 13
February 1801 to his sons James, Matthew and Stephen indicating that Stephen
must have arrived in Delaware Co. later than James and Matthew. Also stated he
was planning to come to his sons in April and that Uncle William with his
numerous family would be coming with him. This letter asks the question, could
this Uncle William be William Russell who married Jane Pomphrey. Kim, wrote in
part:
" The following records were given to me from Miss Birdsall of Walton,
Delaware County, NY. Her friend, Mabel Davis had been working on the Russell
families for quite some time, as she also, was a descendant of the Russell
family. The Bible pages were torn out of Bibles that she had owned, and given to
me. Following letter also from Mabel Davis, through Miss Birdsall, her friend to
me after Mable died.
This is an old letter addressed to Messrs. James & Matthew Russell in
Stamford, County of Delaware, State of New York and care of: Samuel Hickt's,
North America. February 13th 1801.
Dear Sons James & Matthew & Stephen;
I embrace this opportunity of the HURON, an American ship returning to
New York, to inform you that we are all in good health, as also your concerns
& acquaintance.
We rec'd yours both on the 23rd January, the very day a twelve month ago
that we rec'd your former letter & were made glad by the information of your
welfare, increase of family, prosperity and of Stephen's arrival.
As I intend by the middle of April or soon after that to take shipping
for your place, you need not expect any more notice from me in an ordinary way
until I bring it myself, I cannot as yet say whether any other of the family
will accompany me or not, only Uncle William and his family will come and for
his accommodation he desires you will prepare a temporary habitation for him on
some convenient spot, as his family is rather numerous. (other side of paper)
for going in with another family, likewise your friend JOHN ORR will accompany
me.
Public matters in this place look no better, Markit's at an exorbitant
price, Trading declining. I shall do as you directed in your letter as far as I
can do.
I now conclude earnestly desiring you make a study to obtain an interest
in the Covenant of Grace for your happiness in time and eternity and that you
petition God's correction and protection for me in my Journey to you as
intended.
I remain in love and affection for you all, Your aged father James
Russell (at the bottom of the letter we find this note)
My dear James Russell, My remembrance of you is still fresh and savory in
my breast, both on your account and on my much respected and faithful friend,
your father's account(with whom I will be sorry to part) the joyfulest account
that will ever reach me will be that you are as a member of Christ's family, a
pattern of sobriety and holiness in your family and might our Lord a zealous and
unfeigned Christian in personal and social life. My wife desires you to let
nothing in this world mar the service of the Lord and remember that as the Lord
has carried you over the seas you must join in ___with ____ of the land where
you are. We join in our respects for you and your wife, your children and
brethren,
Rob't. and Jannet Cuthberson."
Your compiler has studied and studied this letter and in trying to analyze what
it might have meant and wonder if
" Uncle William" was a brother of the aging James Russell or of his
sons? Why would James use the term Uncle if William were a son of his.
Let us look at the ages of William Russell who is supposed to have died at the
age of 95 years and therefore born about 1733. He married Janet/Janette
Pomprey/Pumphrey. His first child according to the parish records was Janet
born in 1783 so he evidently married late in life and was about fifty when she
was born and last child Matthew was born in 1795. According to the Delaware Co.
NY census, Stephen, son of Sarah and James Russell, was born about 1763 and his
brother James about 1772 and we know Matthew was born in 1774. So if the
census is correct, and Stephen was the first child of the marriage, James would
probably be born before 1745 if he were married at the age of 18 but the men
seemed to marry later in Scotland, so speculate that he could have been married
when twenty to twenty five then he would have been born 1738 to 1745 and earlier
if he were older when he married. So it is possible that the Uncle William whom
James wrote about whose family was numerous could be the older brother of James
who died 1809 and the William who married Janet Pomphrey. This is pure
speculation and more research in Scotland needs to be done to try to find the
family of Sarah and James Russell in Scotland. But can be a clue to the
parentage of William Russell who was born about 1733.
Then Kim sent me her family history pertaining to the descendants of Matthew
Russell, son of Sarah and James Russell, in which she shows that the father of
James Russell died 13 May 1809 was a James Russell and his father was Matthew
Russell. Your compiler queried Kim as to where she obtained this information
and on 5 August 2002, Kim answered by e-mail.
"Yes, I have James Russell (d. 15May1809) as the grandson of Matthew
Russell. I was shown a book which belonged to Matthew which was passed down
thru the Roswell B. Russell line. In it was written that this book was given to
Matthew by his grandfather, Matthew Russell. Did I send the copy to you?
I will do that if I haven't.
5. This is the source for the 3 sons: From Don Pratt (Mardontpa@aol.com) on 9-
13-99"
Note: If further research proves that James died 1809 and William born 1733 and
died 28 July 1828 were brothers then will have to combine Chapters One and Two
as descendants of James and Matthew. Have asked Kim to send copies of this
information. 7 August 2002
Cordially yours,
Mrs. Gene McCraw
ABBREVIATIONS AND SOURCES OF INFORMATION
b born
bur buried
d died
ca circa - about
c census information United States and state census records
m married
d/o daughter of
s/o son of
b/o brother of
gs grandson
gd granddaughter
gc grandchildren
gm grandmother
gf grandfather
g great
gg great, great
ch children
FB Family Bible
s son
dau daughter
mo mother
f father
si sister
bo brother
ts tombstone inscription
DH David F. Hoy's mss Russell Family of Bovina, New York dated 28Feb1920 at
Ithaca, New York with a note "These notes about the Russells were taken
from my records of Bovina and her people to send to one of the Russells who had
inquired about his people." We owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Hoy for
compiling these records.
DR Delaware County records
IH Information received from Ida Hanna
ER Information received from Edwin Russell
FD Information received from Fletcher Davidson
BR Bible Records
DCHS - Information received from Delaware County Historical Society
BRD Biographical Review of Delaware County, NY
MDCH Munsell's History of Delaware Co. 1797-1880 published 1880
These county histories published by Munsell are invaluable to the genealogical
researcher. Salesman canvassed the counties and obtained histories from various
families and historians and then, of course, sold the histories to the county
residents. The histories give us such an insight into the lives of the early
settlers.
KD Kim DePew
LL Linda Lohrum
KB Kathey Barnes
KK Kenneth Kaufman
CHAPTER ONE
SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM RUSSELL of "near Glasgow"
AND LOUDOUN AYR SCOTLAND and DELAWARE COUNTY NEW YORK
3 WILLIAM RUSSELL b 1733 "near Glasgow" Scotland d 28Jun1828 Bovina
Delaware County, New York in Scotland m [presumption as all children were born
in Ayr Scotland cjmc] JANET POMPHREY (PUMPRHEY, PUMPRY) b ca 1750 Scotland d
30May1837.
Family legend is that William Russell was a weaver by trade.
Their known children:
31 Janet Russell
32 Stephen Russell
33 John Russell
34 James Russell
35 William Russell
36 Matthew Russell
[The latest letter I have from Ed Russell dated 24May1984 states: "I have
not been able to extend the William Russell or Janet Pomphrey lines back another
generation. I found a baptism for a Janet Pumphery 2Dec1758 in Glasford Lanark
Scotland. Relationship not proven. Pomphrey name also occurs in East Kilbride
parish (Lanarkshire.) RUSSELL name is very prevalent in that same area east and
southeast of Glasgow but I have never found anything I could connect." All
of the above information was furnished by Ed Russell. Also, the names, birth
dates, birth place and marriages of the children of Janet Pomphrey and William
Russell. Ed located these in the copy of the parish register for Loudoun, Ayr,
Scotland on LDS Microfilm. cjmc]
From the Delaware County Biographical Review in a biographical sketch of a
grandson of William and Janet Pomphrey, we learn more about the emigrant
ancestor, WILLIAM RUSSELL:
"The grandfather of Stephen Russell, and the founder of this branch of the
Russell family in America, was William Russell, a Scotch farmer who came to
America in 1800, and settled in Bovina, NY., where a grandson, Andrew T.,
brother of Stephen, now resides.
The two hundred acres of ground purchased by the emigrant was forest land; and
the abundance of deer, bears, wolves and small game gave food to the settlers
and furnished skins for traffic in the Catskill market, sixty two miles distant.
The nearest mill was six miles away from the log house of the emigrant, who
would shoulder the grist, and walk the distance when the bread supply became
nearly exhausted and the housewife clamored for flour. Life in the primitive
new settlement, though hard and rough, was healthful; and William Russell lived
to be ninety-five years old. The husband and wife followed the faith of their
fathers, and lived and died in the faith of the Presbyterian church. Their five
children are all now dead."
From the Biographical Review - The Leading Settlers of Delaware County, NY in
the 9th section at page 406 in the biographical sketch of grandson, Andrew
Thomson Russell, we learn more about this immigrant ancestor:
"ANDREW THOMSON RUSSELL, a Delaware County dairyman of Scotch ancestry,
occupies the farm in Bovina on which he was born, and which includes the tract
of land cleared by his paternal grandfather, William Russell, in the early part
of the century. William Russell was born near Glasgow, Scotland; and he and his
wife, who was Scotch, emigrated to America in 1800, and settled here in the
primeval forest. His first work was to cut down the trees whose stout trunks
were to be fashioned into a rude abode for his wife and children. The game that
dwelt about the very threshold of the cabin furnished food for the hungry little
mouths. There was at the time no roads cut through the woods, still haunted by
wolves and bears; and the journey to the mill at South Kortright, now known as
Almeda, a distance of five miles, which the sturdy pioneer sometimes made,
carrying the grain on his back, the path being indicated only by blazed trees,
was both toilsome and perilous. William Russell died here June 28, 1828, aged
ninety-five years and four months, leaving five sons ? John, Stephen,
James, William, Matthew and one daughter. His wife, Janet Pumphry, was born in
1750 and died May 30, 1827."
U.S. 1810 census Delhi Delaware Co. NY enumerated at page 430 and enumerated as
the 20st person visited:
William Russell with
1 male (10-16) b 1794-1800 (Matthew b 1795)
4 males (16-26) b 1784-1794 (Stephen b 1784, John b 1786, James 1790, William b
1792)
1 male (45+) b before 1765 (William b 1733)
1 female (45+) b before 1765. (Janet b ca 1755)
Note: [There is another William Russel listed in Walton but listed with four
males b 1800-1810, 1 male b 1794-1800, three males b 1784-1794 which does not
match our William's family at all. A close neighbor of William's in Delhi is
listed as Elisha Fuller with a family and the eldest male was b 1765-1784 with
three other younger males. A granddaughter Deborah Russell married an Elisha
Fuller and I wonder if he were a son or grandson of this Elisha Fuller. cjmc]
U. S. 1820 Census Bovina Delaware Co. NY At page 75 is enumerated William
Russell with one male born before 1755 and one female born before 1755.
[This compiler has never researched the deed nor probate records for this family
in Delaware Co. NY as I have not had time to do so. I plan to do this before
completing this compilation. 6Oct1990. cjmc]
31 JANET RUSSELL b 29May1783 in Loudoun Ayr Scotland and probably died as an
infant. (ER)
32 STEPHEN RUSSELL b 7Dec1784 in Loudoun Ayr Scotland d 1866 bur Cannonsville
NY on 1Dec1814 m JEAN BRYCE b 29Mar1799 Scotland d 14July1864 d/o JANET GILMORE
and THOMAS BRYCE. (DH Mss)
Their known children: (DH)
321 William Russell
322 Nancy Russell
323 Thomas Gilmore Russell
324 Jane Russell
325 Margaret G. Russell
326 John K. Russell
327 Elizabeth Russell
328 Mary Russell
329 James Russell
U. S. 1810 census Delhi Delaware Co NY Listed with father William Russel(l) at
page 430.
U. S. 1820 Census Bovina Delaware Co NY Enumerated on page 47 as Stephen
Russell, Jr. with: [1820 census was alphabetized. cjmc]
Two males under ten years b 1810-1820 (Wm. b 1815 & Thomas G. Russell b
1818)
One male (26-45) b 1755-1784 Stephen b 7Dec1784
Two females under ten years b 1810-1820 (Nancy b 1817 and Jane b 1820)
One female (26-45) b 1755-1784 [Jean Bryce was born 1799 so this does not
match her age but I could have misread or census taker or his transcriber could
have made a mistake. cjmc]
U. S. 1850 census Tompkins Delaware Co. NY Page 326 HH#343:
Stephen Russell 65 NY* farmer $300
Jane Russell 55 NY
Jane Russell 28 NY
Elizabeth Russell 26 NY
John Russell 24 NY
Mary Russell 22 NY
James Russell 18 NY
*[Birthplace should be Scotland. Also the birth dates as given by David Hoy do
not match the order as listed on the census but since David Hoy gave complete
birth dates, it would appear he had access to family records and, therefore,
would be correct. cjmc]
321 WILLIAM RUSSELL b 21Aug1815 prob Delaware Co NY.
[I believe the following is this William Russell as he is listed as living next
door to Thomas G. Russell, another son of 32 Stephen Russell. cjmc]
U. S. 1850 census Delhi Delaware Co. NY Page 270 HH#1647
William S. Russell 36 NY farmer $2500
Laura(?) A. Russell 35 NY
Sarah J. Russell 8 NY
Rhoda Ann Russell 6 NY
Wm. G. Russell 4 NY
Mariette Russell 2 NY
Howard Russell 1/12 NY
Wm. Johnson 15 NY laborer
Elizabeth Russell 24 NY
322 NANCY RUSSELL b 10Jan1817 bur Cannonsville NY on 7Jun1843 m WALTER McGIBBON
b 6Nov1820 Andes Delaware Co NY s/o JEANETTE ???? and
WILLIAM McGIBBON
Their known children: (DH)
3221 Augusta McGibbon
3222 Forrest McGibbon
3223 Annette McGibbon
From Munsell's History of Delaware Co. N. Y. at page 322 in the section entitled
Biographical Notices, Town of Tompkins, we learn:
"Walter P. McGibbon, son of William and Jeanette McGibbon, of Scotch
descent, was born in Andes November 6th, 1820. In 1840 he became a clerk in a
store for Peter Cogher, of Oneida county, N. Y. He was thus employed for three
and one half years, since which time he has been engaged in farming. He was
married June 7th 1843, to Nancy B. Russell, of Delhi. Their children now living
are Augusta V. and Forrest L., the latter of whom is farming with his father.
He was born November 27th, 1847, and married Harriet R. McLaury, daughter of J.
H. McLaury, of Sullivan county, September 1st, 1869. Their children are Milton
J., Walter P. and Jennie A."
323 THOMAS GILMORE RUSSELL b 2Nov1818 m MARIE WEISNER.
Their known children: (DH)
3231 George Weisner Russell
3232 Melissa Russell
3233 John B. Russell (census)
U. S. 1850 census Delhi Delaware Co. NY
Thomas G. Russell 32 NY farmer $2000
Marie Russell 44 NY
George W. Russell 4 NY
Melissa Russell 3 NY
John B. Russell 2/12 NY Maria L. Allen 10 NY
U. S. 1870 census Delhi Delaware Co. NY HH#382/428
Thomas G. Russell 50 farmer NY 10000/2000
Maria Russell 50 NY keeping house
George W. Russell 23 NY farmer
Melissa J. Russell 21 NY housekeeper
George Seabort 19 NY hired laborer
3231 GEORGE WEISNER RUSSELL b 17Jan1846 Delhi Delaware Co NY d 19Oct1899 bur
Sidney NY on 14Jan1874 m FANNY MOORE b 5Jan1846 Triangle NY and in 1920, Mr. Hoy
stated she was living at 48 Birdsall St. Norwich NY d/o SABA WEBSTER and PETER
STANLEY MOORE.
Their children: (DH)
32311 Arthur George Russell
32312 Anna May Russell
32313 Herbert Stanley Russell
32314 Nellie Russell
32315 Jennie Russell
32311 ARTHUR GEORGE RUSSELL b 19Aug1876 Delhi Delaware Co. NY on 21Mar1912 m
MRS. MAUDE LUTHER.
323111 NELLIE GLADYS RUSSELL b 23Dec1912.
32312 ANNA MAY RUSSELL b 1May1878 Delhi Delaware Co. NY d 1Aug1881 and bur Delhi
Delaware Co NY.
32313 HERBERT STANLEY RUSSELL b 17Oct1881 Delhi Delaware Co NY d 17Jul1913 Rome
NY bur Sidney NY. Unmarried.
32314 NELLIE M. RUSSELL b 26Jan1883 Delhi NY on 23Jun1910 at Norwich NY m IRA
ROBB b 14Feb1871 Afton NY s/o ELLEN NICHOLS and JOHN ROBB.
32315 JENNIE RUSSELL b 31May1884 Sidney NY d 26Dec1884 Sidney NY
3232 MELISSA RUSSELL m MARSHALL BOGART.
324 JANE RUSSELL b 12Nov1820 d 26Jun1913 Cannonsville NY m EDWIN HATHAWAY.
Their children: (DH)
3241 Sumner Hathaway
3242 Addie Hathaway
3243 Lois Hathaway
3244 Russell Hathaway
325 MARGARET G. RUSSELL b 29Oct1822 d 27Jun1898 bur Old Stone Church Bovina
Delaware Co NY. Unmarried.
326 JOHN K. RUSSELL b 6Mar1825 Bovina Delaware Co. NY on 2Nov1854 m (1) LOIS M.
MEEKER b 6Apr1830 d 27Apr1873 Delhi Delaware Co. NY d/o ELIZABETH BRYCE and AHAZ
MEEKER; on 10Jan1877 m (2) MINA MURRAY b 1835 d 9Jan1915 Binghamton NY d/o JANET
SCOTT and JOHN MURRAY
Children by first mrg:
3261 Helen Russell
3262 Elizabeth Russell
3263 Charles Russell
U. S. 1870 census Delhi Delaware Co. NY HH#400/446
John R. (?) Russell 45 NY farmer 4000/100
Lucy A. Russell* 35 kh NY
Helen E. Russell 13 at home NY
Salome E. Russell 10 at home NY
Charles E. Russell 7 at home NY
Patrick White 50 R.R. laborer Ireland
Catharine White 48 kh Ireland
*Note: [The wife's name is not the same as given by David Hoy but the children
are definitely for this John K. Russell and wonder if the R. was misread as a K.
cjmc]
3261 HELEN RUSSELL b 1Feb1856 Delhi Delaware Co NY on 1Feb1888 m JOHN M.
CAMPBELL b 14Jan1858 Delhi NY s/o ANN MURRAY and WILLIAM CAMPBELL
3262 ELIZABETH RUSSELL b 22Jun1860 Delhi Delaware Co. NY
3263 CHARLES RUSSELL b 28Jan1863 Delhi Delaware Co. NY on 3Jan1893 m SARAH BROWN
Their daughter:
32631 SARAH BELLE RUSSELL on 6May1915 m ROBERT GEMMEL s/o CHARLES GEMMEL.
On 1Oct2002, I received the following e-mail from Kathy
Carol,
My son is descended from Janet Pomphrey and William Russell through 32631 Sarah
Isabel Russell. Sarah was an only child and she wanted a large family. Sarah
and Robert had 14 children. One of the daughters Catharine "Kitty"
Gemmel first married William Henry Van Wagner. Both are deceased. Ey had two
children, one daughter still living and one son deceased William Clarence Van
Wagner. This is my son's father. My son is the last to carry on this Van
Wagner line. My son's father died while my son was only four months old. And
by a later e-mail, Kathy sent the following:
This is what I have on descendants of Sarah Isabel RUSSELL.
Sarah Isabel RUSSELL m Robert E. GEMMEL 05/06/1915 Methodist Episcopal
Parsonage. Sarah Isabel RUSSELL b 05/13/1896 town of Delhi, Delaware Co., NY d
198? Delhi, Delaware Co., NY (possibly buried in the Old Woodland
Cemetery). Robert Elliott GEMMEL b 05/06/1894-95 d 08/28/1946 Town of Delhi,
Delaware Co., NY. (Militia Enrollment-WW1 Delaware Co., NY Delhi 5/13). 14
children from this marriage. After Robert Gem's death, Sarah I. RUSSELL m
Arthur GERKIN who is buried in the Old Woodland Cemetery.
Children of Sarah I. RUSSELL and Robert E. GEMMEL:
1. Sarah Margaret b 03/14/1916 d 04/29/2000 m. Paul RUBYOR (deceased) - no
children
2. Beatrice "Betty" Elizabeth b? (still living) m Kurt STAERKER
(deceased) - unknown if there were children or how many
3. Robert E. b? d?(deceased) m Mary ? - unknown children
4. Hugh Russell b? d? (not sure if living) m Charlotte ? unknown
children
5. Mae Louise b? d? (deceased) m Bernie SITTS (not sure if still
living) - unknown children
6. Marion Eleanor b 11/15/1923 d 03/18/1999 m 04/12/1944 to Almarion C. GOSS b
04/06/1923 d 04/10/1998 - several children - 1 son Gerald A. GOSS b 06/07/1957 d
05/15/1971 age 13 died in farming accident.
7. Jean Frances b? d? (not sure if still living) m Donald DAVIDSON
(not sure if still living) - unknown children
8. Catherine Helen b 06/18/1926 Delhi, NY d 07/05/2001 Port Richey, FL buried
Walton Cem. Walton, Delaware Co., NY m 1st William Henry VAN WAGNER (06/27/1947)
b 02/17/1906 Walton, Del. Co., NY d 08/17/1960 Walton, NY buried Walton Cem.,
Walton, Delaware Co., NY (Note: W.H. Van Wagner first marriage to Ruth BUDINE
12/11/1926, she possibly died in childbirth along with the child).Note: Wm H.
VAN WAGNER CO-owner Delaware-Republican). 2 children from 1st marriage, 1
daughter still living 1 son b 05/22/1953 Delhi, NY d 03/17/1980 Tampa FL buried
Tampa, FL. Catherine's 2nd marriage to Harry KNAPP (still living) b. Oneonta,
NY, former Delhi police officer. (Note: Catherine may have been married for a
short time before KNAPP need to verify).
9. Donald William b ? (not sure if still living) Note: I believe he is
married but need to verify
10. Madelyn Ruth b ? still living - never married - no children
11. Marjorie Isabell b? d? possibly still living - m Algene Johnson -
unknown children
12. John Tracy b? still living married 1st Sherry ?? 2nd Gina
?? (1 dau & 3 sons from 1st marriage. 1 son from 2nd marriage)
13. Gerald Thomas - b? d? died when young - I think farming accident
- need to verify
14. Francis Irving - b? d? (possibly still living) institutionalized
as a child- Sarah I. RUSSELL tried to keep him home but as he grew older and
larger she was unable to take care of him. This haunted her for the rest of her
life.
I hope this helps. Will get back to you when I verify the some of the details
listed above. Looking forward to hearing from you again.
Thank you so much for your time and patience w/ me.
Kathy
327 ELIZABETH RUSSELL b 20Apr1827 d 21Mar1853 Cannonsville NY m EDWIN HATHAWAY
[Probably the Elizabeth Russell age 24 b NY listed with brother Wm. S. Russell
on U. S. 1850 census at page 270 HH#1647. cjmc]
3271 ELIZABETH HATHAWAY b 1Mar1853 Cannonsville NY on 6Mar1872 m ALLEN MOORE
Their children: (DH)
32711 Charles Moore b 25Oct1872
32712 Merton Moore b 3Aug1878 m Helen Palmer
32713 Orley Moore b 13Jul1879 m Ethel Christian.
32714 Marshall Moore b 21Apr1881 m Isabella Littner
32715 Mabel Moore b 1Nov1882 m Fred J. Turner
32716 Marian Moore b 18Jul1885
32717 Emma Moore b 23Nov1886 m Henry A. Atkins
32718 Frank Moore b 9Aug1890 m Ethel M. Crawford
32719 Howard Moore b 31Jan1892 m Henrietta Leahey
327(10) Del Moore b 6Jun1895
328 MARY F. RUSSELL b 1Dec1829 bur Cannonsville NY m JOHN PATTERSON
Their children:
3281 Agnes Patterson m John O'Brien and lived at Luray KS in 1920 (DH)
3282 Archibald Patterson
329 JAMES RUSSELL b 19Mar1832 Delhi Delaware Co NY d 15Apr1901 on 1Jan1862 m
NANCY CARPENTER b 15Sept1836 d 1Mar1917 Sidney NY d/o SARAH N. HOAG and BENJAMIN
CARPENTER
Their children: (DH)
3291 Ulysses Russell
3292 Eva Russell
3293 Hattie Russell
3294 Julian Russell
3295 Edna Russell
3296 Bertha Russell
U. S. 1880 census Hancock Delaware Co. NY HH#170/191:
James Russell 48 farmer b NY parents Scotland
Nancy Russell 43 NY as were parents
Ulysses B. Russell 16 son at home
Sarah L. Russell 14 school b NY
Julian H. Russell 12 school NY
Hattie V. Russell 10 school NY
Sarah S. Russell 8 school NY
3291 ULYSSES RUSSELL* b 19Apr1864 on 1Mar1894 m EDNA DOERNER
*(Of Friendship NY in 1920 according to David Hoy. cjmc)
Their children:
32911 DOROTHY RUSSELL
32912 DONALD RUSSELL
32913 LOUISE RUSSELL
32914 EDITH RUSSELL
32915 HELEN RUSSELL
32916 LAURA RUSSELL
3292 EVA RUSSELL b 14Dec1865 on 15Sept1885 m ELMER LOVE
Their children:
32921 Earl Russell Love
32022 Eunice Love
3293 HATTIE A. RUSSELL b 28Aug1869 Tompkins NY d 1933 bur Riverview Cemetery on
26Sept1889 in Hancock Delaware Co. NY m HERBERT A. ROBINSON b 29Nov1862 Cadosia
d Apr1943 Sidney Delaware Co. NY s/o HATTIE WILLIAMS and FRANCIS ROBINSON s/o
HANNAH CHASE and ROWLAND ROBINSON
I have a copy of an obituary :
April 8, 1945
Herbert Robinson Passes away
Herbert A. Robinson, a resident of Sidney since 1887, passed away Tuesday
morning at his home on Avery Street. He had been in poor health for some time.
Born in Cadosia, Nov. 29, 1862, the son of Frank and Hattie (Williams) Robinson,
he married Miss Hattie Russell of Hancock in September, 1889; who has since
passed away. Mr. Robinson was a member of the Masonic Order for 51 years and
also had a lifetime membership in the Odd Fellows lodge. He had served as
village trustee for 2 terms. He is survived by 1 brother, Miles, of Norwich, and
a cousin, Howard Robinson of Roscoe, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral
Services in charge of Rev. Willard B. Sopor of the Congregational Church, will
be held tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at the Carr and Landers Funeral Chapel,
Interment in Hancock cemetery.
April 20, 1933
Hattie Russell Robinson
Sidney mourns the death of Hattie Russell Robinson, who passed away at the
family Avery Street home Tuesday, 18th inst. But few residents of our village
were better known than Mrs. Robinson. She was highly esteemed by all who knew
her. During the past several months she had been in ill health, the turn for the
worst coming the latter part of last week, death followed on day above
mentioned. Mrs. Robinson was born in the town of Tompkins, near Cannonsville
August 28, 1869, the daughter of James and Nancy Carpenter Russell. She was
united in marriage with Herbert A. Robinson September 25, 1889, in Hancock.
Shortly after they came to Sidney to reside. She was a charter member of Sidney
Chapter Order of Eastern Star, and had served with credit to her home chapter
and self as a local and district officer. She was also an active member of the
local W.C.T.U. unit and the American University Club. Mrs. Robinson was deeply
interested in civic affairs and had served as a member of the local Republican
committee for several years. In the immediate family the deceased is survived by
a devoted husband; three sisters, Mrs. Elmer Love of Cannonsville, Mrs. Bertha
Fletcher of Union, and Miss Edna Russell of Sidney, also a brother Uylesses P.
Russell of Friendship, NY. Interment in family plot, Riverview cemetery.
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3294 JULIAN RUSSELL b 10Oct1867 and in 1920 of Deposit NY. (DH)
3295 EDNA RUSSELL b 20Sept1871.
3296 BERTHA RUSSELL b 17Feb1881 on 15Jun1904 m EVERETT FLETCHER
Their children:
32961 Evelyn Fletcher
32962 Esther Lucille Fletcher
33 JOHN RUSSELL b 3Feb1786 Loudoun Ayr Scotland m CATHERINE THORBURN born
26Apr1801 Hawick Scotland (DH) d 4Oct1837 bur Old Stone Church (DH) Delaware Co
NY d/o JANET PATTERSON and ADAM THORBURN.
Their known children (DH):
331 Nancy Russell
332 Catherine Russell
333 Alice Russell
334 Mary Russell
335 Jane Russell
336 Margaret or Elizabeth Russell
337 William Russell
338 Adam Russell
339 John Russell
U. S. 1810 census Delhi Delaware Co. NY Listed with father at page 430.
U. S. 1820 census Bovina Delaware Co NY at page 48, John Russell is listed
with:
One male (26-45) b 1775-1794 (John b 3Feb1786)
One female (10-) b 1810-1820 (Nancy b ?)
One female (16-26) b 1794-1804 (Catherine Thorburn?)
U. S. 1850 census Tompkins Delaware Co. NY Page 325 HH#338/9
John Russell 60 Scotland farmer $300
William Russell 22 NY laborer
Abram Russell 20 NY
John Russell 16 NY
Note: [John's age should be 64 and David Hoy has Abram's name as Adam. John
lives in the neighborhood of his brother Stephen Russell. cjmc
331 NANCY RUSSELL m ABRAHAM BAKER.
332 CATHERINE RUSSELL
333 ALICE RUSSELL m SIMON C. EGGLESTON.
334 MARY RUSSELL m THOMAS or WILLIAM CULVER.
335 JANE RUSSELL m WILLIAM ROSE.
336 MARGARET OR ELIZABETH RUSSELL m SMITH LOCKWOOD.
337 WILLIAM RUSSELL married unknown.
338 ADAM RUSSELL married unknown.
339 JOHN RUSSELL did not marry.
34 JAMES RUSSELL [known as Junior because of the other James Russell who
married Nancy Richie. cjmc] b 29Jun1790 Loudoun Ayr Scotland christened 6Aug1790
Loudon, Ayr Scotland d 4Aug1851 Bovina Delaware Co. NY buried Old Bovina
Cemetery (Butt End) on 14Jan1814 in Stamford Delaware Co. NY m MARGARET BRYCE b
5Jan1796 in Scotland (ER wrote probably area around Cormunnock, Lanark,
Scotland) d 15Jan1873 Bovina Delaware Co. NY buried Old Bovina Cemetery (Butt
End) Delaware Co NY d/o JANET GILMORE and THOMAS BRYCE.
Their children: (David Hoy)
341 William Russell
342 Thomas B. Russell
343 James G. Russell
344 Infant son b 9May1820 died unnamed
345 Archibald Russell
346 Stephen Russell
347 John G. Russell
348 Infant son born and died 13 Dec 1829
349 Matthew Russell
34(10) David B. Russell
34(11) Andrew Thomson Russell
34(12) Matthew B. Russell
34(13) Samuel R. Russell (poss)
From the biography of his grandson Andrew Thomson Russell in the Biographical
Review - The Leading Settlers of Delaware County, NY 9th section at page 406, we
learn more about James Russell:
James Russell, the third* of this goodly group, was born in Scotland on
June 22, 1790, and a lad of ten years when he came to this country with his
parents. He was educated in the district schools of the locality, and came into
possession of the farm at his father's death. He added largely to the estate,
and became quite a man of property. He married Margaret Bryce, who was born in
Scotland, February 5, 1796, a daughter of Thomas and Janet (Gilmore) Bryce, the
former of whom died February 25, 1813, and the latter, a daughter of John
Gilmore, July 11, 1829. The other children of her parents were the following:
Agnes, born March 19, 1794; Jean, March 24, 1799; Archibald, August 25, 1801;
John, January 6, 1802; Elizabeth, February 20, 1805; Matthew, born January
1807; who died in Libby Prison during the Civil War; Mary, September 2, 1809;
Thomas G., April 4, 1812. The wife of Mr. Russell shared his religious faith and
creed, both being members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. He had no
interest in the political situation of his time, and took no part in the
national or local issues. His reasons for thus disfranchising himself, as it
were, are indicated in the following Synod's Report on National Reform in 1869:
'Because this nation has steadfastly refused any acknowledgment of the authority
of God, of his Son, or of his law,' and because 'A Constitution which ignores
the foundations of all political morality cannot be accepted and approved by any
Christian people without sin,' and because he holds 'it to be the duty of every
citizen of this nation to maintain an active dissent by refusing to incorporate
with a government thus constituted.'
James Russell died August 4, 1851. His wife Margaret survived him many
years, dying January 15, 1873. Twelve children, all sons, were John, and
Andrew, are now living. The record is as follows: William, born December 19,
1814, died February 2, 1892; Thomas B., born August 9, 1816, died April 18,
1881; James G., born April 21, 1818, died January 1 1891; an infant, born May
9, 1820, died unnamed; Archibald B., born August 18, 1821, died February 18,
1868; Stephen, born January 26, 1824; John G., born January 16, 1827; an infant,
born and died on December 13, 1829; Matthew, born May 31, 1831, died September
27, 1833; David B., born August 19, 1833, died February 28, 1892; Andrew T.,
born November 9, 1837; Matthew B., born June 17, 1840, died January 14 1847.
*According to the Old Parish Records, James was the fourth son. cjmc
From the sketch on Stephen, his son, in the BRD:
"His father, James Russell, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1790; and his
mother, Margaret (Brice) Russell, was also a native of Scotland. James Russell,
the father of Stephen Russell, grew up in Bovina, and was educated in the
primitive schools of that early period. He was a successful and prominent man
among his neighbors, and a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church."
From Munsell's History of Delaware Co., New York at page 130 under subtitle
"The Reformed Presbyterian Church" in the chapter entitled "Town
of Bovina", we learn:
"...We have been presented with a list of names recognized among the early
settlers of the town who aided in the erection of the stone-church near Andrew
T. Russell's (the old Russell homestead.) [Munsell published in 1880. Cjmc] The
following minute is from the records of the congregation: 'Bovina, N. Y. June
13th, 1825. The male members of the congregation being present, the meeting was
constituted with prayer. John McEvers was chosen chairman and James Miller,
sen., was chosen clerk. The following items were agreed to: 1st, that a
meeting-house be built with stone, of the following dimensions: Length, 34 feet;
width, 24 feet; height, 12, and to have a gallery . 2nd. James Russell, David
Ballantine and John Russell are appointed to collect the subscription and
superintend the erection of the building..." Some of the familiar names on
the list of subscribers for church erection, and also for sustaining the
ordinances were Robert Hamilton, William Murray, James Archibald, Andrew
Thomson, Thomas Hamilton, James Russell, John Archibald, and John Russell. In
1861, a new church was erected in the village of Brushland and David B. Russell
was a member of the session. David B. Russell and Andrew T. Russell were elders
in 1865 and members of the session.
[I believe the James Russell Jr. enumerated on page 47 in the U. S. 1820 census
is this 34 James Russell. He could have been designated as James Russell Jr.
because there was a James Russell Sr. also enumerated in Bovina Delaware Co. NY
on the U. S. 1860 census. I believe he was the James Russell who married Nancy
Richie. [See Chapter 2] There are five James Russells listed in Delaware Co NY
on the U. S. 1820 census. Four of the James Russells have males born between
1775 and 1794. Two in Franklin, one in Kortright and one in Bovina. cjmc]
U. S. 1820 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY Page 47 is James Russell Jr. listed
with:
3 males 10- (b 1810-1820)
1 male 26-45 (b 1775-1794)
1 female 16-26 (b 1794-1804)
2 foreigners not naturalized
1 in agriculture
U. S. 1850 census Bovina Co. Delaware Co. NY HH#1112/1145 pagd 235b
James Russell Jr. 60 farmer 3,000 Scotland
Margaret Russell 55 Scotland
Archibald Russell 28 NY
Stephen Russell 26 NY blacksmith
John Russell 22 NY farmer
David Russell [first name very unclear] 18 NY farmer
Andrew Russell 12 NY
Samuel Russell 6 NY
Robert Scott 70 farmer 4000 Scotland is the next family enumerated as
HH#1113/1146 and next to him is Robert Scott Jr. 38 farmer b NY.
New York State Census Bovina Delaware Co. NY #60
Margaret Russell 59 born Scotland widow 41 years Bovina or Delaware Co. NY
Archibald Russell 34 born Delaware Co. NY farmer
John G. Russell 28 born Delaware Co. NY
David B. Russell 21 born Delaware Co. NY
Andrew Russell 17 born Delaware Co. NY
Margaret G.Russell 32 servant
Margaret Nicol 21
U. S. 1870 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH#99/100: Margaret is enumerated
with her son Andrew Russell as being 74 years of age born Scotland.
341 WILLIAM RUSSELL b 18Dec1814 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 2Feb1892 Bovina
Delaware Co. NY on 14Feb1846 m JANET or JENETTA ORR.* b 1823 d 1901[kk]
*[My ancestor Samuel McCune, who was probably the immigrant, married Mary Orr
probably in Ireland and I wonder if possibly Janet Orr could be descendant of
maybe Mary Orr's brother? cjmc]
Their children: (DH)
3411 James Bryce Russell
3412 John M. Russell
3413 Will C. Russell
3414 Mary M. Russell
3415 George M. Russell
3416 Eliza J. Russell
3417 Margaret Ann Russell
U. S. 1850 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY Page 227 HH#991/1023.
William Russell 36 NY farmer $6200
Jenetta Russell 26 NY
James B. Russell 1 NY
Christina Taylor 15 NY
U. S. 1870 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH#10-10:
William Russell 56 5000/1200 NY farmer
Jeanette Russell 43 NY
James H. Russell 21 farmer
John Russell 17
William C. Russell 14
Mary Russell 12
George Russell 10
Elizabeth Russell 8
1880 census, Bovina, Delaware County, NY at p. 38B HH#15-16
WILLIAM RUSSELL 65 yrs. farmer b NY parents Scotland
JANNET RUSSELL 54 born NY parents in Scotland
JOHN M. 25 son b NY as were parents
WILLIAM C. RUSSELL 23 son b NY as were parents
MARY M. RUSSELL 21 daughter b NY as were parents
GEORGE M. RUSSELL 20 b. NY as were parents
ELIZA J. RUSSELL 17 b. NY as were parents
3411 JAMES BRYCE RUSSELL m MARGARET BROWN
3412 JOHN M. RUSSELL b ca 1854 (c) NY d Oct1919 Billings MT bur Bovina Delaware
Co NY
3413 WILLIAM M. RUSSELL b 25Sept1855 NY on 27Jan1887 m ELIZABETH J. FOREST b
20Feb1859 Bovina Delaware Co NY d/o ELIZABETH BIGGAR and ROBERT J. FOREST
Their children: (DH)
34131 ALFRED J. RUSSELL
34132 ROBERT W. RUSSELL
34133 VIOLA RUSSELL
3414 MARY M. RUSSELL b ca 1859 NY (c)
3415 GEORGE M. RUSSELL b ca 1860 NY (c)
3416 ELIZA J. RUSSELL b ca 1863 NY (c)
3417 MARGARET ANN RUSSELL b 2Sept1847 d 2Nov1847 bur Bovina Center Delaware Co.
NY
342 THOMAS B. [for Bryce cjmc?] RUSSELL b 9Aug1816 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d
18Apr1881 bur Old Stone Church Delaware Co. NY on 1Jan1846 m JANE/JENETTA
MURRAY b ca 1826 NY (c) d 1Mar1893 in her 67th year bur Old Bovina Cemetery
Bovina Delaware Co. NY d/o JEAN BLACK and WILLIAM MURRAY.
Their children:
3421 James Douglas Russell
3422 Jennette M. Russell
3423 William M. Russell
3424 Margaret J. Russell
3425 Thomas David Russell
3426 R. Mulligan Russell
and two infant daughters
U. S. 1850 Census Bovina Delaware Co. NY Page 231 HH#11056/1089
Thomas B. Russell 34 NY farmer $1000
Jane Russell 24 NY
James D. Russell 3 NY
Jenetta M. Russell 2 NY
William M. Russell 1 NY
Margaret J. Russell 1/12 NY
Joanna (?) Munlay 15 NY
U. S. 1860 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH#75/75:
Thomas B. Russell 43 farmer 1600/300 NY
Jane Russell 35 NY
James D. Russell 13 NY
Jannet M. Russell 12 NY
Margaret J. Russell 10 NY
Thomas D. Russell 8 NY
Renwick M. Russell 2 NY
U. S. 1870 Census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH#40-42:
Thomas B. Russell 53 farmer 8000/2000 NY
Jane Russell 45 NY
James D. Russell 23
Jeanette Russell 21
Margaret Russell 16
Milligan Russell 12 NY
1880 U. S. Census, Bovina, Delaware Co., New York at page 34, Household No. 9-9:
THOMAS B. RUSSELL 63 years old farmer b N.Y. parents Scotland
JANE RUSSELL 55 wife kpg hse b NY parents Scotland
MAGGIE J. RUSSELL 34 dau housework b NY as were parents
Living next door to the above family at HH#10-10:
JAMES N. HASTINGS 83 farmer b NY parents in Scotland
He is checked as being married but no wife listed.
JAMES E. HASTINGS 40 son b NY as were parents
MARGARET RUSSELL 50 b NY parents Scotland servant
MAGGIE GOW 18 servant b NY parents Scotland
DANIEL GREEN 18 servant b NY parents Scotland
From Munsell's History of Delaware County, NY at page 132 in chapter entitled
"Town of Bovina":
"Thomas B. Russell, his brother (referring to John G. Russell in a
paragraph above on same page) was born in 1816 on the homestead, where their
youngest brother, Andrew T., now lives. His wife is William Murray's daughter,
Jane, a sister of Judge Murray, of Delhi. Of Mr. Russell's nine children only
one son and two daughters are living."
3421 JAMES DOUGLAS RUSSELL b 14Nov1846 d 27Oct1877 bur Old Bovina Cemetery
Bovina Delaware Co. NY. Unmarried.
3422 JENNETTE RUSSELL b ca 1848 NY (c) m as his second wife DAVID LOWE THOMSON b
1Aug1831 d 20Aug1915
3423 WILLIAM M. RUSSELL b 10Apr1849 d 18Oct1854 bur Old Bovina Cemetery Bovina
Delaware Co. NY
3424 MARGARET (MAGGIE) JANE RUSSELL b 24May1851 NY d 17Dec1904 bur Old Bovina
Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY and was listed with parents on 1880 census.
3425 THOMAS DAVID RUSSELL b 17Jan1852 d 19Jan1866 bur Old Bovina Cemetery Bovina
Delaware Co. NY.
3426 R. MULLIGAN RUSSELL b 22Feb1859, married and has children. (DH)
343 JAMES G. [for Gilmore? cjmc] RUSSELL b 21Apr1818 Bovina Delaware Co. NY
d 1Jan1891 bur Old Bovina Cemetery Delaware Co. NY on 27Feb1849 m (1) ELEANOR
(HELEN or ELLEN) HAMILTON b 2Aug1823 d 29Apr1862 bur Old Bovina Cemetery Bovina
Delaware Co. NY d/o JEAN RAY and ROBERT HAMILTON; m (2) MARY ANN THOMSON b
2Dec1846 d 1925 bur Bovina Center Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY d/o HELEN
ARMSTRONG and J. R. THOMSON.
Children of first mrg:
3431 Robert Hamilton Russell
3432 Jane Margaret Russell
3433 Wilson B. Russell
3434 William H. Russell
3435 Arthur G. Russell
3436 James Andrew Russell
3437 John Knox Russell
Children by 2nd mrg:
3438 Erwin Russell
3439 Arthur T. Russell
U. S. 1850 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY Page 232 HH#1069/1103
James T.* Russell 30 NY farmer 4000
Ellen Russell 25 NY
Robert H. Russell 4/12 NY
Robert Hamilton 27 NY laborer
Hannah Hamilton 23 NY
Jennie Henderson 20 NY
*[It is a "T". cjmc]
1855 New York State census Bovina Delaware Co. NY #75
James G. Russell 37 born Delaware Co. NY
Eleanor Russell 32
Robert H. Russell 5
James A. Russell 2
Margaret Russell 9/12
U. S. 1860 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH# 112/112:
James G. Russell 41 5000/600 NY
Ellen Russell 36 NY
James A. Russell 7 NY
Margaret J. Russell 5 NY
John K. Russell 2 NY
William Russell 1 NY
Mary Robertson 23 NY servant
Enumerated next is Catharine A. Douglas 64 Lady born Scotland
U. S. 1870 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH#61/63
James G. Russell 48 farmer 8000/3900 NY parents foreign birth
Mary M. Russell 23 kh NY
Robert H. Russell 20 at home NY
James A. Russell 18 at home NY
Margarett Russell 16 at home NY
John H. Russell 13 at home NY
U. S. 1880 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY page 31 HH#61:
JAMES G. RUSSELL 62 yrs farmer b NY parents Scotland
MARY A. RUSSELL 33 kpg hse b NY parents New York
ROBERT RUSSELL 30 farm worker b NY parents NY
SCOTLAND RUSSELL 28 b NY parents NY
MARGAT RUSSELL 25 housework b NY parents N Y
JOHN K. RUSSELL 21 b NY parents NY
IRVING N. RUSSELL 3 b NY parents NY
3431 ROBERT HAMILTON RUSSELL b 1Feb1850 in 1880 m (1) JOSEPHINE BAKER b
24May1857 d 22Apr1881 bur Bovina Center Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY d/o
CATHERINE HOLLISTEEN and JACOB BAKER; m (2) MARGARET DOIG b 23Feb1860 d 1933 bur
Bovina Center Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY d/o SARAH HODGE and PATRICK DOIG.
Son by first mrg: (DH)
34311 Elmer G. Russell
Children by 2nd mrg: (DH)
34312 Herman Russell
34313 Charles Russell
34314 Cecil Russell
34311 ELMER G. RUSSELL b 4Apr1881 on 30Sept1909 m (1) JOAN THOMSON m (2) BLANCHE
McKNIGHT
Son by first mrg:
343111 ARTHUR A. RUSSELL b 26Jul1910 Kansas City MO.
34312 HERMAN RUSSELL b 15Feb1886 on 24Feb1909 m ETHEL GLADSTONE b 26Apr1886 d/o
JANE LIDDLE and GEORGE K. GLADSTONE
Their children: (DH)
343121 Glenn Gladstone Russell
343122 Jane Margaret Russell
343123 Lawrence Hamilton Russell
343121 GLENN GLADST0NE RUSSELL b 10Dec1909
343122 JANE MARGARET RUSSELL b 12Jan1912
343123 LAWRENCE HAMILTON RUSSELL b 21Aug1914
34313 CHARLES RUSSELL d 12July1980 Acton, MASS on 10Nov1915 m HIDRETH TUTTLE d
1January1976 d/o JENETTE WINTER and ARCHIBALD TUTTLE
34314 CECIL RUSSELL b 1891 d 1985 on 20Sept1916 m ISABELLA IRVINE b 1897 d 1985
d/o ELIZABETH JANE RICHARDSON and JOHN A. IRVINE
Their known daughter:
343431 Margaret Russell
3432 JANE MARGARET RUSSELL b 23Oct1854 d 17May1907.
3433 WILSON B. RUSSELL b. b Aug1856 d 28Apr1859 bur Old Bovina Cemetery Bovina
Delaware Co. NY
3434 WILLIAM H. RUSSELL b 25Sept1859 d 18Feb1866 bur Old Bovina Cemetery Bovina
Delaware Co. NY
3435 ARTHUR G. RUSSELL b 28Nov1860 d 6Mar1866
3436 JAMES ANDREW RUSSELL b 21Oct1852 d 28Jan1917 on 24Jan1883 m ROSA DOIG b
30Oct1863 d/o SARAH HODGE and PATRICK DOIG
Their children: (DH)
34361 ORLENA RUSSELL m REVEREND WILLIAM ROBB
34362 CALVIN MITCHELL RUSSELL
34363 HAZEL ELLENE RUSSELL
3437 JOHN KNOX RUSSELL B ca 1855 NY (c)
3438 ERVIN RUSSELL b 2Sept1876 Bovina Delaware Co NY d 1959 bur Bovina Center
Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY
3439 ARTHUR T. RUSSELL b 31Mar1873 d 8Oct1873 bur Bovina Center Cemetery Bovina
Delaware Co. NY.
344 ...RUSSELL b 9May1820 Bovina Delaware Co. NY and died the same day buried
Old Bovina Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY
345 ARCHIBALD B. RUSSELL b 18Aug1821 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 15Feb1868 bur Old
Bovina Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY age 46 yrs. 5 months and 27 days.
346 STEPHEN RUSSELL b 26Jan1824 in Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 20Sept1903 bur
Bovina Center Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY on 12Nov1850 m MARY ARMSTRONG b
12Nov1827 d 27Jan1902 bur with husband d/o ISABELLA COULTER* and JOHN ARMSTRONG.
Their children: (DH)
3461 James Russell
3462 John A. Russell
3463 Francis (Frank) A. Russell
3464 Margaret A. Russell
3465 William T.. Russell
3466 Edwin D. Russell
3467 Henry George Russell
*Note: [Isabella is enumerated as 61 born Scotland on 1860 census Bovina with
husband John Armstrong 63 b NY with family. cjmc]
Quoting from the BRD sketch on Stephen eliminating what has been quoted above
regarding his father, James, and our emigrant ancestor, William Russell:
"Stephen Russell, of whom this sketch is intended to be a brief memoir, was
born to his parents in Bovina on the 26th day of January 1824....Stephen
Russell received his education from the masters in the district school, and
lived on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years old. He then went to
work for a Mr. William Thompson, with whom he remained nearly two years. His
first year's earnings netted him the meager sum of one hundred and eighty
dollars. His employer raised his wages during the last nine months of his
service; but Stephen Russell had decided to learn a trade which would insure him
a competence, and so became a blacksmith under an apprenticeship with Andrew
Craig. As soon as he felt himself sufficiently well skilled in his craft, he
set up a shop for himself in the village. Here the stroke of his anvil sounded
through days of shine and storm; for the smith was an industrious man, and found
much work to do. After nine years, however, he sold his shop, and bought a
small farm of sixty acres, which he has enlarged by recent additions to its
present proportions, two hundred and nine acres. Here he has established a
dairy farm, and keeps a herd of fifty five cows, whose average yearly weight of
butter is two hundred and seventy five pounds. He has the latest and best
machinery for butter-making, and takes the deepest interest in his dairy, which
is one of the largest in Bovina.
On November 11, 1850, he was united in wedlock to Mary Armstrong, a native of
Bovina. Mrs. Russell's father was born in Washington County, New York and came
to Bovina when the town was in its first stage of development. The mother of
Mary Armstrong was a Scotch woman. The Armstrongs were members of the United
Presbyterian church, and certainly fulfilled the Biblical injunction to
'multiply and replenish the earth'; for out of a family of twelve children, ten
grew to maturity. Six of them are now living, namely: John Armstrong, a
resident of California; Francis, who lives at the old homestead in Bovina;
Elsie, Mrs. David Oliver; Mrs. Mary Russell; Margaret, Mrs. Walter A. Doig; and
Ellen J., Mrs. John J. Foster, the latter a resident of Washington County.
To Stephen and Mary Russell seven children have been born, as follows: [Listed
above. cjmc]. The parents of this family are in the folds of the Christian
faith, being members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mr. Russell takes no
part in politics, but gives his undivided attention to his work. His
hospitality and geniality make him a favorite in the locality in which he lives;
and his butter, cream, and milk are well known to the epicures of Delaware
County."
New York State census Bovina Delaware Co. NY #63
Stephen Russell 31 born Delaware Co. NY blacksmith
Mary Russell 27 born Delaware Co. NY
James Russell 3 born Delaware Co. NY
John A. Russell 11/12 born Delaware Co. NY
John Miller 19 born Greene Co. NY 3/12 in Bovina Delaware Co. NY blacksmith
U. S. 1870 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH#41-43:
Stephen Russell 46 NY 6000/2200
Mary Russell 2 NY
James Russell 18 NY
John A. Russell 15 NY
Francis Russell 12 NY
Margaret Russell 9 NY
William Russell 4 NY
Edward Russell 8/12 NY
U. S. 1880 Census Bovina Delaware Co. NY [from Delaware Co. NY website]
Stephen Russell 56
Mary Russell 52
James Russell 28
John A. Russell 26
Francis Russell 21
Maggie Russell 19
William T. Russell 13
Edwin D. Russell 9
George H. Russell 7
3461 JAMES RUSSELL b 5Dec1851 d 1926 bur Bovina Center Cemetery on 17Mar1886 m
MARY J. THOMSON b 11Apr1848[ts has 1846 cjmc] d 1931 bur with husband d/o
MARGARET THOMSON and GEORGE THOMSON
3462 JOHN A. [For Armstrong? cjmc] RUSSELL b 19Jun1854 d 1910on 20Apr1881 m
AGNES L. ORR b 17Dec1858 [ts has 1857 cjmc] d 1933 bur Bovina Center Cemetery
Bovina Delaware Co. NY d/o BARBARA LEAL and ROBERT S. ORR
Their children: (DH)
34621 Henry Remo Russell
34622 Clarence Russell
34623 Everett O. Russell
Note: Kenneth Kaufman has they had seven children.
34621 HENRY REMO RUSSELL b 9Jan1885 d 4Mar1895.
34622 CLARENCE RUSSELL b 3Mar1886
34623 EVERETT O. RUSSELL b 17Apr1890 (Address in 1920 751 Reservoir St. Pomona
CA per David Hoy)
3463 FRANCIS (FRANK) A. RUSSELL b 26May1858 d 27Jan1910 on 9Feb1898 m ADA
COULTER b 1870 d 1951 d/o MARY ROTTERMOND and JAMES A. COULTER
Their children: (DH) [kk]
34631 Millard F. Russell
34632 Arthur N. Russell
34633 Ernest C. Russell
34631 MILLARD F. RUSSELL b 1898 m ISABELLA HYZER
Their children: [kk]
346311 Millard F. Russell Jr. b 1924 m Clara E. Rabler *
34633 ERNEST C. RUSSELL b 1905 d 1969 m DOROTHY DREW
Their children:
346331 Ronald Russell b 1939-1985
346332 David Drew Russell b 1941 m Ann Edwards *
*For later generations, see family charts at end of compilation from Kenneth
Kaufman
3464 MARGARET A. RUSSELL b 6Feb1861 on 14Feb1900 m as his second wife JAMES W.
THOMSON b 6Nov1849.
3465 WILLIAM T. RUSSELL b 7Feb1867 d 1925 bur Bovina Center Cemetery Bovina
Delaware Co. NY on 30Jan1903 m MARTHA BERGMAN b 20Sept1904 d 1943 bur with
husband.d/o WILHELMIA LUPKE and FREDERICK BERGMAN. An infant son is buried
with them born 1906 died 1906.
Their children: DH and Kenneth Kaufman
34651Edna W. Russell
34652 Edith Russell
34653 Margaret Russell
34654 William Herbert Russell
34655 Infant son b and d 1906
34651 EDNA W. RUSSELL b 20Sept1904 (twin) d 1932 m KENNETH R. KAUFMAN b 1904 d
1958
Their children:
346511 Everett W. Kaufman
345612 Kenneth R. Kaufman [the descendant who furnished much Russell
information. cjmc]
345613 Robert Kaufman
346514 Clifford Glen Kaufman
346511 EVERETT W . KAUFMAN b 1926 m MARGARET BERRIAN b 1924
Their son:
3465111 Everett William Kaufman *
346512 KENNETH R KAUFMAN b 1928 m KATHERINE MONSER b 1928
Their children:
3465121 Thomas Shane Kaufman *
3465122 Katherine Margaret Kaufman*
3465123 Barbara Ann Kaufman*
3465124 Russell Francis Kaufman*
3465125 William Paul Kaufman*
346513 ROBERT KAUFMAN b 1929 m (1) MAE ALICE BARNOM b 1933 d 1996; m (2) NANCY
BIVEN b 1937
Children:
3465131 Sandra Ellen Kaufman *
3465132 Robert Kenneth Kaufman*
3465133 Pamela Jean Kaufman*
3465134 Lauri Anne Kaufman*
3465135 Theresa Marie Kaufman*
346514 CLIFFORD GLEN KAUFMAN b 1931 m HELEN HOYT b11932 d 1996
*For later generations of the Kaufman family see Kaufman family sheet furnished
by Kenneth Kaufman at end of this compilation.
34652 EDITH M. RUSSELL b 20Sept1904 (twin) d 1976 m GEORGE HERBERT GRAHAM b 1898
d 1990
Their children: [kk]
346521 Marie Elizabeth Graham b 20Oct1929
346522 Doris Cornenia Graham b 7Mar1931
346523 Herbert William Graham b 9Apr1934
34653 MARGARET RUSSELL b 1910 d 1967 m LESTER McPHERSON
Their children: [kk]
346531 Louise McPherson b 1944 d 1980 m William Barnhart Jr.
346542 Andrew W. McPherson b 1944 d 1970
34654 WILLIAM HERBERT RUSSELL b 31July1912 b 1912 d 1975 did not marry
3466 EDWIN D. RUSSELL b 26Oct1869 on 12Feb11896 m LENA MAXWELL
Their children: (DH)
34661 ORA MAY RUSSELL
34662 EUNICE A. RUSSELL
3467 HENRY GEORGE RUSSELL b 15May1872 on 28Dec?? m IRENE M. REYNOLDS
d/o MARY FITCH and JAMES REYNOLDS
347 JOHN G. RUSSELL b 16Jan1827 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 7May1913 bur Old Bovina
Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY on 19Nov1857 m MARGARET NICHOL b 1834 d
10Dec1914 buried with husband d/o MARGARET GEORGE and ANDREW NICOL.
Their children: (DH)
3471 Annabelle Russell
3472 Christina Russell
3473 Alice E. Russell
3474 Mary Jane Russell
From: Munsell's History of Delaware County, NY at page 132 in Chapter entitled
"Town of Bovina":
"John G. Russell, son of James and grandson of William Russell was born at
the Russell homestead in 1827. He was married in 1857 to Margaret, daughter of
Andrew Nicol*. Mr. Russell is a dairy farmer on the farm settled by James
Thomson. His grandfather was among the Scotch pioneers of 1801, and he left
three numerous and prosperous generations of descendants."
*[My third great grandfather, James McCune or McEwen, married Phoebe Nichol,
daughter of Andrew Nichol, earlier and wonder if this Andrew Nichol could be a
brother of my ggg grandmother Phoebe Ann (Nichol) McCune? cjmc]
1880 U. S. census, Bovina, Delaware Co., NY at p. 31 #64:
JOHN G. RUSSELL, 53 yrs farmer b NY parents Scotland
MARGARET RUSSELL 46 wf. kpg hse b Scotland as were parents
CHRISTENA RUSSELL 15 dau. at schl b NY Father NY Mother Scot.
ALICE E. RUSSELL 11 dau. at schl b NY Father NY Mother Scot.
3471 MARGARET ANNABELLE RUSSELL b 1859 d May1916 in 1879 m WILSON SCOTT b 1848
d 29Jun1910 s/o JANETTA HAMILTON and ROBERT C. SCOTT
Their children: (DH)
34711 Herman Scott
34712 Anna C. Scott
34713 Elma J. Scott m David J. Cameron
3472 CHRISTINIA RUSSELL b 3Aug1864 on 14Nov1888 m BURTON MARSHALL THOMSON b
8Jul1865 s/o MARY ISABELLA SCOTT and ANDREW THOMSON
Their children: (DH)
34721 Herbert Russell Thomson
34722 Andrew Clinton Thomson
34723 Lillian Christinia Thomson
34721 HERBERT RUSSELL THOMSON b 11Sept1893 d 28Aug1916 on 14Oct1915 m AGNES
FLORENCE GLADSTONE d/o ORNEY ROONEY and WILLIAM GLADSTONE
Their son: (DH) 347211 Herbert Gladstone Thomson b 12Jan1917.
3473 ALICE E. RUSSELL b 1869 in 1897 m ROBERT DOIG b 1869 s/o AGNES DOWIE* and
WALTER DOIG
[Listed on the U. S. 1850 Census for Andes Delaware Co. NY HH#2749 is the
family of Henry Dowie 42 b Scotland with Agnes 32, Henry 7, Agnes 5 and a female
Sellias (?) 1. cjmc]
Their children: (DH)
34731 Russell Irving Doig b 25Aug1898
34732 Arthur B. Doig
34733 Arden W. Doig
34734 Margaret A. Doig
Note: Kenneth Kaufman has her born 1847 died 1929 and married to William Boggs
born 1844 d 1933. John G. and Margaret Nicholl were married November 1859.
cjmc.
3474 MARY JANE RUSSELL d 7Apr1864 aged 1 yr 11 mos 5 days bur Old Bovina
Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY
348....RUSSELL b13Dec1829 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d same day bur Old Bovina
Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY
349 MATHEW RUSSELL b 31May1831 in Bovina, Delaware Co. NY d 27Sept1833 bur
Reformed Presbyterian Church cemetery Butt End in Bovina Delaware Co. NY
34(10) DAVID B. RUSSELL b 19Aug1833 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 28Feb1892 bur
Bovina Centery Cemetery on 18Feb1858 m MARGARET B. MURRAY b 9Dec1833 d 10Aug1903
buried Bovina Center Cemetery d/o HELEN RENWICK and JAMES MURRAY
Their children: (DH)
34(10)1 Matthew James Russell
34(10)2 Helen Anne Russell
34(10)3 Thomas David Russell
34(10)4 Margaret Bryce Russell
34(10)5 William Renwick Russell
U. S. 1860 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH#110/110: Enumerated with mother
Margaret (Bryce) Russell, brothers Andrew T. Russell and Archibald Russell
with:
David B. Russell 26 NY, Margaret Russell 26 Scotland and Mathew J. Russell 1 b
NY
U. S. 1870 census Delhi Delaware Co. NY HH#489/535
David Russell 35 farmer 7000/2000 NY parents foreign born
Margaret Russell 36 keeping house Scotland as were parents
James Russell 10 at home NY
Helen Russell 8 at home NY
Maggie Russell 6 at home NY
Thomas Russell 4 at home NY
Thomas Henderson 30 Scotland farmer
Nancy Oliver 22 housekeeper NY
1880 U. S. census, Delhi, 4th & 5th district, Delaware Co.NY Page 134
HH#121-131 DAVID RUSSEL 46 years,farmer b. NY parents in Scotland
MARGARET RUSSEL 46 yrs., wife born Scotland as were parents
MAGGIE RUSSEL 16 dau. b NY Father NY Mother Scotland
THOMAS RUSSEL 14 son b NY same as above
RENWICK RUSSELL* 8 son b NY parents same as above
ELLA HOGG 22 yrs boarder school teacher with inflamation of the lungs b NY
parents in Scotland
34(10)1 JAMES MATTHEW RUSSELL b 22Oct1859 d 26Jun1873.
34(10)2 HELEN ANN RUSSELL b 6Nov1861 on 19Aug1891 m REVEREND ROBERT J. GAULT b
4May1855 d 21Aug1911 s/o MARTHA ADAMS and JOHN GAULT
34(10)3 THOMAS DAVID RUSSELL b 29Jun1866 d 1937 on 16Jun1897 m JENNIE GILCHRIST*
b 31Aug1867 d 1935 d/o ELIZA SPENCE and ANDREW GILCHRIST.
Their children: (DH)
34(10)31 David Barton Russell
34(10)32 Helen Spence Russell
34(10)33 Ruth Metheny Russell
34(10)34 Renwick Gilchrist Russell
*Tom Park on 22Sept2002 wrote that Eliza Jane Russell and Thoms D. Russell were
his grandparents.
34(10)31 DAVID BARTON RUSSELL b 21Jul1898 d 1967 m ELIZABETH GARNER b 1905 [kk]
Their child: [kk]
34(10)311 Jane Russell b 1927 d 1979
.
34(10)32 HELEN SPENCE RUSSELL b 21Apr1900 d 1983 m THOMAS PARK
Their children: [kk]
34(10)321 Thomas Park b 1932
34(10)322 Mary Jane Park b 1935
.
34(10)33 RUTH METHENY RUSSELL b 10Aug1901 d 1983 m G. M. ROBE.
34(10)34 RENWICK GILCHRIST RUSSELL b 22Apr1904.
34(10)4 MARGARET BRYCE RUSSELL b 1Nov1863 on 9Mar1900 m ERNEST McKEE b 9Mar1869
s/o MARG. J. ELLIOTT and JOHN McKEE
34(10)5 WILLIAM RENWICK RUSSELL b 5Feb1872 d 1941on 30Aug1899 m CHRISTIANA
TWEEDIE b 16Dec1873 d 1955 d/o MARGARET SMITH and ALEXANDER TWEEDIE
Their children: (DH)
34(10)51 JAMES CLIFFORD RUSSELL b 2Jun1901 d 10Sept1916.
34(10)52 MURRAY RENWICK RUSSELL b 22Oct1903 m OPAL ECKHART [This family is from
Kenneth Kaufman]
Their family: [kk]
34(10)521 Phillip R. Russell b and d 1942
34(10)522 Joy Dianna Rusell
34(10)522 JOY DIANNA RUSSELL b 1944 m (1) ??? and had Joseph
????m (2) GRAY YOUNG
34(10)5222 Nicole Young b 1969
.
34(10)53 ROBERT ALEXANDER RUSSELL b 6Mar1908 d 1995 m CATHERINE GILCHRIST [kk]
Their children from Kenneth Kaufman:
34(10)531 James M. Russell
34(10)532 Marilyn L. Russell
34(10)533 Hartley L. Russell
34(10)534 Renwick S. Russell
34(10)535 Virginia A. Russell
34(10)531 JAMES M. RUSSELL b 1936 d 1963 m BARBARA EHRANN
Their children: [kk]
34(10)5311 Diann Russell b 1963
34(10)5312 Mark Russell b 1961 and has two sons
34(10)532 MARILYN L. RUSSELL b 1941 m LAURENCE COMPEAU
Kenneth Kaufman has her children as:
34(10)531 Christine M. Russell b 1966 m Pasqual Palmiotti and has a son Kevin b
1994
34(10)532 Laura L. Russell b 1969
34(10)533 Todd A. Russell 1970
34(10)533 HARTLEY L. RUSSELL b 1944 m MARILYN HARRINGTON
Their children:
34(10)5331 Deborah Russell b 1970
34(10)5332 David Russell b 1968 m RHONDA [LNU]
Their children:\
34(10)53321 Stacy Russell
34(10)53322 Nicole Russell b 1994
34(10)534 RENWICK S. RUSSELL b 1947 m CANDICE BRU
Their children:
34(10)5341 Lisa M. Russell
34(10)5342 Jeffrey William Russell.
34(11) ANDREW THOMSON RUSSELL b 9Nov1837 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 9Oct1922
Oneonta Otsego Co., NY bur Bovina Center Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY on
12Jan1865 m (1) ELIZA JANE McLAURY* b 23Apr1845 Delhi Delaware Co. NY d
22May1906 Oneonta Otsego Co. NY bur Bovina Center Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co.
NY d/o AGNES NANCY COBINE and GEORGE H. McLAURY; m (2) ANNA COONS [kk].
*[34(11)232 Edwin S. Russell wrote the original spelling was McClaughry and
cites Genealogy of the McClaughry Family compiled by Charles C. McClaughry and
published by Worden Iowa Reformatory, Anamosa, Iowa in 1913. Edwin, a
descendant, furnished the majority of the information for this family. Also,
some information compiled from David Hoy's manuscipt. cjmc]
Their children: (DH)
34(11)1 James Joshua Kennedy Russell
34(11)2 George T. Russell
34(11)3 Jeannette A. Russell
34(11)4 Andrew Gilmore Russell
34(11)5 Samuel Wilson Russell
34(11)6 Mary Jane Eliza Russell
From Biographical Review - The Leading Citizens of Delaware County,NY - 9th
section at page 406 in the Biography of Andrew Thomson Russell, we learn about
him:
"ANDREW THOMSON RUSSELL, a Delaware Count;y dairyman of Scotch
ancestry, occupies the farm in Bovina on which he was born, and which includes
the tract of land cleared by his paternal grandfather, William Russell, in the
early part of the century..." See further information under 3 William
Russell and 34 James Russell.
"Andrew T. Russell worked on his father's farm and hired himself out
for several years during his youth, earning one hundred and fifty five dollars
for his first year's wages. He also worked at the carpenter's trade one year.
He was married January 12, 1865, and bought the farm in the spring of that year.
The young woman who linked her fate with his was Miss Eliza Jane McLaury, who
was born in the town of Davenport, April 23, 1845, a daughter of George H. and
Nancy (Cobine) McLaury. George H. McLaury was a native of Kortright, and Mrs.
McLaury of Franklin. They reared a family of seven children: George, a farmer
in Iowa: Thomas, who died in the Civil War; David, who lives in Delhi; Mrs.
Russell; John, a farmer in South Dakota; Samuel, also in South Dakota; and Mrs.
Sarah A. Terrell, wife of Thomas Terrell, a baggage-master in Oneonta, N. Y.
Andrew T. Russell has lived at the home of his birth, surrounded by all the ties
of association and childhood that make a locality dear. He keeps thirty milch
cows and has one of the best dairies in the county. The new buildings which he
has erected have greatly enhanced the value of the property and the land itself,
under intelligent tillage, has been vastly improved.
Six children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Russell, namely: James
J. K., born November 5, 1865, who married Miss Tina L. Doig, and has one
daughter Florence Pearl; George T. born September 19, 1868; Nettie A., born
October 18, 1870; Andrew G. born March 22, 1872;Samuel W., born July 25, 1873, a
clerk in Oneonta; Mary Jane Eliza, born December 23, 1875, now at the Normal
School of Oneonta.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the Reformed Presbyterian church,
in which the former has been an Elder for twenty-one years. He is also the
superintendent of the Sabbath-school, which latter office he has held for the
last five years. Politics seem to have little or no interest for this man, who,
for the same reasons stated in regard to his father, serves his country by
settling an example of industry, sobriety, and thrift, rather than by taking an
active part in State or national affairs."
.
U. S. 1860 Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH# 110/110:
Andrew T. Russell 22 farmer 3000/600 NY
Margaret Russell 26 Scotland
Matthew J. Russell 1 NY [deceased by 1870 census? cjmc]
Margaret Russell 65 Scotland [Mother Margaret Bryce) Russell. cjmc]
Archibald Russell 3 NY [deceased by 1870 census? cjmc]
Jennet Gillie 17 NY servant
David B. Russell 26 farmer
Note: Enumerated HH# 111/111 is a Thomas Hamilton 53 farmer b NY with Ellen
52 b Scotland and Elisabeth Hamilton 8 b NY. Suspect some tie in with our
Russells. cjmc
U. S. 1870 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH#99/100:
Andrew Russell 34 5000/2100 farmer NY parents foreign born
Elisabeth Russell 25 NY
James K. Russell 4 NY
George T. Russell 1 NY
Margaret 74 Scotland [Mother Margaret (Bryce) Russell. cjmc]
U. S. 1880 census Bovina Delaware Co. NY HH#55 page 30b:
All of the following family were born in NY as were parents
Andrew Russell 44 farmer
Eliza J. Russell 35 kpg hse
James K. Russell 14 school
George T. Russell 11 school
Jennet A. Russell 9 school
Andrew D. Russell 8 school
Samuel W. Russell 6 school
Mary J. Russell 4 at home
34(11)1 JAMES JOSHUA KENNEDY RUSSELL b 4Nov1866 Bovina Delaware Co. NY on
26Nov1890 d 4Apr1940 Bovina Delawre Co. NY m CHRISTINA LEE DOIG b 17Feb1868 d
1954 bur Bovina Center Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY with husband d/o MARG.
ARMSTRONG and WILLIAM DOIG
Their daughter: (DH)
34(11)11 FLORENCE PEARL RUSSELL b 29May1892 on 1Dec1917 m HERMAN JOSLIN
34(11)2 GEORGE THOMAS RUSSELL b 19Sept1868 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 12Mar1920
Milford (ER wrote may be Colliers) Otsego Co. NY on 9Nov1895 Walton Delaware
Co. NY m JENNIE ELIZABETH MILLER b 11Dec1870 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 7Sept1947
Collier Otsego Co. NY d/o ELIZABETH THOMSON HASTINGS b 29Aug1836 Bovina Delaware
Co. NY d 9Aug1927 Colliers Otsego Co. NY and WILLIAM TELFORD MILLER b 16 Aug1835
Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 10Jun1900 Bovina Delaware Co. NY
Their children:
34(11)21 Erma Laura Russell
34(11)22 LeRoy Gilmore Russell
34(11)23 Mildred Elizabeth Russell
34(11)24 Paul Telford Russell
34(11)25 Mary Alice Russelll
34(11)26 George Vaughn Russell
34(11)21 ERMA LAURA RUSSELL b 23Jan1897 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 1974 m JAMES
M. SNOWDEN
Their daughter:
34(11)211 Jane Snowden b 17Dec1937
34(11)22 LEROY GILMORE RUSSELL b 28Aug1898 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 20Apr1958 m
on 21Aug1923 m ANNA L. DOWNIE d 1982.
Their known children: (DH)
34(11)221 Virginia Russell
34(11)222 Shirley Russell
34(11)1123 Martha Russell\
34(11)221 VIRGINIA RUSSELL b 11Aug1925 Oneonta Otsego NY d 27Feb1987 Dewitt
Onondaga NY [never married]
34(11)222 SHIRLEY RUSSELL b 8Sept1927 Oneonta Otsego Co. NY on 21June1957 in
Oneonta Otsego NY m HORACE CHURCH WRIGHT b 28May1927 Oneonta Otsego Co. NY d
12Mar1969
34(11)223 MARTHA JANE RUSSELL b 14July1929 Oneonta Otsego Co. NY m ROBERT TITUS
34(11)23 MILDRED ELIZABETH RUSSELL b 29July1900 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 1969 m
HAROLD G. HALL
Their daughter:
34(11)231 Sonya Hastings Hall b 29Aug1935
34(11)24 PAUL TELFORD RUSSELL b 12May1902 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 28Jan1948 San
Leandro CA on 5Jun1934 m MARGARET EDWINA HILL b 18Sept1908 Dallas Dallas Co. TX
d/o SHELLEY HAMPTON HILL b 21Feb1882 Elgin Bastrop Co. TX d 11 Oct1949 Dallas
Dallas Co. TX s/o of MILES HAMPTON HILL b 11Aug1852 Bastrop Co. TX d 13Jun1911
in Elgin Bastrop Co. TX on 1 Feb1880 m MARY LOUISA REED b 22Apr1854 Chappel Hill
Washington Co. TX d May1943 Elgin Bastrop Co.TX and MARY FRANCES SHARPE b
24Feb1881 Weatherford Parker Co. TX d 26 Sept1974 Placerville El Dorado CA d/o
ELAM HAYNE SHARPE b 2Sept1845 Anderson District SC d 10Feb1897 East Dallas,
Dallas TX who on 23Apr1876 m MARY ANN COKER b 13May1852 Jackson Co. LA d
9Jan1924.
Their sons:
34(11)241 PAULTELFORD RUSSELL, JR. b 5June1935 San Francisco San Francisco CA
on 26Dec1959 Oakland Alameda Co. CA m JOY ANN FREDGREN b 8Jan1938. Four
children.
34(11)242 EDWIN SHELLEY RUSSELL b 11Aug1938 Oakland Alameda Co. CA on 21Dec1963
m JUDITH ELIZABETH KIRBY.*
*[Edwin Russell's sources were:
1. Framed ornate "family record" in possession of Mrs. G. Vaughn
Russell, Oneonta, NY. 2. Gravestones in Bovina and Bovina Center cemeteries. 3.
Records of Delaware Co. Historian H. Fletcher Davidson by correspondence. 4.
1850 Census Film #3988 #25 5. 1860 census film #803744. 6.
Loudoun, Ayr, Scotland parish records and 7. Delaware Co. History-Biographical
Digest. cjmc]
34(11)25 MARY ALICE RUSSELL b 8Jan1906 Colliers Otsego Co. NY d 11Sept1981
Cooperstown Otsego Co. NY on 23May1941Sayville Suffolk Co. NY m RALPH
ARCHIBALD GARRISON b 28July1909 d 29Jan1996 in Cooperstown Otsego NY s/o MATTIE
JANE BRIZZEE and LINN SHERWOOD GARRISON. No children.
34(11)26 GEORGE VAUGHN RUSSELL b 17Sept1909 Milford Otsego Co. NY d 29Nov1964 on
19July1939 Walter Delaware Co. NY m BERTHA LOKER b 24Sept1912 Walton Delaware
Co. NY d/o ELLA PAVELL and JOHN H. LOKER
Their children:
34(11)261 Gerald Thomas Russell
34(11)262 John Vaughn Russell
34(11)261 GERALD THOMAS RUSSELL b 4Dec1941 in Cooperstown Otsego Co. NY on
11July1963 Oneonta Otsego Co. NY m CECILIA JUDD. Two children
34(11)262 JOHN VAUGHN RUSSELL b 15Dec1949 Cooperstown Otsego Co. NY. Not
married (2001)
34(11)3 JENNETTE (JEANETTE) RUSSELL b 18Oct1870 Bovina Delaware Co NY d
10Jan1943 unmarried.
34(11)4 ANDREW GILMORE RUSSELL b 22Mar1872 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 1933 on
18Sept1901 m EDITH MUNSON
Their son: (DH)
34(11)41 KENNETH GILMORE RUSSELL b 10Aug1902.
34(11)5 SAMUEL WILSON RUSSELL b 25July1873 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 22Jan1924 on
1Oct1897 m ANNETTE PROCTOR SMITH b 19Oct1874 Cooperstown NY d 22July1952
Their children: (DH)
34(11)51 Francis Proctor Russell
34(11)52 Ormande Wilson Russell
34(11)53 Raymond Smith Russell
34(11)54 Helen Louise Russell
34(11)51 FRANCIS PROCTOR RUSSELL b 20Oct1898 San Francisco Co. CA.
34(11)52 ORMANDE WILSON RUSSELL b 3Jun1900 San Francisco Co. CA
34(11)53 RAYMOND SMITH RUSSELL b 19Sept1905 San Francisco Co. CA d 1June1982
Pacific Palisades CA on 27July1923 Placerville CA m MARGARET BRADFORD b
19May1905 Sacramento CA d 15Nov1981 Pacific Palisades CA bur Forest Lawn
Cemetery d/o MARY BEATRICE MINNIE BANNON and HUGH BASS BRADFORD
Their daughter:
34(11)531 MARY ANNETTE RUSSELL* b 24July1924 Sacramento CA on 3Sept1946 San
Francisco CA m NORMAN DENNIS BEEMAN b 14Nov1918 Arlington WA s/o IDA LaVERNE
SAILING and DENNIS MICHAEL BEEMAN
Mary Annette (Russell) Beeman is the descendant of Samuel Wilson Russell who
furnished the information regarding him and his descendant.
Their children:
34(11)5311 Bradford Beeman
34(11)5312 Russell Norman Beeman
34(11)5313 David Rodney Beeman
34(11)5314 Denise Beeman
34(11)5315 Sara Beeman
34(11)5311 BRADFORD (nmi) BEEMAN b3Jan1950 Sedro Woolloy WA on 10Apr1976 El
Sobrante CA m BECKY JULIENE WEAVER b 9Oct1956 Nellis Air Force Base Las Vegas NV
d/o SHIRLEY ANN LONGMIRE and DAVID ALAN WEAVER
Their children:
34(11)5311 Daniel Raymond Beeman b 18Feb1979 Vallejo CA
34(11)5312 Mark Allan Beeman b 19Sept1980 Vallejo CA
34(11)5313 Jeanette Christine b 4June1985 Vallejo CA
34(11)5312 RUSSELL NORMAN BEEMAN
34(11)5313 DAVID RODNEY BEEMAN
34(11)5314 DENISE BEEMAN
34(11)5315 DAVID RODNEY BEEMAN
34(11)54 HELEN LOUISE RUSSELL b 6Aug1910 Sacramento CA d Mar1995 Sacramento CA.
Never married.
34(11)6 MARY JANE ELIZA RUSSELL b 23Dec1875 Bovina Delaware Co. NY m (1) JOHN
WRIGHT (2)RANSOM S. MOSCRIPT No children.
34(12) MATTHEW B. RUSSELL b 17Jun1840 Bovina Delaware Co. NY d 14Jan1847 bur Old
Bovina Cemetery Bovina Delaware Co. NY.
35 WILLIAM RUSSELL b 1Dec1792 Loudoun Ayr Scotland d 17July1873 Meredith NY
buried Stone-Arabia Cemetery Delaware Co. NY* m HESTER TAYLOR [Fletcher
Davidson's information has Esther while Ida Hanna told me the tombstone has
Hester. Merritt Russell on 28 April 2000 photographed William and Hester's
tombstones and definitely is Hester. See photographs by Merritt Russell)] b ca
1798 d 20Jan1842 bur Stone-Arabia Cemetery Delaware Co. NY* d/o possibly ISAAC
TAYLOR
*Note: Could her father be Isaac Taylor because of the way William named his
sons. First son, my ancestor, William Taylor Russell, for the paternal
grandfather and Isaac Russell for the maternal grandfather? On the 1810
census Delhi Delaware Co. NY enumerated as the 160th person visited is Isaac
Taylor with 1 male born 1784-94, one male born 1765 or before, one female born
1794-1800. Enumerated as the 201st person on this same census is William
Russell Also in Middletown, Delaware County, NY on the 1830 census, at page 157
enumerated is an ISAAC TAYLOR with males one under five yrs.,2 males five to
ten, one male forty to fifty years and one male seventy to eighty who could be
Hester (Esther) Taylor's father as he could have been born between 1750 and 1760
Directions to the Stone-Arabia cemetery in Delaware Co. NY sent by Merritt
Russell. Starting in Treadwell, in the middle to Treadwell just past Barlow's
Store, there is a cross road. You will turn right pass the Fire Hall or your
left. Proceeding you are on Roaring Brook when you come to a bend in the road
to the left go right on Doug Hall Road. Then take the 2nd right off that. The
cemetery is opposite the Van Blackman farm. Their phone # is 829-8776 if
you want to ask about seeing it without big dogs. It s not far from Treadwell.
22Aug2000.cjmc)
Known children:
*351 William Taylor Russell
352 Jeannette Russell
353 Nancy Russell
354 Mary Ann Russell
355 Deborah Russell
356 Isaac Russell
357 Stephen M. Russell
358 John P. Russell
359 Margaret E. Russell
35(10) Fanny Russell
35(11) James Russell
35(12) Matthew Russell
35(13) Possibly male on 1850 census b ca 1848 .
*[Order of birth not known and I have tried to deduce the order from the census
and known birth dates.]
U. S. 1810 Census Delhi Delaware Co NY Listed with father at page 430.
U. S. 1820 Census Middletown Delaware Co NY William Russell listed on page 75
with: One male 10- b 1810-1820 (???)
Two males (26-45) b 1775-1804 (William T. b 4July1820 and ???)
One female (10-) b 1810-1820 (Nancy b ca 1820 according to 1850 census cjmc)
One female (16-26) b 1794-1804 (Hester Taylor b ca 1798)
In the 1830 census in Middletown, Delaware County, NY at page 150, is listed:
William Russell with: One male (5-) b 1825-1830 (Isaac b ca 1828 according to
1850 census.
one male (5-10) b 1820-1825 (William Taylor Russell b 4July1820)
one male (30-40) b 1790-1800 (William Russell b 1792)
one male (50-60) 1770-1780 (?)
one female (5-) b 1825-1830 (Deborah Russell b ca 1826 (1850 census)
two females (5-10) b 1820-25 (Mary A. b ca 1825 and Nancy b ca 1823 (U. S. 1850
census)
one female (10-15) b 1815-20 (Nancy Russell b ca 1820 (U. S. 1850 census)
two females (20-30) 1800-1810 (b ca1798 and ??)
1850 census, Town of Hamden, Delaware County, NY HH#1747-1787:
WILLIAM RUSSELL 60 years farmer worth $700 born Scotland
MARY A. RUSSELL 25 years born New York
DEBORAH RUSSELL 24 yrs. born New York
ISAAC RUSSELL 22 yrs. born New York
STEPHEN RUSSELL 20 yrs. born New York
JOHN RUSSELL 18 yrs. born New York
MARGARET RUSSELL 15 yrs. born New York
FANNY RUSSELL 14 yrs. born New York
JAMES RUSSELL 13 yrs. born New York
MATTHEW RUSSELL 11 yrs. born New York
ERENTIN/EVENTIN/EVENTUS/ERENTUS RUSSELL* male 2 yrs. born New York
*[Query: Could this be George Russell enumerated with William Taylor and a
Betsy on the 1860 census as twelve years old? This name definitely starts
with an "E" and the other letters could be as above. Very hard to
decipher. If Hester (Taylor) Russell died in 1842, whose son would this male
be? It would seem as if Hester Taylor has died in 1842and he has not
remarried by 1850. Fletcher Davidson has furnished the information as to the
children of Hester (Esther?) Taylor and William Taylor and the names of
their spouses and from the above, we can fill in the approximate years of their
birth and if I can find them in the 1880 or 1900 census, will have their
definite months and dates of birth. cjmc]
In the 1855 New York State census, is listed:
WILLIAM RUSSEL (and again, spelled with one l) 61 b Scotland farmer and in
county 14 years.
ROXA RUSSELL 43 yrs b Conn. wife three yrs. in county.
STEPHEN M. RUSSELL 24 b Delaware Co. farmer 14 yrs. in county
MATTHEW C. RUSSELL 14 b Delaware Co. 14 yrs. in county child
MARGARET RUSSELL 20 yrs born in Delaware Co. 14 yrs in county child
[It would seem as if William Russel has remarried by 1855 to Roxa ??
and she has been in the county only three years. But why are those born in
Delaware Co. NY listed (except for Roxa) as having been in the county only
fourteen years? cjmc]
In 1860, WILLIAM RUSSELL is listed with his son 351 WILLIAM TAYLOR RUSSELL who
is listed as the head of the household. Did I or the census enumerator write
the name as Betsy rather than Roxy since she appears again on the 1870 census.
1860 Census Delaware Co. NY HH#1286/1371 [Why I did not record the town, I
do not know! Will have to find it again. 31January1999 cjmc]
William Russell, Jr. 40 farmer b NY
Catharine A. Russell 24 b NY
William Russell 67 b Scotland
Betsy Russell 49 b NY
George Russell 12 b NY
Henry Russell 9 b NY
1870 United States Census, Meredith, Delaware Co., NY HH#74-76
Stephen Russell 40 farmer $4000/1000 b NY parents foreign birth
Eunice Russell 32 keeping house b NY
Mary Stewart 14 at home b NY
William Russell 77 farmer b Scotland and parents foreign birth
Roxy Russell 61kph hse b Conn
351 WILLIAM TAYLOR RUSSELL was born 4July1820 Delaware Co. NY d 27Nov1905 (ts)
in Walton Delaware Co. NY buried in the old Goldsmith Graveyard on 6Jan1848 in
Hamden Delaware Co. NY (as reported by the Delaware Gazette on 12Jan1848 which
stated that all parties were of Hamden) m (1) ANGELINE SWART b ca 1820 d prior
to 1858 [See picture of tombstone taken by Merritt Russell on next page. Ida
Hanna, Frances (McCune) Decker and I visited the Goldsmith Burying Ground cjmc]
d/o POLLY BEAMAN and WILLIAM SWART. Polly Beaman's mother was Deborah
Goldsmith; m (2nd) CATHARINE A. (KATE) ROBINSON b 1832 (ts) NY (c) d 22Mar1862
(ts) and buried in the Goldsmith Burying Ground Delaware Co. NY; m (3rd) JULIA
PALMATIER as her second husband, b 1Apr1841 Davenport Delaware Co. NY d 9Mar1925
Downsville Delaware Co. NY bur Hartwick cemetery d/o of ELIZABETH SMITH and
NATHAN PALMATIER. Julia m. (1)___________ BRISSEE and thirdly, on 10 Sept 1914
[date of filing] m his brother Manly Bresee. She had one child William Bresee
by her first marriage and none by her third marriage.
Children by Angelina Swart:
3511 William Harvey Russell
3512 Isaac A. Russell
3513 Huldah Russell
Children by Catherine Robinson
3514 Angelina Matilda Russell
3515 Ida Jeanette Russell
3516 Charles Marshall Russell
Children by Julia Palmatier:
3517 Orson Russell
3518 Cora Russell
3519 Anna Russell
351(10) Annette Russell
351(11) Georgia Russell
351(12) Ferris Russell
In the 1850 U. S. census in Hamden, Delaware Co., NY not too far from both sets
of parents at HH 1791-1791, are listed:
WILLIAM RUSSELL, JR. 30 farmer born New York
ANGELINE RUSSELL 20 born New York
WILLIAM H. RUSSELL 2 born New York
8October1853 Delaware Co. NY Dd Bk43:16:
Ann E. Gould, Executrix and Sherwood D. Gould, Executor of the Last Will and
Testament of Herman D. Gould, parties of the first part, sold to William T.
Russell of the town of Hamden Delaware Co. NY, party of the first part,* the
SE1/2 of lot 42 Great Lot 2 in Bedlignton Patent beginning at southwest corner
of said lot and stake and stone N 59degrees 30 minutes E 37 chains two links to
the southeast corner of said lot a large Beech tree marked and numbered Thence
North 30 degrees 30 minutes West 26 chains to the middle of said lot a stake and
stone thence South 59 degrees 30 minutes West 37 chains 25 links through the
middle of said lot to a stake and stone thence 30 degrees 30 minutes East 26
chains to he place of beginning containing 102 acres.
*Neglected to record price. cjmc
2May1854 Delaware Co. NY Dd Bk 44:170:
Ann E. Gould, Executrix and Sherwood D. Gould, Executor of the Last Will and
Testament of Herman D. Gould parties of the first part, sold to William T.
Russell of the Town of Hamden, party of the first part, for $325.00 the NE1/2 of
the SE1/4 in Great Lot #2 Bedlington or Leake Patent lying in the town of
Hamden Delaware co. NY formerly occupied b Asicheael [?] Olerland [?]
and late by Martin Olive, containing 53 7/10 acres. The Goulds appeared and
swore that they signed the above deed. Recorded 3May1854.
In the 1855 New York state census, Delaware Co., NY, we find:
WILLIAM RUSSELL 35 born Delaware Co., NY 13 yrs. in county farmer
ANGELINE RUSSELL* 25 born Delaware Co.,18 yrs. in county
WILLIAM H. RUSSELL 6 yrs. child
ISAAC A. RUSSELL 4 yrs. child
HULDAH RUSSELL 3 yrs. child
(I do not understand only thirteen and eighteen years in county when they were
born there?)
*Angeline (Swart) Russell's brother William Swart is enumerated at #1758-
1798.
30March1858 Delaware Co. NY Dd Bk51:1:
William T. Russell and wife Catharine Russell of Hamden, Delaware Co., NY sold
to William Yeomans Jr. of Delhi, Delaware Co. NY for $1,000 the property which
they purchased of the Goulds in 1853 and 1854.
Note: Did not find any more deeds for William T. Russell. Cannot remember if we
checked all the William Russells.
1860 U. S. Delaware Co. Census HH#1286/1371
WILLIAM RUSSELL, JR. 40 farmer born New York
CATHERINE A. RUSSELL 24 yrs. born New York
WILLIAM RUSSELL 67 yrs. born Scotland
BETSY RUSSELL 49 yrs. born New York*
GEORGE RUSSELL 12 yrs. born New York*
HENRY RUSSELL 9 yrs. born New York*
Query: Should this have been Roxy or Roxa and George is their son and is this
the George Russell on the 1850 census with the name which was illegible?
Cjmc.
1870 U. S. Census, Colchester, Delaware Co., NY#392/419*
WILLIAM RUSSELL farmer 54 b NY parents of foreign birth 1800/1500
JULIA RUSSELL 33 yrs. born NY [I didn't transcribe parents, I guess. cjmc])
HARVEY RUSSELL 22 yrs.
IDA RUSSELL 10 yrs.
ORSON RUSSELL 5 yrs.
CORA RUSSELL 2 yrs.
ANNA RUSSELL 4/12ths born February
*First cousins Stephen and Robert Russell, sons of Matthew Russell are
enumerated at 391/418 and Uncle Matthew Russell is enumerated with his son
Matthew Russell Jr. at 393/420 and Matthew's other son John Russell is
enumerated at 394/421.
1880 U. S. Census, Delaware Co., NY HH#210-241:
WILLIAM T. RUSSELL 49 yrs. farmer born N.Y. and now listed parents born New York
which we know is incorrect and he also has lost some years off of his age.
JULIA RUSSELL 39 yrs.
ORSON RUSSELL 15 yrs.
CORA RUSSELL 12 yrs.
NETTIE RUSSELL 8 yrs.
GEORGIA RUSSELL 5 yrs.
FERRIS RUSSELL 9/12 b. October and named after his half sister Huldah's
husband?
KNAPP, JANE 65 NY parents NY
*Sister Anna Russell, 10 yrs. is living with brother Isaac supra
"Obituary - William T. Russell. William T. Russell died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Rothensies Sunday, November 27, aged 84. Mr. Russell was
taken ill a week before his death with erysipelas. Up to that time he had been
remarkably active for a man of his years. Funeral services conducted by Rev. G.
W. Nims were held from the Rothensies residence Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Russell was a native of Bovina and spent all his life in Delaware County.
He was married three times. He is survived by ten children. By the first
marriage, Harvey of Binghamton; Huldah, Mrs. Ferris Terry of Walton and Isaac of
Trout Creek. Two of the children by his second wife survive him, Tillie, Mrs.
Joseph Rothensies of Walton and Charles of Allegheny, Pa. A daughter, Mrs.
David Rothensies died last year.
Six children of the last marriage are living, Cora, Mrs. Wm. Stewart of
Johnston, N. Y.; Anna, Mrs. John Phelps of Buffalo, N. Y.; Orson and Ferris of
Downsville; Nettie, Mrs. George Meritt of Downsville and Georgia, Mrs. Charles
Gladstone of Shavertown. Also four brothers, Stephen and John of Meredith;
James of Franklin, and Matthew of Deposit. Two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Russell
of Rockland and Mrs. Fannie Ingraham of Cortland."
[Ida Hanna sent me a copy of this obituary which she has dated 1906 but
tombstone has 1905. Need to find original obituary to check the date. cjmc]
Ida Hanna sent me the copy of her grandmother's obituary from the local paper of
Downsville, Delaware Co., NY (not dated) but Ida has written "1925."
"Mrs. Julia Bresee Passes Away. Mrs. Julia Bresee, who for a few weeks has
been in declining health, died early Monday morning, March 9, at about 12:20 at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. R. Gladstone, from old age and a general
breaking down. She was about 85 years of age, and besides several years spent
at Hartwick, had been a resident of this town many years. She was thrice
married. By her first husband, she leaves one son, William Bresee of
Binghamton, and by her second husband six children, as follows, Mrs. Anna
Phillips of Omaha, Nebraska, Mrs. Cora Stewart of Johnsons, N. Y., Mrs. George
J. Merritt, Mrs. C. R. Gladstone, Orson Russell and Ferris Russell of this
village. Funeral services were held Wednesday, from the home, Rev. William
Tatlock, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating, Interment at Hartwick,
where her last husband is buried. Deceased was a highly esteemed and respected
resident, and many friends living in distant places who knew her well years ago
as well as those nearer her home, will learn of her demise with deep regret.
Deceased was a member of the Presbyterian church of this village."
3511 WILLIAM HARVEY RUSSELL b ca 1848 m VIOLA HARTWELL and had two sons and one
daughter. (IH)
3512 ISAAC A. RUSSELL b ca 1851 NY d 12Feb1914 below Delhi NY m ELLA/ELLEN
BARNHART b ca 1850(c) d 30Mar1912 and both buried Middlefield NY.(IH) possibly
daughter of ELIZABETH [ ] and GEORGE W. BARNHART who has a daughter Ellen 12 b
NY enumerated with them on the 1860 census in Colchester Delaware Co. NY
Their children:
35121 Adaline or Minnie R. Russell
1880 census, Delaware Co., NY Town of Hamden HH#21-22
ISAAC RUSSELL 29 farmer born New York as were parents
ELLEN RUSSELL 30 kh born NY as were parents
MINNIE R. RUSSELL 2 dau. b. NY as were parents
ANNA M. RUSSELL 10 yrs. sister b. NY as were parents.
The obituary of ISAAC A. RUSSELL which I found in the scrapbook of my paternal
grandmother Lida Scott (Terry) McCune, his niece, is not dated but reads: :
"Isaac A. Russell died Thursday night, February 12, at his home on the D.
W. Rothensies Farm, below Delhi, after a short illness. He was 61 years of age.
Mr. Russell was a son of William T. Russell, who died in Walton about ten years
ago. Much of his early life was spent with his uncle, Dumond Swart, on a farm
in McGibbon Hollow, East Brook. For the past five years he was a resident of
Middlefield, Otsego County, coming to Delhi last fall to take charge of the
Rothensies farm as superintendent. (Paragraph) His wife, who before her marriage
was Miss Ella Barnhart, died two years ago. One daughter, Adaline Ingles,
survives him. Mrs. J. Rothensies of Walton is a half sister. The funeral was
held at the house Monday afternoon at two o'clock. Paragraph Mr. Russell in
early life united with the Baptist church of which he was always a devoted
member. He was a man highly esteemed in the community."
35121 ADALINE or MINNIE RUSSELL b ca 1878 d 22Mar1899 Lucoma NY bur Trout Creek
NY m ALFONSO INGALLS
3513 HULDAH RUSSELL b 6Oct1852 Hamden Delaware Co. NY d 18Sept1906 Walton
Delaware Co. NY on 7June1871 m JACOB FERRIS TERRY b 1Mar1833 d 14Feb1909 s/o
ABIGAIL SIGNOR and SAMUEL TERRY [These are your compiler's great grandparents.
Their children:
35131 Augustus Terry
35132 Lida Scott Terry
35133 William Terry
SEE PICTURE OF HULDAH RUSSELL NEXT PAGE
35132 LIDA SCOTT TERRY b 3May1875 Hamden Delaware Co. NY d 16Jan1957 Livingston
Manor Sullivan Co. on 25Oct1894 m JOHN BARTON McCUNE b 14Dec1875 Bovina Delaware
Co. NY d 6June1954 Livingston Manor Sullivan Co. NY s/o MARGARET LAMONT and
ANDREW BARTON McCUNE
Their children:
351321 Stanley Brittain McCune
351322 Harry Augustus McCune
351323 Mildred Shirley McCune
351324 Frances Virginia McCune
3514 ANGELINA MATILDA (TILDA) RUSSELL b 9Nov1859 Town of Hamden d 11Feb1944
Binghamton, New York buried in Walton Town and Village Cemetery, Delaware Co.,
NY Section 076 grave 03 ca 1879 m JOSEPH ROTHENSIES b 8Jan1848 Germany d
30Jan1918 Walton Delaware Co. NY buried Walton Town and Village Cemetery Section
976 grave 04.
Their children:
35141David Rothensies
35142 Aaron Rothensies
35143 Joseph David Rothensies
U. S. 1880 Census Colchester Delaware Co. NY [from Delaware Co. NY website]
Joe Rothensies 33
Matilda Rothesies 23
David Rothensies 2
Aaron Rothesies 4/12
35141 DAVID ROTHENSIES b 23Jan1880 Downsville Delaware Co. NY m (1) LOUISE
HEIGHT (2nd) MRS. MAY HAINES
35142 ARON ROTHENSIES b 1880 d at thirteen years of age.
[Copy of obituary furnished by Ida Hanna but not dated. cjmc]
"A Sad Affliction. We are sure that the sympathy of this entire community
goes out to the family of Joseph Rothensies in their terrible bereavement, in
the death of their little son, Aron Rothensies, who died of cerebral hemorrhage
and convulsions on Monday, aged about thirteen years. He went to bed Sunday
evening in good health, and at 12 o'clock Monday night death had claimed the
once bright, joyous, companionable boy. All that medical skill could do was of
no avail; parental love and affection could not ward off the coming blow. The
once happy home, made brighter by his presence and companionship, is now
shadowed in gloom. The funeral will be held today at 2'clock p.m. from the
Congregational church."
35143 JOSEPH DAVID ROTHENSIES b 1916 and last Ida knew he was living in
Rochester, NY.
3515 IDA JEANETTE RUSSELL b ca 1860 Hamden Delaware Co. NY d 17July1903
(obituary) Walton Delaware Co. NY in Sept1880 m DAVID ROTHENSIES b February
1839 Zwingenberg Germany s/o ANNA BLUMENTHAL and LEVI ROTHENSIES
Their children:
35151 Leo David Rothensies
35152 Charles Rothensies
35153 Walter Rothensies
Obituary from newspaper given to me by Ida Hanna: "Mrs. David Rothensies
died at her home on Platt street, Walton, July 17, 1903 of pleuro-pneumonia in
the 43rd year of her age. She had not been feeling as well as usual for several
weeks but had been about her household duties until the Saturday before her
death, when she was taken ill with pleurisy. Her condition was not such as to
cause serious alarm for a few days, but on Thursday pneumonia developed, she
grew rapidly worse and a counsel of doctors was called.
Everything that could be done to relieve her sufferings and prolong the life
so dear to them all, was done by her heart-broken family and friends who watched
over her all that night, hoping against hope that she might be spared to them.
But medical skill and loving care proved fruitless. Death came Friday morning
about 10 o'clock.
Mrs. Rothensies was a native of Hamden and her maiden name was Ida Jeanette
Russell. She was a daughter of William Russell. In September, 1880, she
married David Rothensies. They lived for a number of years in Downsville,
removing from there to Middletown, where they resided two years. Eleven years
ago they came to Walton where they have since lived. The deceased has one
sister, Mrs. Joseph Rothensies of Walton, and one brother, Charles, living at
Caneadea, N. Y. Her half brothers and sisters are Mrs. Ferris Terry of Walton,
Isaac Russell of Trout Creek, Mrs.
William Stewart of Middletown, Orson Russell of Downsville, Mrs. George Merritt
of Brooklyn, Mrs. Charles Gladstone of Shavertown, Mrs. John Phillips of Oneida,
Ferris Russell of Chester, and Harvey, living near Binghamton. Of this
large family, she is the first to be called away by death. Her father, too, is
still living and resides in Walton at the home of Joseph Rothensies.
Mrs. Rothensies was in every way a beautiful character, and was beloved by
a large circle of relatives and friends. Her gentle presence will be missed by
all who knew her, but especially by her husband and three young sons, Leo, aged
16, Charles aged 12 and Walter, aged 8 years, to whom she was a devoted and
model wife and mother.
Rev. G. W. Nims conducted the funeral service at the house Sunday
afternoon. It was largely attended. Many beautiful floral tributes were
brought among them being three floral pillows, also a wreath sent by friends in
New York. The interment was in the Walton cemetery."
Walton Reporter 1912 Front page Col. 6
"DAVID ROTHENSIES VINDICATED
GRAND JURY FIND NO INDICTMENT AGAINST HIM - SELLING DELHI PROPERTY
The grand jury at Syracuse last week failed to find an indictment against
David W. Rothensies. Mr. Rothesnsies was charged with having sold $100,000
worth of stock in a manufacturing concern in which he is interested for $10,000,
when it was claimed the actual value was known by him to be only about one tenth
of that amount.
His prosecutors made him considerable trouble, but he maintained from the
first that it was an attempt to injure him and get control of the business in
which he is largely interested, and fought ever step of the proceedings. He
brought counter-charges against his prosecutors, but after having done him all
the harm they could, they discreetly remained out of the state.
The company, which has a patent for manufacturing paint from smoke, is located
at Cortland, where they purchased the plant of the Cortland Wagon Works, paying
$75,000 for it. The litigation was a bad blow to the business which was just
getting started.
Mr. Rothensies has sold the Meeker farm below Delhi to Archibald Dodds, a
former Colchester man, who later moved to Delhi and until recently has held a
government position in New York city. Mr. Dodds is given immediate possession.
Mr. Rothensies has paid up all the claims for labor, supplies, etc. filed
against him at Delhi when the litigation ws started."
[Copy of obituary also sent by Ida Hanna but not dated. cjmc]
"Mr. David Rothensies died Monday night, May 19th, aged 75 years. Mr.
Rothensies had been in ill health some time, but was around town Saturday.
During the night he suffered a stroke of apoplexy. Sunday afternoon he lapsed
in unconsciousness and the end came Monday night.
Mr. Rothensies was born in Zwingenberg, Germany and came to America in 1854.
He conducted a large store at Downsville for a number of years and later a cigar
factory. He was postmaster there under Cleveland's administration. About
twenty years ago he removed to Walton, where he was in the cigar business until
he retired. His wife died ten years ago, after which he gave up active
business.
The funeral service was held Thursday afternoon a 2 o'clock at the home of his
brother Joseph Rothensies, Rev. I. M. Foster officiating. Burial in the Walton
cemetery. Mr. Rothensies is survived by three sons, Leo of Wilmington, Del.,
Charles at home, and Walter, a student in Hamilton College, at Clinton, N. Y.;
also by two brothers, Joseph of Walton, and Aaron, who lives near Frankfort,
Germany. Mr. Rothensies was a man of a gentle and kindly nature. He was deeply
attached to those nearest him, and his quiet and genuine interest in the welfare
of all his townsmen will be long remembered by them. He has left a pleasant
memory with many."
U. S. 1900 Census Town of Walton Delaware Co. NY
David Rothensies 1839 Feb Germany 61 married 19 years
Ida Rothensies 1861 March NY 39 married 19 years
Leo D. Rothensies 1887 Mar NY 13
Charles N. Rothensies 1890 Dec 9
Walter J. Rothensies 1895 Feb 5
35151 LEO DAVID ROTHENSIES b ca 1887 NY m MARY SLOANAKER at Reading, Pa.
Their daughter:
351511 JEANETTE ROTHENSIES b 19May1916 at Wilmington, Delaware
35152 CHARLES NATHAN ROTHENSIES b 18Dec1891on 14Dec1916 Delaware Co. NY m
KATHRYN O'KEEFE
His son:
351521 ROBERT C. ROTHENSIES b 23July1917 Indianapolis IN d 19Aug1943 Sidney NY
35153 WALTER ROTHENSIES never married. Ida says that Charles and Walter are
dead and she doesn't know about Leo.
3516 CHARLES MARSHALL RUSSELL b Town of Walton and d Toledo, Ohio
Their known child:
35161 GRACHA RUSSELL and Ida doubts if this is the correct spelling.
3517 ORSON E. RUSSELL b 31Mar1866 d 1941 bur Walton NY on 21June1894 m JOSEPHINE
PANGBURN. b 2Mar1873 d 18Oct1941 at Schnecatady, NY d/o STEPHEN PANGBURN
Their children:
35172 Julia Russell
35173 Pauline Russell
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26June1894 Downsville News Tuesday - Orson E. Russell and Josephine Pangburn
married at Methodist Episcopalian Parsonage on Thursday June 21st 1894 by
Reverend J. S. Graham.
Great Nephew Merritt Russell wrote about his great uncle: "I do not recall
much first hand about my grandfather's brother but learned a few 'stories' about
him from his daughter Pauline.
Orson was a kind, gentle and generous man - never violent in his family
discipline. Once Pauline took some money (small change) without asking.
However, Orson only sat her down and talked to her and made her feel very bad.
Orson would give Pauline money, often a quarter or two, when they attended the
local fair or holiday parades. Other children would have only pennies, or no
money at all, and Pauline would share her quarter with these children."
35171 JULIA ANNETTE RUSSELL b 15Dec1900 Downsville Delaware Co. NY d
31July1954 at Soctia NY 8 March 1919 [date of filing] married CLIFFORD SIGNOR b
8July1899.
35172 PAULINE RUSSELL b 29Apr1904 Downsville Delaware Co. NY d 1997 married (1)
PERCY MARSHALL b 29Oct1891 Taunton MA (2)STEPHEN PRICE (3) ? and (4)
HAROLD EVANS . No children.
Merritt Russell wrote about Pauline: "Pauline was born and brought up in
Downsville, NY just outside of town, up Telford Hollow. Her father, Orson
(brother to my grandfather) owned a small farm at that location. She died in
1997 at the age of 93 years of age.
Pauline graduated from Downsville Central School when she was 15 as one of
that institutions youngest graduates. She worked locally for one year since no
college would take her being so young. She then attended Eastman Bsiness School
in Poughkeepsie NY. She worked for different banks in New York State and later
moved to Florida where she continued to work in banking. The bank was located
across from the 'stock mrket' which she visited every noon during her lunch
break. This 'hobby' of buying and selling stock continued until she died..
As a youngster she and my dad would play a lot together. They would go
'fishing' and at times would 'finger' trout (catching trout by using their
hands) under the banks along the small stream located near their home."
3518 CORA RUSSELL b 1Mar1868 d 26Aug1928 m WILLIAM STEWART b 16Sept1857 d
9Mar1919
3519 ANNA RUSSELL b June1870 d 28Nov1936 buried Omaha, Neb. m JOHN B. PHILIP
Their children:
35191 RUSSELL PHILIP
35192 EDNA PHILIP m (1) ROY GREER Omaha, NE M (2) WAYNE MUNN and they had one
child who died young.
Their children:
351921 PHYLLIS GREER
351922 BETTY GREER
351(10) ANNETTE RUSSELL b 9Jan1873 d 22Apr1966 in Downsville, Delaware Co. NY m
GEORGE J. MERRITT s/o HARRIETT [ ] and JOHN MERRITT. No children.
351(11)1 MINA V. GLADSTONE b 17Oct1893 Downsville, NY d 12May1985 Delaware Co.
NY on 22Oct1912 in New York City NY m WALLACE ROWE b 25Sept1888 Downsville NY d
14May1958 Walton NY s/o MARY and GEORGE ROWE
Their children:
351(11)11 Jack Gladstone Rowe
351(11)12 Janet Marea Rowe
351(11)13 Robert Charles Rowe
351(11)14 Ruth Rowe
351(11)11 JACK GLADSTONE ROWE b 19Nov1913 Downsville NY Never married
351(11)12 JANET MAREA ROWE b 30Apr1917 Downsville NY m (1) WILLIAM J. MACY b
22Jan1915 at New Haven, Conn. Married (2) WALER R. EADEE b 3Apr1915 Equinunk
Pa. No children by second marriage.
Their children:
351(11)121 WILLIAM J. MACY, JR. b 7Oct1942 Cobleskill NY m. (1) CONSTANCE SIGNOR
Walton Delaware Co. NY. Married (2) JEAN DAVID and no children by second
marriage.
351(11)2 IDA GLADSTONE b 2July1896 Downsville, NY d 28Mar1994 Delhi Delaware Co.
NY bur Paige Cemetery Downsville NY G on 6May1922 at Downsville NY m EARL G.
HANNA b 31Dec1887 Brooklyn NY d 4Sept1959 s/o NELLIE [ ] and JOHN T. HANNA
Their son:
351(11)21 Stuart Gladstone Hanna
Funeral services were held on Thursday, 31 March 1994 at ten a.m. at the
Colchester Community Church, Downsville NY. Officiating was Rev. Solomon E.
Parmar.
351(12) FERRIS TAYLOR RUSSELL b 6Oct1879 Colchester NY d 13Oct1953 on 3Dec1901
at Walton NY m MARTHA LIDDLE b 3Feb1882 d/o MARY LOCKHART and WILLIAM LIDDLE
Their son:
351(12)1 William Lockhart Russell
351(12)2 Virginia Russell
Grandson Merritt Russell shares his memories of his grandparents.
MY GRANDFATHER FERRIS TAYLOR RUSSELL.
My memories of grandpa are that he was a 'great' pinochle player. His
occupations were several during his lifetime. He was the first manager of the
Downsville Victory Market Store #90 during the depression. He was a
manager at the local creamery and in his later years, was a bartender at the
Eagle Hotel in Downsville. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
My Dad recorded several interesting hunting stories. When Ferris went hunting,
he would take a sugar sack and collected chestnuts which were stored in a bushel
basket in the attic for years. Grandpa hunted small game such as rabbits and
partridges. He taught Dad to make a mating call sound for partridge by patting
his chest. He had a rabbit dog called 'Sport' which was one of the best hunting
dogs in the area. Grandpa had a ferret which he used to take hunting with him.
He carried this animal in sack so it wouldn't bite him. He would let the ferret
chase the rabbit out of its underground hole. Grandpa took Dad hunting with him
at an early age - Dad told me that Grandpa would carry him a lot up and down the
hills because of his bad leg.
My Dad said that Grandpa summed up the political two party system as follows:
'If you have to work for a living, be a Democrat. If you have money, be a
Republican.'
Grandpa taught my Dad everything about trout fishing as he was one of the best
in the area. The limit back in the 'old days' was 40 trout and later it was
changed to 20."
MY RECOLLECTIONS OF MARTHA (LIDDLE) RUSSELL
Grandma was home most of the time and since Mom drove Dad around during the
day in his work, Grandma was responsible for my brother and me during the day.
She did a lot of baking for local restaurants and made wonderful molasses
cookies which I just loved - they were so soft and delicious! I used to like to
eat the cookie batter before it was made into cookies. Sometimes when she would
go downtown, when we boys were younger, she would tie us up to a tree in our
backyard - I (Merritt) can remember getting loose one day and wandering all the
way down to the old fire house (actually it was only around the corner and down
the main street a short distance.) My rear end got 'blistered' that day for
sure!
She also cleaned house and 'babysat' for the Johnsons - family up the street
on the corner - until she died.
She also loved to play pinochle. We played several nights a week at home with
our own family and she belonged to several card clubs. She played cards right
up to the time she died. Matter of fact, during the last card game she ever
played, she had a heart attack and would not stop playing cards until she
finished playing the 'hand' she was dealt. They persuaded her to lay down on a
couch at which time she said 'I think I'm dying' and then went into a coma.
Three days later she died at age 89, in Walton Hospital.
My brother, Lockhart, was very close to Grandma and sat many hours talking to
her.
351(12)1 WILLIAM LOCKHART RUSSELL b 14Oct1904 d 23Jan1994 m FLORENCE ALDRICH b
5Aug1904 Meridale NY d 6Jan1964
Their children:
351(12)11 Lockhart M. Russell
351(12)12 Merritt A. Russell
Son Merritt A. Russell shared his recollections of his parents
"MY RECOLLECTIONS OF WILLIAM LOCKHART RUSSELL.
Dad loved his sports, having played baseball, basketball and football while in
high school at a private school (Hoosic in Connecticut). Later he continued
baseball which he loved most. In adult life he played town team baseball and
then coached both Little League and town team ball.
When Dad was a young boy he broke his leg in wagon wheel accident. A local
doctor set it but didn't do a very good job and he ended up with a 'club' foot
and had to wear a leg brace for awhile.
A wealthy lady named Miss Gerry, found out about him through the Episcopal
Church - came to Downsville to his parents' house to offer her help in getting
Dad's le better. She said that she would send him to New York City for an
operation that would restore the use of his leg - send him to school there and
to a private school (Hoosic.) She also sent him to Pratt Institute, an art
school in N. Y. C. At the age of 21, she wanted to send him to a Texas Art
School but he refused - had a 'falling out' with Miss Gerry and came home to
stay.
While at Hoosic School in Connecticut, he played baseball and football. The
football coach saw Dad throwing a football on the sidelines at practice. Dad
was throwing the ball further than anyone else so he 'drafted' him to play on
the team. Dad ended up playing quarterback and in 1923, the team had a perfect
season winning all their games - Dad was given a small 'gold' inscribed football
which my brother has now. In baseball, at Hoosic, he pitched a no-hit, no-run
game. He was a 'fierce' competitor and hated to loose.
My Mom and Dad never owned their own home. They lived with Dad's parents
Ferris and Martha Russell on Union Street in Downsville. They did buy a 'lot'
on the 'Neff' hillside just below Downsville but never built a home there. My
Dad was an avid hunter fisherman and took me (Merritt) with him many times. I
went fishing the most with Dad although I hated the 'bugs' - I loaded myself up
with bug repellant and still got bit! We went fishing a lot at night which I
didn't like all that well since I was afraid I would fall in, although we fished
mainly by the small brooks around Downsville. He caught a 'trophy' size brown
trout in the Old Mill Dam Pond, just above the bridge downtown. It was at night
and took him over minutes to land it. It is mounted and is still in our family.
In the Depression, Mom and Dad went across the country to Oregon to find a job
working in a post office. That did not work out very well and they came home
during the winter driving a car. I can remember Dad saying at tiems he had to
melt holes in the ice on the window so Mom could see where she was
driving."
"MY RECOLLECTIONS OF FLORENCE (ALDRICH) RUSSELL
Mom was loved by everyone. She was active in the Presbyterian Church in
Downsville - loved to sing in the choir (she had a wonderful alto voice just
like her mother Lulu.) She ran for town tax collector as a Democrat in a
heavily Republican area and won several times. She drove my Dad around in his
job as federal income tax collector because he could not drive. Her first job
was as a bank teller in the Hancock First National Bank after she graduated
from Walton High School and then Ridley-Lowell Business School in Binghamton.
Later on in life she worked in the Walton Bank as a teller until she died.
She loved flowers, especially African Violets, and worked in our small
backyard garden. She loved colorful costume jewelry and clothes. Mom and Dad
loved horse racing and attended the races in Monticello. She was allergic to
insect bites - I remember one time she got a bumblebee sting on her leg and it
swelled up quite a bit.
Mom died from cancer when she was 59 in Walton Hospital with Dad at her side.
Dad had to ask for her wedding ring back after it was taken from her hand by
someone attending her body right after she died.
Note by cjmc: Merritt has been of invaluable help to me in compiling our
Russells in Delaware Co. NY. He has visited the cemeteries where our Russell
ancestors are buried and photographed their gravesites. Merritt is the person
who has done our title pages in his Spencerian Script. cjcm.
351(12)2 VIRGINIA RUSSELL b 7July1910 Downsville NY d Portland Ore m ARTHUR
LAIRD
352 JEANETTE RUSSELL b ca 1819/20 (1850 census) prob Delaware Co. NY m JAMES
WEAVER
U. S. 1850 Census Middletown Delaware Co. NY Page 452 HH#2158/6:
James Weaver 36 NY carpenter
Janet Weaver 30 NY
Emeline Weaver 14 NY
Ransom Weaver 11 NY (male)
U. S. 1860 Census Middletown Delaware Co. NY HH# 186/186:
James Weaver 46 farmer 1400 NY
Jannit Weaver 42 NY
Ransom Weaver 21 NY
James F. Weaver 6 NY
enumerated with servants and merchants probably boarders.
353 NANCY RUSSELL b ca 1823 prob Delaware Co. MI m JEREMIAH SLITER
U. S. 1850 census Middletown Delaware Co. NY Page 453 HH#2165/68
Jeremiah Sliter 30 NY laborer
Nancy Sliter 27 NY
George Sliter 3 NY
Charles H. Sliter 1 NY
John Sliter 26 NY
354 MARY ANN RUSSELL b May1825 Platskill Delaware Co. NY d 20July1896 Cortland
NY of Bright's Disease buried Marathon NY [death certificate #543 of 1896]
m (1) DAVID BROUGHTON; m (2) ORREN/ORIN REED b 15Oct1834 killed in action during
Civil War 31Mar1865 s/o EUNICE DeLONG and OLIVER REED
Their children:
3541 Melvin Reed
3542 Clara Reed
3543 Sherman Reed
SMITH W. REED, M.D., is among the best-known residents of the village of
Margarettville, in the town of Middletown, where he has for many years pursued
his profession, alike with profit to himself and benefit to others. His
grandfather, William Reed, came from New England, and settled in Pleasant
Valley, Dutchess County, where he bought a farm, upon which he worked as a
pioneer. He served in the War of 1812, was a Democrat in politics, and lived to
be eighty-five. His eight children were Oliver, William, Amos, Aaron, Ebenezer,
Henry, Lydia, and Esther Reed.
Oliver Reed, William's eldest son, was born in New London, Conn. He came early
to Delaware County, and hired a farm in Roxbury, where he married Eunice Dulong,
daughter of John Dulong, a Delaware County farmer, who lived till the latter
part of the nineteenth century. During the War of 1812 Oliver Reed did military
duty for three months at Sackett's Harbor. Later he removed to Cortland County,
where he died at the age of eighty-four, his wife living to be three years
older. Both were members of the Presbyterian church. He was at first a Democrat,
but later became a Republican. They had a large family of thirteen children, ten
living to maturity. Esther Reed married a farmer named Abram Blumberg, and had
four children. William Reed died in our Civil War, fighting bravely in the One
Hundred and Sixty-fifth New York Regiment of Volunteers. John Dulong Reed lives
with his family in Michigan. Aaron D. Reed became a physician, married Marian
Hubbell, and died in Cortland County, New York, leaving two children. Lydia Reed
married Peter Baljea, lives in Cortland County, and has two children. Phebe Reed
is the wife of Loren Cole, a Michigan farmer. Dr. S. W. Reed is the subject of
this sketch. Polly Reed is married to Chapman Grinnell, a Tompkins County
farmer. Orin C. Reed married Mary Ann Russell, and was killed in the Rebellion
of 1861-65, leaving one child. Sherman S. Reed married Miss Fanny Pierce, and
lives in Tioga County.
Smith W. Reed was born in Roxbury, June 21, 1830. He was educated in the Roxbury
common schools, and in the Delaware Institute at Franklin. In the fall of 1850,
when twenty years of age, he came to Margarettville, in order to study medicine
with his elder brother Aaron, and subsequently received a diploma at the Vermont
Medical College in 1854. After practising in the same town with his brother for
a year, the young man went to the town of Liberty in Sullivan County, but did
not stay there long, for he found a stronger attraction in his old field, where
he was already so well and kindly known; and there he has ever since remained,
having the largest practice in the neighborhood. In 1890 he opened a drug store,
one on the finest business places in the village; and in 1867 he built a very
large house on Walnut Street, where he has since resided. In fact, he built this
residence in consequence of his marriage, which had taken place in 1865. The
bride was Harriett A. Dumond; but, she dying at the early age of nineteen, the
Doctor was again married, the bride being Frances A. Dumond, an aunt of his
first wife, and the daughter of Cornelius and Sylvia (Wood) Dumond. Of this
union have come four children, namely: Harriet Amanda Reed, who died young;
Randolph R. Reed, Emma Dumond Reed, and Smith W. Reed, Jr., who are all at home.
The doctor is a Democrat, and has thirteen times filled the office of Supervisor
of the town.
The present Mrs. Reed was born December 8, 1846. Her grandfather was Egnos
Dumond; and from him the genealogy runs back lineally through Peter, Egnos, and
John, to Waldron Dumond, a native of France, who was exiled in the religious
troubles, and married his wife in Holland. At first the name was spelled de
Mont, then Du Mond, and finally Dumond. Waldron Dumond settled on Long Island as
a farmer. His first appearance in the records was on March 28, 1660, as a
soldier in Netherlandish service, in the company of his noble honor, the
Director- General, Peter Stuyvesant, then stationed at Esopus (Kingston), N.Y.
Waldron was one of the Military Council, December 1, 1663. On January 13, 1664,
he married Margaret Hendrix, widow of Arentsen Hendrix. His son John married
Nelltye Van Vegden. Egnos, son of John, married November 13, 1725, Catherine
Schuyler, daughter of David Schuyler and Eliza Rutgers. David Schuyler was Mayor
of Albany in 1706 and 1707. His son, Peter, born about 1730, married Elsie Van
Waggenen. Their son, Egnos Dumond, was born in Shandaken village, and married
Harriett Winnie. Their children were William, Egnos, James, Cornelius,
Christian, Abraham, Harriet, Mary, Sally, and Anna. The parents were among the
early settlers of New Kingston, Mr. Egnos Dumond receiving a tract of land in
recompense for his Kingston house burned during the Revolution, in which he
patriotically fought. Both he and he his wife lived to a good old age in
Middletown, and belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church.
Cornelius Dumond was born in Shandaken, came with his father Egnos to Delaware
County, and settled in New Kingston, where he bought a new farm of three hundred
acres. His first wife was born in New Kingston. Her name was Mary Yaple, and she
bore eight children: Harriet, Jane, John Yaple, Catherine, Mary, Phebe,
Prudence, and Minerva Dumond. After her death, in middle life, he was again
married to Sylvia Wood, daughter of Christian Wood, by whom he had one child,
Frances A. Dumond, who became, as mentioned above, the second wife of Dr. Reed.
Mr. Dumond continued nearly all his life on the farm now owned by John T.
Archibald. He built first a log cabin, and then a frame house in place of the
old building. He lived to be eighty-two, but his wife died ten years younger. In
politics he was a Democrat, and both husband and wife were Presbyterians. Among
their children still living are Jane, Mary, Catherine, and Prudence. Harriett
Dumond married W. Sanford, and, dying, left five children. Jane Dumond married
William Reynolds, and had ten children. John Yaple Dumond married Priscilla
Hilton, and had six children. Catherine Dumond married Cornelius Vansiclen, and
had nine children. Mary Dumond married William Palmateer, and had ten children.
Phebe Dumond married Caleb Travis, and had three children. Prudence Dumond
married Charles Macomber, and had ten children. Minerva Dumond married Peter F.
Swart, and had six children. Both Doctor and Mrs. Reed have reason to be proud
of their progenitors. The great English physician, Sir Benjamin Brodie, has well
said, and it is a sentiment embodied in such lives as are commemorated in this
sketch: -
"Nothing in this world is so good as usefulness. It binds your fellow-
creatures to you, and you to them; it tends to the improvement of your own
character, and it gives you a real importance in society, much beyond what any
artificial station can bestow."
U. S. 1850 census Roxbury Delaware Co. NY page 405 HH#1463:
Orrin Reed 15 b NY is numerated with the family of James R. Hull 58 farmer 2000
b Conn, Phebe Hull 60 b NY, Emily Hull 19 b NY.
Enlisted 1Sept1864 Armory Co. G 185 Reg. N. Y. Vol. at thirty years old.
Wounded at Hatches Run VA Died at City Point VA.
3541 MELVIN REED b ca 1853 Cortland (?) NY d 23Jan1926 Cortland NY on
10Oct1877 m IDA HASBROUCK
Their children:
35411 Sherman A. Reed
35412 Bessie Reed
35411 SHERMAN A. REED b 15Dec1895 Marathon Cortland Co. NY d 20Jan1919 Cortland
Co. NY in 1915 m IDA J. BROW d 1982 CA
Their daughter:
354111 Doris Elisabeth Reed
354111 DORIS ELISABETH REED b 2Nov1917 Cortland Cortland Co. NY d 3Mar1994 New
Berlin Chenango NY on 17Nov1939 m 11111 JAMES WELLER HONEYWELL
Their son, the descendant who furnished the information on this family who is
descended from both 3 William Russell of Chapter 1 and 1 James Russell of
Chapter 3:
35412 BESSIE REED b 20June1882 d 1Sept1978 New Berlin NY bur Marathon NY
Cemetery on 27Apr1903 m WILLIAM C. Van KLEEK b 26Jan1880 Auburn NY d 1962
Cortland Co. NY bur Marathon NY cemetery s/o CARRIE BURGESS and JOHN H. Van
KLEEK
3542 CLARA REED b 7July1861 d 26Feb1947 McGraw Cortland Co. NY m CHARLES B.
UNDERWOOD b 20May1858 d 6Feb1913 s/o MARY J. GRANT and JOSEPH UNDERWOOD
Their children:
35421 Lula May Underwood
35422 Jessie Underwood
3543 SHERMAN REED m ESTHER GARDNER
Daughter:
35431 Bertha Reed d 1943 married Floyd Bentley
355 DEBORAH RUSSELL b 18Feb1827 d 2Jan1895 m ELISHA FULLER
356 ISAAC RUSSELL b ca 1828 (c) prob Delaware Co. NY d Mt. Pleasant MI on
27Feb1856 in Hamden Delaware Co. NY m ISABELLA RUSSELL (first cousin)
Their known children from the census:
3561 Jane Russell
3562 Irene Russell
3563 Rosa or possibly Roxa Russell
3564 Elmer Russell
3565 John Russell
3566 Mary Russell
U. S. 1870 census Colchester Delaware Co. NY HH#371/398 page 75: Sister
Margaret (Russell) Russell, widow of William, is enumerated next to her brother
Isaac Russell.
Isaac Russell 45 farming and something else which unreadable which might be
thrashing - 4000/4000 b NY Father foreign born.
Isabella Russell 40 NY Parents foreign born.
Jane Russell 13 NY attending school
Irene Russell 11 NY attending school
Rosa or [possibly Roxa] Russell 9 NY
Elmer Russell 6 NY at home
John Russell 3 NY at home
Mary Russell 2/12 NY at home
357 STEPHEN M. RUSSELL b Oct 830 (c) prob Delaware Co. NY as of Meredith as of
27Nov1905 d 31Jan1915 m possibly EUNICE MUNSON
U. S. 1870 Census Meredith Delaware Co. NY HH#74/76:
Stephen Russell 40 farmer 4000/1000 NY parents of foreign birth
Eunice Russell 32 keeping house b NY*
Mary Stewart 14 at home attending school b NY
William Russell 77 farmer b Scotland parents of foreign birth
Roxy Russell 61 keeping house b Connecticut**
*Note: Next door is a Peter Munson 55 farmer b NY with a Eunice 48 b NY.
Possibly her parents?
** Widow of William Russell? Wish could find out more about her. Cjmc
U. S. 1900 Meredith Delaware Co. NY page 45a HH#179-188: .
Stephen Russell Oct 1830 69 married 31 or 38 years b NY father
Scotland mother NY
Eunice Russell Mar 1838 62 married 31 or 38 years 2 children 2
living b NY father NY mother MASS
Susan Russell dau 1877 22 Single born NY as were parents
.
358 JOHN P. RUSSELL b 2Oct1832 prob Delaware Co. NY d 23Dec1915 of Meredith
27Nov1905 m MARGARET STEWART
1870 U. S. Census Meredith, Delaware Co. NY HH#136/136:
John P Russell 37 farmer $7000 $2500 NY
Mary Russell 5 NY
Margaret Russell 1 NY
Mary Stewart 62 keeping house b Scotland
Jenny Stewart 27 house keeper b NY
Query: Has Margaret Stewart died and her mother taking care of the family or did
census taker not record Margaret's name? Cjmc
1880 Census, Meredith, Delaware Co., NY HH#185-193
JOHN RUSSELL 47 farmer b. NY Father b. Scotland Mother NY
MARY RUSSELL 39 b. NY as were parents*
MARY E. RUSSELL 15 b. NY as were parents
MARGRETT RUSSELL 11 yrs. b. NY as were parents
CHAUNCY RUSSELL 3 yrs. b. NY as were parents
Query: Is this a second marriage and Chauncy of the second marriage? Cjmc
U. S. 1900 Census Meredith Delaware Co. NY page 53A HH#325-347:
John Russell Oct 1831 68 married 27 years born NY father Scotland
mother New York
Mary Oct 1841 58 1 Child 1 child living born New York as
were parents
Chauncey Feb 1877 23 Single born New York as were parents.
359 MARGARET RUSSELL b 18Aug1834 prob Delaware Co. NY d 31Aug1915 on 12Oct1859 m
her first cousin 361 WILLIAM RUSSELL b 3May1823 Colchester Delaware Co. NY d
3Mar1869 s/o JANE possibly BLAKELY* and 36 MATTHEW RUSSELL
Their children according to family tree purchased by Merritt Russell. For
details see 361 William Russell below:
3591/3611 Ransom R. Russell
3592/3612 William F. Russell
3593/3613 Matthew Russell
3594/3614 Robert C. Russell
35(10) FANNY RUSSELL b ca 1836 prob Delaware Co. NY living on 27Nov1905-06, date
of brother William Taylor Russell's death m PHILO INGRAHAM
35(11) JAMES RUSSELL b 11Apr1837 or 1838 Delaware Co NY living 27Nov1905-06
date of brother William Taylor Russell's death and living in Franklin Delaware
Co. NY m SALLY HOUGHTALING*
*[On the 1850 census for Delaware Co NY in Sidney is listed a Sarah Houghtaling
16 with a Permilen and Joshua Houghtaling and in Davenport a Sally 7 years with
a James Houghtaling. cjmc]
From the 144th book, In War Times, James Russell was the shortest man in the
regiment at 5ft. 5in., the book says he was 24 when he enlisted in Aug. 1862.
His muster out address in was Franklin and the above seems to confirm that he
lived somewhere else for a while before coming to Meredith. From Jeremiah
Palmer
U. S.1880 Census Town of Meredith Delaware Co. NY HH#241/253
James Russell 43 farmer born NY father Scotland mother NY
Sally Russell 35 wife kpg hse NY NY NY
Alice Russell 13 daughter at school NY
William Russell 5 son
U. S. 1900 Census Meredith Delaware Co. NY Page 41B HH#115-122.
James W. Russell born Apr. 1838 62 b NY father Scotland mother NY married six
years
Henryette Russell born Sept 1836 63 married 6 years 0 children born NY as were
parents
William J. Russell son June 1874 son single born New York as were parents
35(11)2 WILLIAM J. RUSSELL b June 1874 (c). This is the Will Russell whom
Jeremiah Palmer referred to up on Palmer Hill in Meredith with the following
story:
"For a couple of family stories, Will had a small crusher and apple
pressthat each fall he would set up and make cider from the apples on his farm.
There was a one-room school house nearby and all the kids would come at least
once or twice to see the apples being squeezed and to help themselves to fresh
cider as he was very kind to all. He also had a farm dog as most did but the
dog was smarter than most, not only bringing in the cows but when all was done,
the dog stayed in the carriage barn for the night. At that time no one had
electricity, so Will would ask, are you in there Shep, and a Yip would be the
answer. Will would then shut the door for the night."
35(12) MATTHEW RUSSELL b 14Dec1839 prob Delaware Co. NY on 29Dec1869 m AGNES
MOLE or MALE b 26July1849 d 3Apr1918 d/o MARY SMITH and WILLIAM MOLE or MALE
Their children: (DH)
35(12)1 Andrew W. Russell
35(12)2 Charles Russell
35(12)3 Frank E.