Family Group Sheet ========================================================================================== Husband: Lewis RUSSELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tax list: 1812 thru 181 Cabell County West Virginia Tax list: 1825 thru 183 Cabell County West Virginia Birth: 20 JAN 1788 North Carolina Census: 1830 Greene County Illinois migrated: 1835 Audrain County Missouri Property: 1 APR 1839 Forty Acres; Monroe County Missouri Census: 1840 Salt River Twp Audrain Co Missouri Misc: 1848 in gold rush of California; California Census: 1850 Audrain County Missouri Property: 1 SEP 1853 forty acres; Audrain County Missouri Census: 1860 Salt River Twp Audrain Co Missouri Census: 11 JUL 1870 Salt River Twp Audrain Co Missouri Death: 28 APR 1873 Eubanks Cemetery Audrain County Missouri Burial: Eubanks Cemetery Audrain County Missouri Marriage: 11 APR 1822 Lawrence County Kentucky Father: Jeffrey RUSSELL ( -1813) Mother: ?? UNKNOWN ( - ) ========================================================================================== Wife: Jane DAVIDSON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: 15 MAR 1799 Virginia Census: 1850 Audrain County Missouri Census: 1860 Salt River Twp Audrain Co Missouri Death: 15 AUG 1869 Audrain County Missouri Burial: Eubanks Cemetery Audrain County Missouri Father: Mother: ========================================================================================== Children ========================================================================================== 1 M B Francis (Frank) RUSSELL Birth: 8 OCT 1824 Twelfth Pole County West Virginia migrated: 1835 Audrain County Missouri Misc: 1848 Gold Rush of California; California Census: 1850 Audrain County Missouri Census: 1870 Salt River Twp Audrain Co Missouri Census: 1880 Salt River Twp Audrain Co Missouri migrated: 1882 Texas Death: 4 FEB 1898 Temple, Bell County Texas Illness: Pneumonia Spouse: Anna STRAHAN (1850- ) Marriage: 15 DEC 1870 Audrain County Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 F Sarah RUSSELL Spouse: William STEWART ( - ) Marriage: Paris Lafayette County Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 M Henry RUSSELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 F Elizabeth Ann RUSSELL Birth: 18 AUG 1832 Wheeling Ohio County West Virginia Census: 1850 Audrain County Missouri Death: 26 JAN 1907 Green City Sullivan County Missouri Burial: 28 JAN 1907 Green City Cemetery Religion: Methodisst Obituary: AT THE TOMB Spouse: David B. EUBANKS (1827-1892) Marriage: 6 DEC 1849 Mexico Audrain County Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 M David Lewis RUSSELL Birth: 20 JUN 1835 West Virginia Misc: 1848 Gold Rush of California; California Census: 1850 Audrain County Missouri Census: 1860 Salt River Twp Audrain Co Missouri Misc: 1864 migrated to; Washington Territory Living: 1871 Washougal Clark County Washington Census: 1880 District 23 Clark County Washington Census: 1883 Clark County Washington Territory Misc: 1883 Organized & 1st Master-Washougal Grange; Washougal Clar Census: 1910 Clark County Washington Territory Death: 22 AUG 1913 Vancouver Clark County Washington Burial: Washougal Memorial Cemetery Clark Co Wa Occupation: Farmer Religion: Established-Congregational Church; Washougal Clark Coun Misc: Democrat Misc: Russell Landing Spouse: Nancy Ann BYBEE (1838-1873) Marriage: 9 NOV 1860 Sante Fe Monroe County Missouri Spouse: Elizabeth GINDER DURGAN (1842-1923) Marriage: 20 SEP 1879 Clark County Washington Territory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 M William H RUSSELL Birth: 1836 Virginia Census: 1850 Audrain County Missouri Census: 1860 Salt River Twp Audrain Co Missouri Census: 1870 Salt River Twp Audrain Co Missouri Spouse: Lena (1840- ) Marriage: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 M T.J. RUSSELL Birth: 10 MAR 1839 Death: 20 MAR 1849 Missouri Burial: Eubanks Cemetery Audrain County Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 M John P RUSSELL Birth: 27 NOV 1842 Missouri Census: 1850 Audrain County Missouri Census: 1860 Audrain County Missouri Death: 17 OCT 1862 Missouri Burial: Eubanks Cemetery Audrain County Missouri ========================================================================================== Prepared 27 MAY 2004 by: Barbara McClenny 870 SW Oriole St McMinnville Oregon 97128 503-435-1856 bobbie661@comcast.net ========================================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FAMILY NOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marriage (11 APR 1822):(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HUSBAND NOTES: Lewis RUSSELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tax list (1812 thru 1818):(2) Tax list (1825 thru 1835):(2) Birth (20 JAN 1788):(3,4) Census (1830): (Have not proven this is my Lewis.)(5) Property (1 APR 1839): The North West quarter of the South West quarter of Section twenty four, in Township fifty two, of Range nine West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Palmyra Missouri, containing forty acres.(6) Census (1840): Males under 5, 2; 5-10, 1; 15-20, 1; 50-60-1 Females under 5, 1; 40-50, 1(7) Misc (1848): David L. Russell--was born in Western Virginia, June 20, 1835, but when he was six years of age he accompanied his father on his emigrating to the northeastern portion of Missouri and there he received his education and grew to manhood. In 1850 Mr. Russell, Senior, and our subject, crossed the plains to California, where he was joined by a brother who had preceded him in 1849. The winter of 1850 to 51 was passed in Hangtown, (now Placerville), the following spring finding him on the North Fork of the American river, deep in the hunt for gold. In the fall of that year our subject and his father returned to Missouri, where the former engaged in farming until 1859 and then removed to Pikes Peak, Colorado but the place he abandoned at the end of 6 months, returned to Missouri and was then joined in matrimony to Miss Nancy Bybee. In 1862 he enlisted in the State Militia and was in active service for 2 years in Missouri. In the fall of 1864 with his family, he made the journey to San Francisco via New York and the Isthmus of Panama arriving Oct. 1, 1864 but wihout loss of time the voyage was continued to Oregon and his home for the time made in Multnomah county. In less than 2 years however he transferred his location to Wash. Territory, took up a homestead at Battle Ground in the spring of 1866, cleared a farm for himself and there lived until March 187? when he settled on the property he now occupies situated about 1 mile above Washougal. He is here chiefly engaged in dairying, owns about 30 milk cows, manufactures butter for market and finds ready purchasers for his products. Mr. Russell was the Rep. from Clark county to the Territorial Legislature during the years 1873 to 75. He is at present married to Mrs. Elizabeth Durgan, who has four children by her fomer husband.(8) Census (1850): age 60, b N.C.(9) Property (1 SEP 1853): The North East quarter of the North East quarter of Section Twenty-four, in Township Fifty-two of Range nine West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Palmyra Missouri containing Forty Acres.(10) Census (1860): age 72, b N.C.(11) Census (11 JUL 1870): age 82, b N.C.(12) Death (28 APR 1873): 85 yrs 3 mo 8 days(13) Burial:(14) General: Mr. Jeffrey Russell, of North Carolina, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. He married in North Carolina, and settled in Cabell County Va. His children were Mark, Henry, Daniel and Louis. Daniel married Lucy Lane, and settled in Carroll County, Mo., in 1836. Louis married Jane Davidson, and they had Frank, David, William, Eliza, Henry, John and three others. Mr. Louis Russell lived for many years on the Ohio river in West Virginia and made regular trips to New Orleans with flat boats. He settled in Audrain county in 1835, and died in 1872, in the 84th year of his age. (15) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WIFE NOTES: Jane DAVIDSON ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Census (1850): age 50, b Va.(16) Census (1860): age 62, b Va.(11) Death (15 AUG 1869): 70 yr 5 mos(13) Burial:(14) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHILD NOTES: B Francis (Frank) RUSSELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Census (1850): age 25, b Va.(16) Census (1870): age 45, b Va.(12) Census (1880): Census states age 55, b Va, farmer, father b NC, mother b Va. Hattie Jones enumerated as a niece, age 8, b Mo, father b Oh, mother b Mo.(17) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHILD NOTES: Elizabeth Ann RUSSELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth (18 AUG 1832):(3,18) Census (1850): Census states age 17, b Va.(16) Death (26 JAN 1907):(18) Burial (28 JAN 1907):(18) Obituary:(18) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHILD NOTES: David Lewis RUSSELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Census (1850): Census states age 16, b Va.(16) Census (1860): age 23, b Va.(11) Misc (1864): David, wife and two children embarked from New York to San Francisco to Portland, then later to Washington Territory. Census (1880): Census states age 45, Farmer, b Va, parents b Va.(19) Census (1883): Census states age 47, b Virginia(20) Misc (1883): David L. Russell (1835-1913), the first master of the Washington State Grange, served six years from September 10, 1889, to June 6, 1895. He was born in West Virginia June 20, 1835, moved to Missouri at six, then by ox team to the gold rush at Placerville, California, in 1849. He returned to Missouri 1852, married Nancy B. Bybee, was captain of a Missouri militia company two years during the Civil War, moved to San Francisco, via New York and Panama, with a wife and two children in 1864. He took a homestead near Battle Ground in Clark County Washington Territory, in 1866. Nancy died at 35 of appendicitis in 1873 leaving him with the three daughters and a son, all of whom survived him. In 1875, he married Elizabeth Durgan, who had three children previously. In 1882, he bought a dairy farm on the Columbia River near Washougal. He lived in Vancouver for several years and served on the city council. Russell served in the Territorial Legislature 1873-75 and for many years as justice of the peace at Washougal. He was a Methodist, Democrat and member of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) He died August 22, 1913, at 78. The 1924 State Grange session memorailized the passing of Elizabeth Russell.(21) Census (1910): Census states age 74, married 2 times, number of years present marriage 41, b Virginia, parents b wsa, profession is agent of fire insurance.(22) Misc: Stories behind names a log of Clark County history Sunday, February 29, 2004 compiled by Diane Gibson , Columbian staff Russell: In this community about five miles east of Vancouver, there was a Russell School for many years. David Russell came to the West Coast via the Isthmus of Panama. He took up a homestead in Battle Ground and lived there until 1882, when he moved to a dairy farm above Washougal. Russell was the Clark County territorial representative from 1873 to 1875. Russell's Landing was at the end of Image Road.(23) General: D.L. Russell--Was born in Western Virginia, June 20, 1835, but when he was six years of age he accompanied his father on his emigrating to the northeastern portion of Missouri and there he received his education and grew to manhood. In 1850 Mr. Russell, Senior, and our subject, crossed the plains to California, where he was joined by a brother who had preceded him in 1849. The winter of 1850 and 51 was passed in Hangtown, (now Placerville) the following spring finding him on the North Fork of the American river, deep in the hunt for gold. In the fall of that year our subject and his father returned to Missouri, where the former engaged in farming until 1859 and then removed to Pikes Peak, Co. but the place he abandoned at the end of 6 months, returned to Missouri and was then joined in matrimony to Miss Nancy Bybee. In 1862 he enlisted in the State Militia and was in active service for 2 years in Missouri. In the fall of 1864 with his family, he made the journey to San Francisco via New York and the Isthmus of Panama arriving Oct. 1, 1864 but without loss of time the voyage was continued to Oregon, and his home for the time made in Multnomah county. In less than 2 years however he transferred his location to Wash. Territory, took up a homestead at Battle Ground in the spring of 1866, cleared a farm for himself and there lived until March 1882 when he settled on the property he now occupies situated about 1 mile above Washougal He is here chiefly engaged in dairying, owns about 30 milch cows, manufactures butter for market and finds ready purchasers for his products. Mr. Russell was the Rep. from Clark county to the Territorial Legislature during the years 1873 to 75. He is at present married to Mrs. Elizabeth Durgan, who has four children by her former husband. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHILD NOTES: William H RUSSELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth (1836):(16) Census (1850): Census states age 14, b Va.(16) Census (1860): age 22, b Va.(11) Census (1870): age 35, b Mo.(4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHILD NOTES: T.J. RUSSELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Death (20 MAR 1849): 10 yrs 10 mos(13) Burial:(14) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHILD NOTES: John P RUSSELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Census (1850): Census states age 7, b Mo(16) Census (1860): age 17, farmhand.(11) Death (17 OCT 1862): 19 yr 10 mos 20 days(13) Burial:(14) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Marriage Record Book of Kentucky, Book 1. 2. Cabell County West Va Records, Property Tax. 3. 1860 Missouri Census. 4. 1870 Missouri Census. 5. Census Index, page 6. 6. Land Records, 18780 Dept of Interior-BLM. 7. Census Index, Missouri-page 11. 8. Washington Territory 1885 (Washington Publishing Co. Portland, Oregon). 9. 1850 Missouri Census, 20 Aug 1850. 10. Land Records, 27.715 Dept of Interior-BLM. 11. 1860 Missouri Census, page 699. 12. 1870 Missouri Census, page 606. 13. Missouri Cemetery Records Vol 1, Audrain County. 14. Audrain County Missouri. 15. Chapter X Salt River Township, pages 163/4. 16. 1850 Missouri Census. 17. 1880 Missouri Census, T9-0672/100B. 18. wilsons@blitz-it.net 1511 Sunvale Terrace Olathe, Kansas 66062. 19. 1880 Washington Census, T9-1396/50B. 20. 1883 Washington Territory Census, page 99, line 763. 21. Gus Norwood, Washington Grangers Celebrate a Centruy copyright 1988 (Washington State Grange 3104 Western Ave Seattle Wa 98121-1073). 22. 1910 Washington Census. 23. Newspaper, The Columbian.