Joseph W. Russell 1839-1898 Civil War Veteran

RUSSELL, DUNN, HAMMOND, FIELDS, STEVENSON, HAYWARD, CROFOOT

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 4/1/2011 at 12:25:01

Died, at his home in Oelwein, of
Bright's disease, on Saturday, February
19, 1898 Mr. Joseph W. Russell,
aged 58 years, 5 months, 13 days. Mr.
Russell was born in New Haven, Huron
Co., Ohio, in the year of 1839. In 1862
he enlisted in Co. C. Twenty-seventh
Iowa Infantry, in which regiment he
served until April, 1864, when he was
transferred to the veteran corps serving
on the staff of Col. E. B.Alexander.
Mr. Russell participated in different
engagements in which his regiment
was conspicuous—never was wounded
or taken prisoner, but suffered from
the results of severe marching. In the
year of 1866 Mr. Russell was married
to Miss Anna Dunn, of St. Louis, Mo.
After a little more than five years of
happy life together, and the birth of
two children, Mrs. Russell was removed
by death, at the age of twenty-five
years. The children are Mrs. Mary
Hammond, who lives in the western
part of the state, and Geo. W. Russell,
of South Dakota. After a number of
years Mr. Russell was married to Miss
Martha Fields. But she too was taken
from him in a few years. About the
year of 1885 he married Mrs. Adeline
Stevenson, who survives him together
with two sisters: Mrs. H. H. Hayward,
of Oregon, and Mrs. Wm. Crofoot, of
Aurora, Iowa. He died a happy death
with full faith and trust in his Redeemer.
Funeral services were held in the
M. E. church in Oelwein. Rev. A. C.
Zabriskie officiating. Interment at
the West Buffalo Cemetery.

Oelwein Register - 2 Mar 1898