RUSSELL, Clifford Earl 1885-1948

RUSSELL, ROSS, MCCOLLUM, MCCULLA, SEATON, FOLKESTAD

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 3/4/2011 at 10:31:52

Clifford Earl Russell 1885-1948

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Osage – Funeral rites were Monday for Earl C. Russell, 62, who died late Saturday afternoon of heart trouble and complications. He had not been well for several years and was bedridden the last three months.

He was born October 3, 1885, to Elden and Nettie (Ross) Russell, at Mitchell. As a child he moved with his parents to Burr Oak township, northeast of Osage. He lived in Chicago for a number of years, returning to Osage in 1928 where he has since resided.

While in Chicago he married Marie McCollum.

He leaves five sisters, Mrs. L. W. McCulla, Coldwater, Kansas; Mrs. Walter Seaton; Mrs. Roy Seaton; Mrs. Harry Naze; and Mrs. Edward Folkestad, Osage; and one brother, Ross. Preceding him in death was a brother Dorce in 1942.

Waterloo Daily Courier, Tuesday January 27, 1948

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WWI Draft Registration: September 12, 1918
Clifford Earl Russell 33 living in Chicago, Illinois; born October 3, 1885; machinist; married; nearest relative wife Marie Russell.

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Clifford was the son of Elden Russell and Annette "Nettie" Francis Ross.

After his father died in 1904, his mother married Morgan Titus.
1920 US Census: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
Morgan Titus 77
Nettie 57

1925 Iowa Census: Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
Bud M Titus 82 born Pennylvania
Annette Titus, wife 61 born Wisconsin; parents John Ross and Emma Stokes
Ross Russell 27 step-son