William H. Russell

RUSSELL

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 12/2/2004 at 21:57:50

William H. Russell was born Jan. 7, 1831, in New York State. He is a farmer by occupation, and is now dealing largely in evergreens. When four year of age he moved, with his father, to Crawford Co., Penn., living in Lyona six years, then went to McHenry Co., Ill., living there twelve years. Form there he went to Allamakee Co., Iowa, living there four years. He was married in 1858, to Margaret J. Overholt, born in Canada, Aug. 4, 1840. They have had three children – Mary A., born Feb. 10, 1868; Ernest, born April 4, 1875; Ralph L., born Oct 16, 1877. Mr. Russell and wife are members of the M. E. Church. He has held the offices of county superintendent, township clerk of Hartland township for ten years and postmaster eleven years in Hutten, and was assessor in Lincoln township for two years. He was elected justice of the peace in the fall of 1882. He owns 240 acres of land in Lincoln township.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, page 791.