JOHN W. RUSSELL
John W. Russell came in August, 1857, and entered the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 33; in the year following he entered the remaining one hundred and twenty acres of the quarter section. He came here from Ohio more for the purpose of investing in land than taking up a permanent home, and could not be called a permanent settler, though he built a house in which to reside while here. At one time he owned four quarter sections, and still has large landed interests here. He is now residing in the State of Ohio.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 589.
