Husband: James Oscar Russell
Census name: J. Oscar Russel 1
Born: 1849 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2
Died: Nov- 9-1892
Buried: (no dates) in Ayers (aka Smithville) Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Military: Pvt, Co B, 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War 3
Father: John Lynn Russell (1827 - 1894)
Mother: Adelia Elizabeth Davisson (1826 - )
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Mary I. Russell Married: Jul-12-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Born: ca 1850 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 2 (see note 1) Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: William Russell (1810 - 1886) Mother: Synthany ___ (1815 - 1896)
M Child 1: Jasper Russell Born: Apr-25-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
F Child 2: Louisa J. Russell Born: ca Feb 1870 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,6 (see note 2) Died: Oct- 3-1902 in North Fork Hughes River, Ritchie Co, WV 7,8 Buried: in Layfield (Mt Moriah) Cemetery, Co Rd 31/8, near Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Cause of death: consumption 10 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: James Sanford McNemar b. Aug-17-1859 d. May-16-1934 Census name: James Samson McNemar 11 Married: Dec-25-1885 in Ritchie Co, WV 12
Sources: (1) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (2) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (4) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV. (5) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (7) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, Cause of death: consumption. DR p. 13. (8) Headstone (year only) (9) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, p. 266. (10) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, DR p. 13. (11) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Grant District) (12) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Participants identified as James S. McNemar, age 26, b. Harrison Co; and Louisa J. Russell, age 16, b. Doddridge Co. Married Dec 25 1885. MR p. 58. Event Notes Note (1) Age 12 in the 1860 Census would put birth in about 1848. But age in marriage record puts it in about 1850. She was not with her family in the 1850 Census. Note (2) Age given in death record calculates to a birth date of Nov 1 1870. But age 16 at the time of her Dec 1885 marriage would put it in about 1869, and age 6 months in the 1870 Census, enumerated on Aug 6 1870, would put her birth in about February 1870.