Husband: James H. Russell
Born: ca 1822 in Augusta Co, VA 1
Died: bef Jun 1880 2
Resided: 1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1850, 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 1,4
Military: Co A, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 5
Father: Joshua Russell
Mother: Jane ___ (1787 - )
Other spouse 1
Other spouse 2
Notes
Wife: Sarah J. Matthews Married: Sep- 4-1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
Born: Apr- -1838 in Marion Co, (W)VA 7,3 Census: 1910 in Fork Lick District, Webster Co, WV Census: 1900 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in DeKalb, Gilmer Co, WV (see note 1) Resided: 1874 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Father: Mother: Notes
M Child 1: Silas Hamilton Russell Census name: Hamilton Russel Born: Jul-26-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,3 (see note 2) Died: Jan- 6-1927 in Camden on Gauley, Webster Co, WV 8 Buried: in Camden on Gauley, Webster Co, WV 8 Census: 1920 near Camden on Gauley, Webster Co, WV Census: 1910 in Fork Lick District, Webster Co, WV Resided: 1903 in Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1880 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: farmer 8,7 Wife: Myrtle Lipscomb b. Dec-24-1878 d. Apr-10-1922 Married: Oct-11-1903 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
Sources: (1) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. (2) 1880 Census, Gilmer County, WV. (3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (4) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp). (5) H. H. Hardesty, History of Doddridge County (1883), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvpioneers /doddridgecountyhistory.html. (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James H. Russell, 50, b. Augusta Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Sarah J. Matthews, 37, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Sep 4 1874 in Doddridge County, officiated by Eli M. Gaston. MR p. 200, Line 44 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791357&Type=Marriage. (7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Cove District) (8) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Hamilton Russell, 28, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Myrtle Lipscomb, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Oct 11 1903 "at the residence of Milton Hickman in Doddrige Co," officiated by J. T. Folger, a licensed Minister of the M.P. Church. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11793844&Type=Marriage. Event Notes Note (1) Listed as Sarah J. Russel, 44, widowed, a servant/housekeeper in the household of John & Virginia Goff. With her was Silas H. Goff, 5, a "son of the family." Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Jul 1876.