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 3
Notes
Wife: Catharine Mathew 6 Census name: Catherine Married: Mar-28-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
Born: ca 1832 in Marion Co, (W)VA 1,3 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Humphrey Mathew Mother: Sarah Ann ___
M Child 1: James M. Russell Born: Dec-18-1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 3 (see note 1) Census: 1900, 1910 in Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 2 Wife: Rebecca A. Smith b. Feb- -1855 Married: May- 8-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
M Child 2: Joshua R. Russell Born: 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 8,4,9 Died: 1945 8 Buried: in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 10 Resided: 1882 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Mary Etta Riddle b. 1860 d. Feb- -1925 Married: Sep-20-1882 in Gilmer Co, WV 9
M Child 3: William Sheridan Russell Census name: William F. Russell Born: Jan-12-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,4,3 (see note 2) Died: Jun- 5-1934 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 11 (see note 3) Cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis 11 Resided: in Rowlesburg, Preston Co, WV 11 Census: 1910, 1920 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer 12,11 Wife: Nancy Ellen Shuman b. Feb- 7-1867 Married: Jun-11-1889 at Rock Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 3
F Child 4: Nancy Jane Russell Born: Jul- -1868 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,8,4,14 Died: Jun-16-1939 in Darke Co, OH 15,14 Buried: in Greenlawn Cemetery, Versailles, Darke Co, OH Census: 1900 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1870 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Peter J. Heckert b. Oct- -1860 d. 1943 Married: Nov-10-1887 in Gilmer Co, WV 14
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) Marriage record of daughter. (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Jas. H. Russell, widowed, 36, b. Augusta Co Va, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joshua & Jane, occupation farmer; and Catharaine Matthews, single, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of (blank). Married Mar 28 1860 in Doddridge County, officiated by A. Barnett. NOTE: The license for this marriage was issued on Mar 27 1860 http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789688&Type=Marriage There was an earlier marriage license issued for this couple in Doddridge County, on Dec 8 1858, which was apparently never used. In it, the wife was identified as Catharine Mathew, 27, dau of Nimphra S. J. Mathew. The handwritten entry is not clear and was presumably intended to be Humphrey Mathew. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11789636&Type=Marriage, MR p. 130, Line 10 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790853&Type=Marriage. (8) Headstone (year only) (9) Gilmer County Marriage Records, Glenville, WV. (10) Findagrave.com. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (13) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (DeKalb District) (14) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) (15) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Dec 1861. Note (2) Age 55 in 1910 Census would put birth in about 1855. But age 22 in 1889 marriage record puts it in about 1867. Note (3) Burial location indicated in death record as being in Smithburg. The only cemetery known to be located in Smithburg is Archbold Cemetery. Readings of that cemetery have not located a grave marker for him. There are, however, markers there for his daughters Mina and Delpha.