Alexander Russell1

b. 1780
Family
Birth*1780Alexander Russell was born about 1780 in North Carolina.2 
Marriage*He married Catherine Stewart.1 
Census US 1860*3 August 1860Catherine and Alexander Russell were enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 3 August 1860 in Wayne, Monroe County, Iowa. Alexander was 80 years of age and had real estate valued at $280 and a personal estate valued at $50. Catherine was 73 years of age. Their daughter, Lucinda, who was 40 years of age, resided with them in 1860. No one in the Russell household was able to read or write. Their son, Samuel, was enumerated with his wife and children in the next household on the same census page.2 

Family

 Catherine Stewart b. 1787
Children 1.Lucinda Russell2 b. 1820
 2.Samuel Stewart Russell+1 b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Margaret Francis (McDaniel) Russell, Memorial# 134967136. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Alexander and Catherine Russell, Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.

Alfred M. Russell1

b. September 1888
Family
Father*Samuel Stewart Russell1 b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911
Mother*Margaret Francis McDaniel1 b. Sep 1846, d. 2 Sep 1902
Birth*September 1888Alfred M. Russell was born in September 1888 in Iowa.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel S. and Frances Russell, Year: 1900; Census Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: 448; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1240448. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Amanda Russell1

b. 1859
Family
Father*Samuel Stewart Russell1 b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911
Mother*Mary Ann Little1 b. 1833
Birth*1859Amanda Russell was born about 1859 in Iowa.1 
(Daughter) Census US 18603 August 1860Amanda was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 3 August 1860 in the household of her parents in Wayne, Monroe County, Iowa. She was one year old.1 
(Daughter) Census US 187021 July 1870Amanda was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 21 July 1870 in the household of her widowed father in Plattville, Mills County, Iowa. She was 11 years old, at home, and had attended school within the census year.2 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel S. and Mary A. Russell, Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Russell, Year: 1870; Census Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: M593_411; Page: 72B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Andrew J. Russell1

b. 1874
Family
Father*Samuel Stewart Russell1 b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911
Mother*Margaret Francis McDaniel1 b. Sep 1846, d. 2 Sep 1902
Birth*1874Andrew J. Russell was born about 1874 in Iowa.1 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel S. and Francis Russell, Year: 1880; Census Place: East Plattsmouth, Mills, Iowa; Roll: 356; Page: 280A; Enumeration District: 128. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Bertha Russell1

b. March 1884
Family
Father*Alexander Russell1 b. 15 Aug 1857, d. 3 Nov 1927
Mother*Mary Ann Jones1 b. 8 Apr 1861, d. 24 Dec 1929
Birth*March 1884Bertha Russell was born in March 1884 in Iowa.1 
Name VariationHer full name was Bertha Pearl Russell.2 
(Daughter) Census US 190011 June 1900Bertha was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 11 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Bellevue Precinct, Sarpy County, Nebraska. She was 16 years old and able to read and write.1 
Marriage License27 June 1903A marriage license was issued to Bertha Russell and Guy A. Byers in Lincoln County, Nebraska, on 27 June 1903.3 
Marriage*30 June 1903Three days after their license was issued, on 30 June 1903, she married Guy A. Byers, son of Francis A. Byers and Sibyl DeWitt, in Lincoln County, Nebraska. They were married at the home of Bertha's parents, Mary Ann and Alexander Russell, by R. Randolph, Clergyman.4 
Census US 1910*20 April 1910Bertha and Guy Byers were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 20 April 1910 at 3802 North 38th Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. Guy was 28 years of age and worked for wages as a journeyman carpenter, and Bertha was 25 years of age and did not work outside the home. They owned their house with a mortgage, had been married for six years, the first marriage for each, and Bertha had given birth to two children, both of whom were living and enumerated with their parents in 1910. Iva and Thomas were ages 5 and 4 years, respectively.5 
Residence*between 1911 and 1940Her husband was listed as Guy A. Byers, carpenter, residing at 3802 North 38th Street, Omaha, in the Omaha, Nebraska City Directory, between 1911 and 1940. In the earlier years of the City Directory, while the names of widows and single women were listed, wives' names were not. Beginning about 1930, both the name of the husband and his wife were included in most listings.6,7,8 
(Wife) Draft Registration10 September 1918Her husband, Guy Alvin Byers, completed his World War I Draft Registration Card on 10 September 1918 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. Their home address was reported as 3802 North 38th, Omaha, and he was a carpenter employed by Home Builder, a company in Omaha. His wife, Bertha Pearl Byers, was reported as his nearest relative. His physical build was described as slender, and he was 5'9" tall, with black hair and brown eyes.2 
Relocation*After the death of her sister Sarah's husband in December 1918, Sarah moved with her two young children, Della and Clarence Emanuel, to Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, to be close to her sister, Bertha, and her family. Arrangements were made with Bertha's brother-in-law, her husband's brother, James O. Byers, who was a widower with a young daughter, Margarite, and lived nearby, for Sarah and her children to live in James's house. Unfortunately, we have not been able to identify James, or any members of his household, on the 1920 census.7,6,9,10 
(Wife) Residence According to today's (2022) map, James O. Byers's house at 3701 Spaulding Street, Omaha and Guy A. Byers's house at 3802 38th Street, Omaha, are one block away from each other, a distance of 407 feet, with an estimated walking time of one minute.10,9,7,6 
(Sister) Marriage1921Her widowed sister, Sarah (Russell) Emanuel, married James O. Byers, the widowed brother of Bertha's husband, Guy A. Byers, in 1921 in Douglas County, Nebraska.11,12,4 

Family

 Guy A. Byers b. 6 May 1881
Children 1.Iva Byers5 b. 1905
 2.Thomas Byers5 b. 1906

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. A. and Mary A. Russell, (transcribed by Ancestry as "J H Ressel"), Year: 1900; Census Place: Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska; Roll: 939; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1240939. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S223] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, online at www.ancestry.com, draft registration card for Guy Alvin Byers, born on 6 May 1881, residence in 1917-1918 at 3802 No. 38, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA, occupation carpenter, employer, Home Builder, at 1800 Dodge in Omaha, nearest relative his wife Bertha Pearl Byers; his physical build was Slender, height was 5'9", hair was Black, eyes were Brown, referencing U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Douglas, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  3. [S1824] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage license issued on 27 June 1903 in County Court, Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA, to Guy Byers of North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, age 22, born in Iowa, son of Frank A. Byers and "Sybel" DeWitt, and Bertha Russell of North Platte, age 19, born in Iowa, daughter of Alex Russell and Mary Jones, recorded in Lincoln County, referencing State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908.
  4. [S1824] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 30 June 1903 in Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA, of Guy Byers of North Platte, Lincoln County, age 22, born in Iowa, son of Frank Byers and "Sybel" DeWitt, and Bertha Russell of North Platte, age 19, born in Iowa, daughter of Alex Russell and Mary Jones, married at the home of Alex Russell in Lincoln County, recorded in Lincoln County, referencing State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska.
  5. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Guy and Bertha Byers, Year: 1910; Census Place: Omaha Ward 12, Douglas, Nebraska; Roll: T624_844; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0089; FHL microfilm: 1374857. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Guy A Byers, carpenter, residing at 3802 North 38th, Omaha, Nebraska, USA in the Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory, 1921. Hereinafter cited as U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.
  7. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Guy A Byers, carpenter, residing at 3802 North 38th, Omaha, Nebraska, USA in the Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory, 1911.
  8. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Guy A Byers, carpenter, and Bertha, residing at 3802 North 38th, Omaha, Nebraska, USA in the Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory, 1940.
  9. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for James Byers, his abbreviated given name misspelled as "Jos", carpenter, at 3701 Spaulding, Omaha, Nebraska, USA in the Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory, 1920.
  10. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Sarah Emanuel, widow of Charles Emanuel, residing at 3701 Spaulding, Omaha, Nebraska, USA in the Omaha, Nebraska, City Directory, 1920.
  11. [S2369] Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Sarah Emanuel in 1921 in Douglas, Nebraska, USA, citing Certificate# 5537, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Surname Range: Ahle-Eyno. Hereinafter cited as Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955.
  12. [S2369] Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of James O Byers in 1921 in Douglas, Nebraska, USA, citing Certificate# 5537, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services; Lincoln, Nebraska; Surname Range: Abro-Hurr.

Beulah Russell1

b. 1913
Family
Father*Curtis Russell1 b. Aug 1882, d. 1 Mar 1928
Mother*Ella May Dockstader1 b. 18 May 1894, d. 26 Aug 1976
Birth*1913Beulah Russell was born about 1913 in Utah.1 
(Daughter) Census US 192014 January 1920Beulah was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 14 January 1920 in the household of her parents at 5832 South 20th Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. She was 7 years old, able to read and write, and had attended school within the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Curtis and Ella Russel, Year: 1920; Census Place: Omaha Ward 6, Douglas, Nebraska; Roll: T625_989; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 68. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.

Cora Russell1

b. November 1888
Family
Father*Alexander Russell1 b. 15 Aug 1857, d. 3 Nov 1927
Mother*Mary Ann Jones1 b. 8 Apr 1861, d. 24 Dec 1929
Birth*November 1888Cora Russell was born in November 1888 in Iowa.1 
(Daughter) Census US 190011 June 1900Cora was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 11 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Bellevue Precinct, Sarpy County, Nebraska. She was 11 years old, able to read and write, and had attended school for 9 months of the census year.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. A. and Mary A. Russell, (transcribed by Ancestry as "J H Ressel"), Year: 1900; Census Place: Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska; Roll: 939; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1240939. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Curtis Russell1

b. August 1882, d. 1 March 1928
Family
Father*Alexander Russell1 b. 15 Aug 1857, d. 3 Nov 1927
Mother*Mary Ann Jones1 b. 8 Apr 1861, d. 24 Dec 1929
Birth*August 1882Curtis Russell was born in August 1882 in Iowa.2,3,4 
Name VariationHis full name was Curtis Sheldon Russell.5 
(Son) Census US 190011 June 1900Curtis was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 11 June 1900 in the household of his parents in Bellevue Precinct, Sarpy County, Nebraska. He was 17 years old, able to read and write, and worked as a day laborer.1 
Marriage*11 December 1912He married, as her first husband, Ella May Dockstader on 11 December 1912 in Box Elder County, Utah.6,7 
Census US 1920*14 January 1920Ella and Curtis Russell were enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 14 January 1920 at 5832 South 20th Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. Curtis was 36 years of age, able to read and write, and his occupation was recorded as "none"; Ella was 28 years of age and able to read and write. They rented their house, and their three children were enumerated with them. Beulah was 7 years old, able to read and write, and had attended school within the census year; Mary was age 5; and baby Curtis was eighteen months old. Curtis's parents, Mary and Alex Russell, were also enumerated in their son's household in 1920. Alex was 63 years of age, unable to read or write, and his occupation was recorded as "none", and Mary was 61 years of age and able to both read and write. Everyone in the Russell household spoke English.8 
Death*1 March 1928He died on 1 March 1928 in Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho, at age 459 
Burial* and was buried in Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho.9 

Family

 Ella May Dockstader b. 18 May 1894, d. 26 Aug 1976
Children 1.Beulah Russell8 b. 1913
 2.Mary Romanda Russell5 b. 5 Oct 1915
 3.Curtis G. Russell10 b. 20 Mar 1918

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. A. and Mary A. Russell, (transcribed by Ancestry as "J H Ressel"), Year: 1900; Census Place: Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska; Roll: 939; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1240939. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. A. and Mary A. Russell, (transcribed by Ancestry as "J H Ressel"), Year: 1900; Census Place: Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska; Roll: 939; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1240939, reporting Curtis's date of birth as August 1882.
  3. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Curtis and Ella Russel, Year: 1920; Census Place: Omaha Ward 6, Douglas, Nebraska; Roll: T625_989; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 68, estimating Curtis's year of birth as 1884. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Curtis Russell, Memorial# 165338484, recording his year of birth as 1888. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S2171] Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1924, Stillbirth Index, 1872-1974, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Mary Romanda Russell on 5 October 1915 in Malad City, Oneida County, Idaho, USA, at 1155, daughter of Curtis Sheldon Russell and Ella Dockstader, recorded in 1915, Birth Certificate# 00035076, referencing Idaho State Department of Health, Boise, Idaho, Idaho Birth Index, 1861-1919. Hereinafter cited as Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1924, Stillbirth Index, 1872-1974.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ella May (Dockstader) Winks, Memorial# 35682999.
  7. [S1703] Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 11 December 1912 in Box Elder County, Utah, United States, of Curtis Russell and Ella May Dockstader, referencing FHL Film# 480310. Hereinafter cited as Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937.
  8. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Curtis and Ella Russel, Year: 1920; Census Place: Omaha Ward 6, Douglas, Nebraska; Roll: T625_989; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 68.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Curtis Russell, Memorial# 165338484.
  10. [S2171] Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1924, Stillbirth Index, 1872-1974, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Curtis G Russell on 20 March 1918 in Mackay, Custer County, Idaho, USA, son of Curtis Russell and Ella Dockstader, citing Birth Certificate# 00057821, referencing Idaho State Department of Health, Boise, Idaho, Idaho Birth Index, 1861-1919.

Curtis G. Russell1

b. 20 March 1918
Family
Father*Curtis Russell1 b. Aug 1882, d. 1 Mar 1928
Mother*Ella May Dockstader1 b. 18 May 1894, d. 26 Aug 1976
Birth*20 March 1918Curtis G. Russell was born on 20 March 1918 in Mackay, Custer County, Idaho.1 
(Son) Census US 192014 January 1920Curtis was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 14 January 1920 in the household of his parents at 5832 South 20th Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. He was eighteen months old.2 

Citations

  1. [S2171] Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1924, Stillbirth Index, 1872-1974, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Curtis G Russell on 20 March 1918 in Mackay, Custer County, Idaho, USA, son of Curtis Russell and Ella Dockstader, citing Birth Certificate# 00057821, referencing Idaho State Department of Health, Boise, Idaho, Idaho Birth Index, 1861-1919. Hereinafter cited as Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1924, Stillbirth Index, 1872-1974.
  2. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Curtis and Ella Russel, Year: 1920; Census Place: Omaha Ward 6, Douglas, Nebraska; Roll: T625_989; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 68. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.

Cynthia Russell1

b. 11 September 1805, d. 6 May 1883
Family
Father*John Russell Jr.1 b. 11 May 1774, d. 27 Aug 1814
Mother*Lydia Norton1,2 b. 28 Mar 1777, d. 4 Oct 1876
Birth*11 September 1805Cynthia Russell was born on 11 September 1805 in Hopewell Center, Ontario County, New York.1 
(Daughter) Census US 18106 August 1810Her father, John Russell Jr., was enumerated as the head of his household on the 1810 census taken on 6 August 1810 in Gorham, Ontario County, New York. His household consisted of seven individuals: 3 males under the age of 10 years, 1 male between the ages of 26 thru 44 years, 2 females under the age of 10 years, and 1 female between the ages of 26 thru 44 years. We suspect the family included John Russell, his wife Lydia, and their children: Rowena, age 11 and recorded as under 10, Norton, about 9 years, William, age 6, and Cynthia, age 5. Their fifth child, a male under the age of 10 years, would have been James Russell who, as reported in Lydia's 1876 "Memorial", died in the tenth year of his age. John's father, John Russell, was also enumerated in 1810 with John's mother and, probably, a brother, on the same census page.3,4,5 
(Stepdaughter) Census US 18207 August 1820Her stepfather, James Chase, was enumerated as the head of their household on the 1820 census taken on 7 August 1820 in Henrietta, Ontario County, New York. Cynthia was 14 years old. In addition to her mother and stepfather, their household included her new baby half-sister, Lydia Mary Chase, Cynthia and the two other unmarried children from her mother's first marriage to Cynthia's father, John Russell, and her stepsiblings from her stepfather's previous marriage. In total, their household consisted of fifteen people.6,7 
Marriage*4 March 1824She married William Russell McPherson, son of John McPherson and Elizabeth McPherson, on 4 March 1824 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York.8,1 
Occupation*They moved to Sandusky County, Ohio, and William worked as a farmer and blacksmith.9 
(Daughter) Relocation1828She and her husband moved to Ohio after their marriage and in 1828 paid a visit to Cynthia's mother in New York. During their visit, they persuaded Lydia, now twice a widow, to return with them to their Ohio home in Sandusky County, and to make their house her home. In addition to her daughter, Lydia's elder son, Norton Russell, had also married and settled in Sandusky County. Thus encouraged, Lydia and her two unmarried children, William Russell and Lydia Mary Chase, made the move west together, traveling to Ohio with the McPhersons. Her eldest daughter, Rowena (Russell) Swarthout, remained settled in New York with her husband and children.10,11 
Illness*1841He had a history of mental illness and by 1841 had become unable to work.9 
(Mother) OccupationBecause of her husband's illness and inability to work, her eldest son, Jimmy, who was 13 years old, took a job at a store to help support the family.9 
(Wife) Death16 September 1847Cynthia became a widow when William Russell McPherson died on 16 September 1847 at age 51.8 
(Mother) Education1849 In 1849, her son James received an appointment to attend the United States Military Academy at West Point, Orange County, New York.9 
(Mother) Death22 July 1864Her eldest son, General James B. McPherson, was killed in the Battle of Atlanta on 22 July 1864 at age 35.9 
(Mother) Burial29 July 1864 His body was sent by train back to his home in Clyde, Ohio, and he was buried exactly one week later, on 29 July 1864, in Section 1, Lot 161, Space 4, of what is now known as McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio. The cemetery was originally named Evergreen Cemetery, and was renamed McPherson Cemetery on December 15, 1868. A monument in McPherson's honor was erected there on 22 July 1881, and there are other monuments and places in the United States also named in his memory. A bronze and concrete monument was erected in October 1876 at McPherson Square in Washington DC, and both the city and county of McPherson, Kansas were named in his memory.9,12
(Mother) Biographical InfoHer son, General James B. McPherson, had succeeded and excelled throughout his life, and ultimately became famous. Biographical information, written by William Bjornstad, is included on General McPherson's Find a Grave Memorial page, and with help from Wikipedia, some of the things we've learned about his life and death follow:

He was a Major General for the Union during the American Civil War, and served as the commander of the Army of Tennessee from March 1864 until his death in July of that year. He was the second-highest-ranking Union officer killed in action during the war.

He was the son of a farmer and at a young age worked on the family farm and in his father's blacksmith business. When his father, who had a history of mental illness, became unable to work, James, at age 13, took a job at a store to help support the family.

His maternal grandmother, Lydia Slocum, taught school in a little log building and it was in that log house that "little Jimmy", beginning at the age of four years, received his elementary school instruction with his grandma for his teacher. In bad weather, he was carried there on the back of his father. For his secondary, or high school education, Jimmy attended Norwalk Academy in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. In 1849 he received an appointment to attend the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, and graduated at the top of his class in 1853 with a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. He remained at West Point for a year, serving as an Assistant Professor of Practical Engineering, before receiving his first assignment to improve the New York Harbor in New York City, New York. In 1857 he was assigned to San Francisco, California to work on improving fortifications in the area.

After the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, he requested a transfer to the Eastern U.S. and was assigned to Boston, Massachusetts for service in the Corps of Engineers as a captain. The following November he applied for a position on the staff of Major General Henry W. Halleck, the commander of the Department of Missouri, and was sent to St. Louis where he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and assigned as chief engineer on the staff of Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant. In 1862 he saw action at Fort Henry, the Battle of Fort Donelson, and the Battle of Shiloh, and in May of that year was promoted by Grant to the rank of brigadier general. In the fall of 1862, he commanded an infantry brigade during the campaigns around Corinth and Iuka, Mississippi, and his superior performance earned him a promotion to the rank of major general in October. The following December Grant's Army of the Tennessee was reorganized, and he received command of the 17th Corps and played a key part in Grant's Vicksburg, Mississippi campaign in late 1862 and 1863. In the course of the campaign, he actively participated in the Union victories in Mississippi at Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, and the Siege of Vicksburg. After Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, 1863, he remained in Mississippi to conduct minor operations against Confederate forces there.

In March 1864 Grant made him commander of the Army of Tennessee and he moved with General William Tecumseh Sherman in his march through Georgia that began in May of that year. Confronted by Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's strong position at Rocky Face Ridge and Dalton, Georgia, Sherman dispatched him south to Snake Creek Gap and from this undefended gap, he was to strike at Resaca, Georgia, and sever the railroad which was supplying the Confederates to the north. On May 9, 1864, he became concerned that Johnston would move south and cut him off, and as a result withdrew to the gap and failed to take Resaca despite the fact the city was lightly defended. Sherman later blamed his cautiousness on May 9 for preventing a great Union victory at that time. On June 27, 1864, his forces took part in the defeat at Kennesaw Mountain.

On July 17, 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who had become frustrated with General Johnston's strategy of maneuver and retreat, replaced him with Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, a boyhood friend and West Point classmate of McPherson. With the Union armies closing in on Atlanta, on July 20, 1864, Hood first attacked George Henry Thomas's Army of the Cumberland at Peachtree Creek, north of Atlanta, hoping to drive Thomas back before other forces could come to his aid. The attack failed. Then Hood's cavalry reported that the left flank of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee, east of Atlanta, was unprotected. Hood visualized a glorious replay of Jackson's famous flank attack at Chancellorsville and ordered a new attack. McPherson had advanced his troops into Decatur, Georgia, and from there they moved onto high ground on Bald Hill overlooking Atlanta. Sherman believed that the Confederates had been defeated and were evacuating; however, McPherson rightly believed that they were moving to attack the Union from the left and rear. On July 22, 1864, however, while they were discussing this new development, four Confederate divisions under Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee flanked attached Union Maj. Gen. Grenville Dodge's 16th Corps. While McPherson was riding his horse to the sound of guns to warn his old 17th Corps, with only his orderly as an escort, a line of Confederate skirmishers appeared, yelling "Halt!". McPherson raised his hand to his head as if to remove his hat, but suddenly wheeled his horse, attempting to escape. The Confederates opened fire and mortally wounded McPherson in the back. When the Confederate troops approached and asked his orderly who the downed officer was, the aide replied "Sir, it is General McPherson. You have killed the best man in our army."9,13,14
 
Death*6 May 1883Cynthia died on 6 May 1883 in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, at age 771 
Burial* and was buried in Section 1, Lot 160, Space 3, of McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky County.1 

Family

 William Russell McPherson b. 14 Jan 1796, d. 16 Sep 1847
Children 1.James Birdseye McPherson9 b. 14 Nov 1828, d. 22 Jul 1864
 2.Emeline E. McPherson15 b. 6 Jan 1830, d. 17 Apr 1884
 3.Russell Bigelow McPherson16 b. 6 Feb 1832, d. 27 Feb 1877
 4.William H. McPherson+17 b. 5 Aug 1835, d. 23 Mar 1871

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Cynthia (Russell) McPherson, Memorial# 112229397. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lydia (Norton) Slocum, Memorial# 38604410.
  3. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell Jr., Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387. Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), reporting that her husband, John Russell, died in 1813 leaving her a widow with five children, Rowena, Norton, William, Cynthia; and James Russell who died in the tenth year of his age. Hereinafter cited as October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum.
  5. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell, Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387.
  6. [S468] 1820 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of James Chase as the head of his household on the Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Henrietta, Ontario, New York; Page: 170; NARA Roll: M33_62; Image: 96. Hereinafter cited as 1820 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S468] 1820 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of James Chase Junior as the head of his household on the Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Henrietta, Ontario, New York; Page: 170; NARA Roll: M33_62; Image: 96.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, William Russell McPherson, Memorial# 112229454.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, James Birdseye McPherson, Memorial# 4423.
  10. [S2682] Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Enterprise, (Clyde, Ohio), Thursday, March 1, 1883, Page 3, (Downloaded on Sep 13, 2024), reporting within the article that Lydia lived in Steuben and Ontario counties in New York until 1828, when she moved to Ohio, with her daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and William McPherson, who had married in 1828 and lived in Sandusky County, Ohio. Hereinafter cited as Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother.
  11. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), reporting that Lydia, again left a widow, moved to Clyde, Ohio in the fall of 1828 and lived with her children, who had preceded her there, until 1840 when she married Isaac Slocum of Bellevue.
  12. [S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, viewed on 17 September 2024 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McPherson_Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
  13. [S225] Wikipedia Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, viewed on 10 September 2024 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._McPherson
  14. [S2682] Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Enterprise, (Clyde, Ohio), Thursday, March 1, 1883, Page 3, (Downloaded on Sep 13, 2024), reporting within the article that it was in her little log school house that Lydia Slocum's grandson, "Little Jimmy" McPherson, received his first school instruction, with his grandma for teacher; commencing at the age of four years, and being carried there in bad weather on the back of his father.
  15. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Emeline E. (McPherson) VanDerCook, Memorial# 11210594.
  16. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Russell Bigelow McPherson, Memorial# 112229444.
  17. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, William H “Billy” McPherson, Memorial# 112229471.

Elinor Russell1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*James Russell1
Name VariationElinor was called Ellen.2,3 
Marriage*She married John Gerrard, son of John Gerrard and Mary Lyons.1,2,4 
Marriage Settlement*1 March 1808A memorial of an indented deed of marriage settlement dated 1 March 1808 was made between John Gerrard of Chamberstown, County Meath, gentleman, of the one part and James Russell of Cashel, County Meath and James Weldon of the same place, gentlemen, trustees in said settlement. The deed recited the marriage of the said John Gerrard with Elinor Gerrard, otherwise Russell, daughter of the said James Russell, with whom she received a marriage portion of £200.

Said deed witnessed that the said John Gerrard, in consideration of the said marriage and the said marriage portion, had executed his bond in warrant of attorney, for confessing judgment thereon, bearing equal date with said deed, for the penal sum of £1,000 for the payment of £500 to be levied off the goods and chattels of the said John Gerrard and handed to the said Elinor in case she should survive him or, in his life time, he might fail in his circumstances. And if issue of said marriage, then one-third part to go to her, and the other two-thirds to such issue. But if neither of such events should happen, then the said bond and warrant to be null and void. And for further securing said sum of £500 upon the contingencies therein, said John Gerrard did encumber that part of the lands of Chamberstown, in the parish of Rathkenny, barony of Navan and county of Meath, devised unto him by his late father John Gerrard, deceased, with liberty to the said trustees to sell his interest therein upon the contingencies aforesaid, not otherwise.

The deed was witnessed by Laurence Brennan of the town of Drogheda, scrivener, and John Gerrard's brother, Edward Gerrard, and the memorial was witnessed by the said Laurence Brennan and John McCudden of the town of Drogheda, weaver. The deed was duly executed, signed and sealed by the parties, John Gerrard, James Russell and James Weldon, and the memorial was registered on 22 November 1809.1 
Census Ireland 1821*1821Ellen and John Gerrard appeared on the census taken in 1821 at house 15 in Chamberstown, County Meath, Ireland. John was 40 years of age and a farmer with 78 acres, and Ellen's age was not recorded. The couple lived with their children, Mary, age 10, Catherine 7, John 6, Bridget 4, and baby Eliza who was under 1. Living with the family in 1821 was one house servant, Mary McDermot, age 14.2,3 

Family

 John Gerrard b. 1781
Children 1.Mary Gerrard2,4 b. 1811
 2.Catherine Gerrard2,4 b. 1814
 3.John Gerrard2,4 b. 1815
 4.Bridget Gerrard2,4 b. 1817
 5.Eliza Gerrard2,4 b. 1821

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1809; Film# 535464, Volume 609, pages 256-257, deed number 422985, images 283-284. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.
  2. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the 1821 census in Chamberstown, County Meath, Ireland. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  3. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, household of John Gerrard, Chamberstown, County Meath, Ireland. Hereinafter cited as 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set.
  4. [S1552] 1821 - 1851 Ireland Census Record Set, online at www.findmypast.com, 1821; Household of John Gerrard, Chamberstown, County Meath, Ireland.

Emaline Russell1

b. 1856
Family
Father*Samuel Stewart Russell1 b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911
Mother*Mary Ann Little1 b. 1833
Birth*1856Emaline Russell was born about 1856 in Iowa.1 
(Daughter) Census US 18603 August 1860Emaline was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 3 August 1860 in the household of her parents in Wayne, Monroe County, Iowa. She was 4 years old.1 
(Daughter) Census US 187021 July 1870Emaline was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 21 July 1870 in the household of her widowed father in Plattville, Mills County, Iowa. She was 14 years old, at home, and had attended school within the census year.2 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel S. and Mary A. Russell, Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Russell, Year: 1870; Census Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: M593_411; Page: 72B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Frances Russell1

b. October 1898
Family
Father*Alexander Russell1 b. 15 Aug 1857, d. 3 Nov 1927
Mother*Mary Ann Jones1 b. 8 Apr 1861, d. 24 Dec 1929
Birth*October 1898Frances Russell was born in October 1898 in Nebraska.1 
Name VariationHer name was also spelled Francis.1 
(Daughter) Census US 190011 June 1900Francis was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 11 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Bellevue Precinct, Sarpy County, Nebraska. She was one year old.1 

Citations

  1. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. A. and Mary A. Russell, (transcribed by Ancestry as "J H Ressel"), Year: 1900; Census Place: Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska; Roll: 939; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1240939. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

James Russell1

b. 24 April 1798
Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Father*James Russell1
Mother*Rachel Kennedy1
Birth*24 April 1798James Russell was born on 24 April 1798.1 
Marriage*9 February 1826He married Sarah Wathen, daughter of Nicholas Miles Wathen and Sarah Heaton, on 9 February 1826.1 

Family

 Sarah Wathen b. 12 Jul 1806, d. 20 Oct 1875

Citations

  1. [S1272] Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families. A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (with surname index). (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, August 1993), pages 288-289. Hereinafter cited as The Tenmile Country.

James Russell1

Family
Marriage*He married Rachel Kennedy.1 

Family

 Rachel Kennedy
Child 1.James Russell1 b. 24 Apr 1798

Citations

  1. [S1272] Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families. A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (with surname index). (Apollo, Pennsylvania: Closson Press, August 1993), pages 288-289. Hereinafter cited as The Tenmile Country.

James Russell1

Family
Residence*1808James lived in Cashel, County Meath, Ireland, in 1808.1 
(Bride's Father) Marriage Settlement1 March 1808A memorial of an indented deed of marriage settlement dated 1 March 1808 was made between John Gerrard of Chamberstown, County Meath, gentleman, of the one part and James Russell of Cashel, County Meath and James Weldon of the same place, gentlemen, trustees in said settlement. The deed recited the marriage of the said John Gerrard with Elinor Gerrard, otherwise Russell, daughter of the said James Russell, with whom she received a marriage portion of £200.

Said deed witnessed that the said John Gerrard, in consideration of the said marriage and the said marriage portion, had executed his bond in warrant of attorney, for confessing judgment thereon, bearing equal date with said deed, for the penal sum of £1,000 for the payment of £500 to be levied off the goods and chattels of the said John Gerrard and handed to the said Elinor in case she should survive him or, in his life time, he might fail in his circumstances. And if issue of said marriage, then one-third part to go to her, and the other two-thirds to such issue. But if neither of such events should happen, then the said bond and warrant to be null and void. And for further securing said sum of £500 upon the contingencies therein, said John Gerrard did encumber that part of the lands of Chamberstown, in the parish of Rathkenny, barony of Navan and county of Meath, devised unto him by his late father John Gerrard, deceased, with liberty to the said trustees to sell his interest therein upon the contingencies aforesaid, not otherwise.

The deed was witnessed by Laurence Brennan of the town of Drogheda, scrivener, and John Gerrard's brother, Edward Gerrard, and the memorial was witnessed by the said Laurence Brennan and John McCudden of the town of Drogheda, weaver. The deed was duly executed, signed and sealed by the parties, John Gerrard, James Russell and James Weldon, and the memorial was registered on 22 November 1809.1 

Family
Child 1.Elinor Russell+1

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1809; Film# 535464, Volume 609, pages 256-257, deed number 422985, images 283-284. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.

James Russell1

b. before 1810, d. before 1820
Family
Father*John Russell Jr.1 b. 11 May 1774, d. 27 Aug 1814
Mother*Lydia Norton1 b. 28 Mar 1777, d. 4 Oct 1876
Birth*before 1810James Russell was born before 1810 in Ontario County, New York.1,2 
(Son) Census US 18106 August 1810His father, John Russell Jr., was enumerated as the head of his household on the 1810 census taken on 6 August 1810 in Gorham, Ontario County, New York. His household consisted of seven individuals: 3 males under the age of 10 years, 1 male between the ages of 26 thru 44 years, 2 females under the age of 10 years, and 1 female between the ages of 26 thru 44 years. We suspect the family included John Russell, his wife Lydia, and their children: Rowena, age 11 and recorded as under 10, Norton, about 9 years, William, age 6, and Cynthia, age 5. Their fifth child, a male under the age of 10 years, would have been James Russell who, as reported in Lydia's 1876 "Memorial", died in the tenth year of his age. John's father, John Russell, was also enumerated in 1810 with John's mother and, probably, a brother, on the same census page.3,1,2 
Death*before 1820He died in the tenth year of his age, probably before 1820 in Ontario County.1 

Citations

  1. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), reporting that her husband, John Russell, died in 1813 leaving her a widow with five children, Rowena, Norton, William, Cynthia; and James Russell who died in the tenth year of his age. Hereinafter cited as October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum.
  2. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell, Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387. Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell Jr., Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387.

John Russell1

b. 20 April 1747, d. 27 October 1813
Family
Birth*20 April 1747John Russell was born on 20 April 1747 in Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.1 
Marriage*30 March 1772He married Hannah Smith on 30 March 1772 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.1,2,3 
Census US 1810*6 August 1810John Russell was enumerated as the head of his household on the 1810 census taken on 6 August 1810 in Gorham, Ontario County, New York. His household consisted of three individuals: 1 male between the ages of 10 thru 15 years, 1 male age 45 years and over, and 1 female age 45 years and over. On the same census page, John and Hannah's son, John Jr., was enumerated with his family.4,5 
Death*27 October 1813He died on 27 October 1813 in New York at age 661 
Burial* and was buried in Hopewell Burying Ground, Hopewell, Ontario County, New York.1 

Family

 Hannah Smith b. 1750, d. 31 Mar 1837
Child 1.John Russell Jr.+1,6,7,8 b. 11 May 1774, d. 27 Aug 1814

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, John Russell, Memorial# 44564473. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Hannah (Smith) Russell, Memorial# 117903560.
  3. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, Marriage of Hannah Smith and John Russell on 30 March 1772 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA, citing Chesterfield, Births, Marriages and Death, Book 1, page 17. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  4. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell, Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387. Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell Jr., Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387.
  6. [S979] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, Birth of John Russel, (transcribed by Ancestry as "Ressell"), l on 11 May 1774 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA, son of John "Ressell" and Hannah; the handwritten original in Book 1, page 13, from Chesterfield, Births, Marriages and Death.
  7. [S979] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, Birth of John Russell on 11 May 1774 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA, son of John Russell and Hannah, citing Chesterfield Births, Marriages and Death, Book 1, page 13.
  8. [S2682] Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Enterprise, (Clyde, Ohio), Thursday, March 1, 1883, Page 3, (Downloaded on Sep 13, 2024), reporting within the article: her marriage in Massachusetts on 22 February 1794 to John Russell; their move to Steuben County, New York, in the early spring of 1801, making the journey on sleds drawn by oxen; that John Russell died on 27 August 1814; that Lydia lived in Steuben and Ontario counties in New York until 1828, when she moved to Ohio, with her daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and William McPherson, who had married in 1828 and lived in Sandusky County, Ohio; that Lydia taught school in Ohio in a little log building that stood within a very few feet of where the McPherson statue now marks the grave of the slain soldier; that she taught there and in one other district until her marriage to Isaac Slocum on 24 December 1839; Slocum died on 5 August 1858; as a widow, Lydia lived chiefly with her daughter Cynthia, and also with her sons William S. and Norton Russell; that Lydia died at the home of Norton on 4 November 1876 at age 99 years, 6 months and 7 days. Hereinafter cited as Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother.

John Ault Russell1

b. 5 February 1877, d. 30 December 1937
Family
Father*Samuel Stewart Russell1 b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911
Mother*Margaret Francis McDaniel1 b. Sep 1846, d. 2 Sep 1902
Birth*5 February 1877John Ault Russell was born on 5 February 1877 in Pacific Junction, Prattville, Mills County, Iowa.1 
Death*30 December 1937He died unmarried on 30 December 1937 in Pacific Junction, Plattville, Mills County, Iowa, at age 60.1 

Citations

  1. [S2342] Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1904, 1921-1952, online at www.ancestry.com, death of John Ault Russell on 30 December 1937 in Pacific Junction, Mills County, Iowa, USA, age 60, single, born on 5 February 1877 in Pacific Junction, Plattville, Mills County, Iowa, son of Samuel S Russell, born in Monroe County, Virginia, and Margaret McDaniel, born in Missouri, informant Frances Sterr, Nebraska, burial in Martin Chapel, Pacific Junction, referencing State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa Death Records, 1888-1904. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1880-1904, 1921-1952.

John Russell Jr.1,2

b. 11 May 1774, d. 27 August 1814
Family
Father*John Russell6,4,5,1 b. 20 Apr 1747, d. 27 Oct 1813
Mother*Hannah Smith3,4,5,1 b. 1750, d. 31 Mar 1837
Birth*11 May 1774John Russell Jr. was born on 11 May 1774 in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.5,4 
Marriage*22 February 1798He married, as her first husband, Lydia Norton, daughter of Abijah Norton and Lucy Cook, probably on 22 February 1798 in Massachusetts. We suspect their marriage was in 1798, as reported in the newspaper article of 1876, as opposed to in 1794, as reported in the article of 1883, for two reasons: First, as reported in 1876, her age at marriage was stated as 21 years and, their first child was born in 1799; and second, if married in 1794, as reported in the 1883 article, Lydia would have been 16 years old and their first child born five years later.7,8,9,10,11 
Relocation*1801 In the early spring of 1801, John and Lydia moved with their baby daughter and other members of their extended family, which likely included their parents, and settled in Gorham, Ontario County, New York, making the journey on sleds drawn by oxen.8,7,11,6,3 
Probate*14 November 1805 On 14 November 1805, administration of the estate of Abijah Norton, who had died intestate, was granted jointly to his widow, Lucy (Cook) Norton, as Administratrix, and to John Russell Jr., their son-in-law, as Administrator.11 
Census US 1810*6 August 1810John Russell Jr. was enumerated as the head of his household on the 1810 census taken on 6 August 1810 in Gorham, Ontario County, New York. His household consisted of seven individuals: 3 males under the age of 10 years, 1 male between the ages of 26 thru 44 years, 2 females under the age of 10 years, and 1 female between the ages of 26 thru 44 years. We suspect the family included John Russell, his wife Lydia, and their children: Rowena, age 11 and recorded as under 10, Norton, about 9 years, William, age 6, and Cynthia, age 5. Their fifth child, a male under the age of 10 years, would have been James Russell who, as reported in Lydia's 1876 "Memorial", died in the tenth year of his age. John's father, John Russell, was also enumerated in 1810 with John's mother and, probably, a brother, on the same census page.12,13,14 
Death*27 August 1814He died, leaving his widow and five young children, on 27 August 1814 in New York at age 40.15,16,10 
Probate*23 November 1814He had died intestate, and his widow, Lydia (Norton) Russell, was appointed Administratrix of his estate on 23 November 1814 in Steuben County, New York.10 

Family

 Lydia Norton b. 28 Mar 1777, d. 4 Oct 1876
Children 1.Rowena Russell+17 b. 25 May 1799, d. 29 Mar 1876
 2.Norton Russell18 b. 1801, d. 1899
 3.William Russell19 b. 28 Oct 1803, d. 28 Apr 1874
 4.Cynthia Russell+20 b. 11 Sep 1805, d. 6 May 1883
 5.James Russell13 b. b 1810, d. b 1820

Citations

  1. [S2682] Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Enterprise, (Clyde, Ohio), Thursday, March 1, 1883, Page 3, (Downloaded on Sep 13, 2024), reporting within the article: her marriage in Massachusetts on 22 February 1794 to John Russell; their move to Steuben County, New York, in the early spring of 1801, making the journey on sleds drawn by oxen; that John Russell died on 27 August 1814; that Lydia lived in Steuben and Ontario counties in New York until 1828, when she moved to Ohio, with her daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and William McPherson, who had married in 1828 and lived in Sandusky County, Ohio; that Lydia taught school in Ohio in a little log building that stood within a very few feet of where the McPherson statue now marks the grave of the slain soldier; that she taught there and in one other district until her marriage to Isaac Slocum on 24 December 1839; Slocum died on 5 August 1858; as a widow, Lydia lived chiefly with her daughter Cynthia, and also with her sons William S. and Norton Russell; that Lydia died at the home of Norton on 4 November 1876 at age 99 years, 6 months and 7 days. Hereinafter cited as Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother.
  2. [S2605] New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, online at www.ancestry.com, regarding the probate of the estate of Abijah Norton of Easton, Ontario County, New York, who died intestate, his widow, Lucy Norton, appointed Administratrix, and his son-in-law, John Russell, junior, appointed Administer of his estate on 14 November 18of, referencing Ontario County, Record of Wills, Volume 0001-0005, 1795-1814, page 153, image# 192 of 744. Hereinafter cited as New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Hannah (Smith) Russell, Memorial# 117903560. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, Birth of John Russel, (transcribed by Ancestry as "Ressell"), l on 11 May 1774 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA, son of John "Ressell" and Hannah; the handwritten original in Book 1, page 13, from Chesterfield, Births, Marriages and Death. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
  5. [S979] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com, Birth of John Russell on 11 May 1774 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA, son of John Russell and Hannah, citing Chesterfield Births, Marriages and Death, Book 1, page 13.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Russell, Memorial# 44564473.
  7. [S2682] Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Enterprise, (Clyde, Ohio), Thursday, March 1, 1883, Page 3, (Downloaded on Sep 13, 2024), reporting within the article that she married John Russel in Massachusetts on 22 February 1794 and that they moved to Steuben County, New York, in the early spring of 1801, making the journey on sleds drawn by oxen.
  8. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), reporting that at age 21 she married John Russell, and that about two years after, in 1801, moved with her family in a sled drawn by a yoke of oxen to the state of New York, and settled in the town of "Graham", Ontario County. Hereinafter cited as October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lydia (Norton) Slocum, Memorial# 38604410.
  10. [S2605] New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, online at www.ancestry.com, regarding the probate of the estate of John Russell of Wayne, Steuben County, New York, who died intestate, his widow, Lydia Russell, appointed Administratrix of his estate on 23 November 1814, referencing Steuben County, Wills, Vol 0001-0002, 1800-1829, page 219, image# 345 of 493.
  11. [S2605] New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999, online at www.ancestry.com, regarding the probate of the estate of Abijah Norton of Easton, Ontario County, New York, who died intestate, his widow, Lucy Norton, appointed Administratrix, and his son-in-law, John Russell, junior, appointed Administrator of his estate on 14 November 18of, referencing Ontario County, Record of Wills, Volume 0001-0005, 1795-1814, page 153, image# 192 of 744.
  12. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell Jr., Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387. Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  13. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), reporting that her husband, John Russell, died in 1813 leaving her a widow with five children, Rowena, Norton, William, Cynthia; and James Russell who died in the tenth year of his age.
  14. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell, Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387.
  15. [S2682] Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Enterprise, (Clyde, Ohio), Thursday, March 1, 1883, Page 3, (Downloaded on Sep 13, 2024), reporting within the article that John Russell died on 27 August 1814.
  16. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), reporting that John Russell died in 1813, leaving her a widow with five children whose names in 1876 were Mrs, Rowena Swarthout, who died the previous Spring at her home in Penn Yan, New York; Norton Russell of Clyde, Ohio; Judge William S. Russell, also of Clyde, who died two years ago last Spring; and the widow, Cynthia McPherson, mother of General McPherson, also of Clyde, Ohio; and James Russell who died in the tenth year of his age.
  17. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Rowena (Russell) Swarthout, Memorial# 126110431.
  18. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Norton Russell, Memorial# 46168445.
  19. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, William Russell, Memorial# 71140156.
  20. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Cynthia (Russell) McPherson, Memorial# 112229397.

Julia Russell1

b. October 1850, d. 1913
Family
Birth*October 1850Julia Russell was born in October 1850 in Wisconsin.1 
Marriage*6 September 1873She married Charles Mallo on 6 September 1873 in Richland County, Wisconsin.1,2 
Death*1913She died in 1913 at about age 63.1 
Burial*Julia and her husband Charles Mallo were buried together, at different times, in Twin Lakes Cemetery, New Auburn, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.1,2 

Family

 Charles Mallo b. Mar 1847
Child 1.Frank Mallo+1,3 b. 23 Oct 1879, d. 4 Apr 1923

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Julia (Russell) Mallo, Memorial# 19739807. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles Mallo, Memorial# 20101793.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Franklin Benjamin “Frank” Mallo, Memorial# 137260376.

Julia F. Russell1

b. 1879
Family
Father*Samuel Stewart Russell1 b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911
Mother*Margaret Francis McDaniel1 b. Sep 1846, d. 2 Sep 1902
Birth*1879Julia F. Russell was born about 1879 in Iowa.1 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel S. and Francis Russell, Year: 1880; Census Place: East Plattsmouth, Mills, Iowa; Roll: 356; Page: 280A; Enumeration District: 128. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Loretta Catherine Russell1

b. 1 December 1886
Family
Father*Samuel Stewart Russell1,2 b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911
Mother*Margaret Francis McDaniel1,3 b. Sep 1846, d. 2 Sep 1902
Birth*1 December 1886Loretta Catherine Russell was born on 1 December 1886 in Pacific Junction, Mills County, Iowa.1 
Name VariationShe was called Etta.4 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Loretta Catherine (Russell) Pfeffer, Memorial# 120825093. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Samuel Stewart “Sam” Russell, Memorial# 120203127.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Margaret Francis (McDaniel) Russell, Memorial# 134967136.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel S. and Frances Russell, Year: 1900; Census Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: 448; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1240448. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Lottie Russell1

b. July 1889, d. 12 December 1918
Family
Father*Alexander Russell2 b. 15 Aug 1857, d. 3 Nov 1927
Mother*Mary Ann Jones2 b. 8 Apr 1861, d. 24 Dec 1929
Birth*July 1889Lottie Russell was born in July 1889 in Iowa.2,1 
(Daughter) Census US 190011 June 1900Lottie was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 11 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Bellevue Precinct, Sarpy County, Nebraska. She was 10 years old, able to read and write, and had attended school for 9 months of the census year.2 
Marriage*1 November 1905She married John Bugher, son of Isaiah Bugher and Emma Tree, on 1 November 1905 in Oconee, Platte County, Nebraska. They were married by the by Reverend Joseph W. Angell, pastor of the Presbyterian church.1 
Illness*28 November 1918 On Thanksgiving day, 28 November 1918, tragedy began for the family of Lottie and John Bugher of 4612 Thirty-Fifth Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, when their whole family was stricken with the Spanish influenza. John recovered enough to care for his family and was obliged to remain at home to nurse them instead of going to his work at a packing house. Bertha, the couple's elder daughter, died of the Spanish influenza on December 5 and two days later, Earl, the couple's younger son, died of the same disease. Their mother, Lottie, died early Thursday morning, December 12, also of Spanish influenza. On 13 December, John was reported to be ill, and in the house of a neighbor, with tuberculosis of the throat and had only recently regained his voice. His son, George, who was 10 years old, was ill with Spanish influenza, and his daughter, Clara, who was 5 years old, was in Nicholas Senn hospital in Omaha with the disease.3 
Historical Note* The 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in history at its time. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in the Spring of 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.

Mortality was high in people younger than 5 years old, 20-40 years old, and 65 years and older. The high mortality in healthy people, including those in the 20-40 year age group, was a unique feature of this pandemic. While the 1918 H1N1 virus has been synthesized and evaluated, the properties that made it so devastating are not well understood. With no vaccine to protect against influenza infection and no antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections that can be associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, which were applied unevenly.

The Bugher family of Omaha, Nebraska, even though the epidemic was raging in the fall of 1918, planned with the rest of the nation to celebrate Thanksgiving on 28 November 1918. There were parades, sporting events, "flag raisings" and family and friend gatherings everywhere, from small towns to cities. Many newspapers reported it was the "Best Thanksgiving in History."

100 years later, in our world, the COVID-19 epidemic, which began to be recognized internationally in early 2020, has cast a long and persistent shadow over Thanksgiving and other family and national events. For a variety of reasons, though, the Spanish influenza didn't have a similar effect in 1918 on Thanksgiving or on subsequent holidays.

“The Great War” had ended two weeks earlier, and as University of Pennsylvania historian David Barnes pointed out, since this was the war to end all wars, World War II wasn’t yet a gleam in the national eye. And while the Spanish influenza was still killing, it appeared to be in retreat. Historian Kenneth C. Davis wrote that the national attitude was “We have a lot to be thankful for. The war is over, we’re still alive.” And he added that by Thanksgiving, people were eager to forget an epidemic they didn’t quite understand in the first place. Celebration was just what everyone needed!

Separated by almost exactly 100 years, the Spanish influenza and COVID-19 pandemics are both different and similar. They both induced specific degrees of denial, and each struck fear and apprehension in the hearts and minds of people around the world. While the Spanish influenza pandemic and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are not one and the same as viruses, the means by which they spread, and the overall reactions of society display some common features.

Those people living during the time of the Spanish influenza were divided into two camps about wearing masks, social distancing, personal hygiene and taking other protective measures – those wanting to protect themselves and to take measures to slow the spread of disease, and those wanting the right to choose what and what not to do, in order to protect their personal liberties. In the time of the Spanish influenza, the two main arguments against masks were that wearing one would alarm others into believing a mask-wearer was infected with the disease and, second, that wearing a mask was an impediment to smoking.4,5,6 
(Mother) Death5 December 1918Lottie and John's daughter, Bertha, died of Spanish influenza on 5 December 1918 at about age 11.7,3 
(Mother) Death7 December 1918Their son, Earl, died of Spanish influenza on 7 December 1918 at age 5.8,3 
Death*12 December 1918Lottie died of Spanish influenza on 12 December 1918 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, at age 29. Funeral arrangements were delayed while awaiting the arrival of family members, including her husband's parents who lived in Stapleton, Logan County, Nebraska.9,3,10,11 
Burial*She was buried in Section 8, Lot 116 of Graceland Park Cemetery, Omaha.9 

Family

 John Bugher b. 14 Jul 1884, d. 17 Apr 1929
Children 1.Bertha Bugher7,9 b. 1907, d. 5 Dec 1918
 2.George Leonard Bugher12,9 b. 31 Mar 1908
 3.Clara Lorella Bugher13,9 b. 7 Oct 1909
 4.Earl P. Bugher8,9 b. 22 Feb 1913, d. 7 Dec 1918

Citations

  1. [S1824] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 November 1905 in Oconee, Platte County, Nebraska, USA, of John Bugher of Oconee, age 21, born about 1884 in Iowa, son of "Izna" Bugher and Emma Tree, and Lottie Russell of Oconee, age 16, born about 1889 in Iowa, daughter of John A. Russell and Pearl E. Crow, recorded in Platte County, referencing State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. A. and Mary A. Russell, (transcribed by Ancestry as "J H Ressel"), Year: 1900; Census Place: Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska; Roll: 939; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1240939. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2398] John Bugher Family 1918 Thanksgiving Illness and Deaths, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Omaha Daily Bee, (Omaha, Nebraska), Friday, 13 December 1918, page 7, headline shouts that "Mother, Daughter and Son Die of Flu; Father and Two Sons are Idle"; tragedy began for the John Bugher family of 4612 Thirty-Fifth Street, Omaha, Nebraska, on Thanksgiving when the whole family was stricken with the Spanish influenza; Mr. Bugher recovered sufficiently to care for his family and was obliged to remain at home to nurse them instead of going to his work at the packing house; Bertha, oldest daughter, died of influenza on December 5 and two days later, Earl, the youngest son, died of the same disease; Mrs. Bugher died early Thursday morning, December 12, of Spanish influenza; at the time of the news report, Mr. John Bugher was ill in the house of a neighbor with tuberculosis of the throat and had only recently regained his voice; son George, age 10 years, was ill with influenza; and daughter Clara, age 5 years, was in Nicholas Senn hospital with influenza; story was also published by The Gretna Breeze, (Gretna, Nebraska), on Friday, 20 December 1918, page 4, because the Bugher family had lived in that vicinity of Nebraska before moving to Omaha. Hereinafter cited as John Bugher Family 1918 Thanksgiving Illness and Deaths.
  4. [S2399] Spanish Influenza and Thanksgiving 1918, online at https://www.ajc.com, The American Journal-Constitution, accessed on 20 July 2022 at https://www.ajc.com/news/…, the month before Thanksgiving 1918, the so-called Spanish flu was blamed for killing 11,000 people in Philadelphia alone; epidemic that ultimately claimed an estimated 675,000 American lives — probably a tremendous underestimate since it didn’t include countless deaths involving preexisting conditions — was on fire in the fall of 1918; yet on November 28, 1918, the nation celebrated Thanksgiving; exuberantly. Hereinafter cited as Spanish Influenza and Thanksgiving 1918.
  5. [S2400] Spanish Influenza 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus), online at https://www.cdc.gov, CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accessed on 20 July 2022 at https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/…, reporting historical information about the 1918 influenza pandemic, the most severe pandemic until Covid-19. Hereinafter cited as Spanish Influenza 1918 Pandemic (H1N1 virus).
  6. [S2401] Parallels Between the Spanish Flu and Covid-19 Pandemics, online at https://www.myamericannurse.com/, American Nurse Journal, accessed on 21 July 2022 at https://www.myamericannurse.com/…, separated by almost exactly 100 years, each struck fear and apprehension in the hearts of people all over the world. Hereinafter cited as Parallels Between the Spanish Flu and Covid-19 Pandemics.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Bertha Bugher, Memorial# 226115358. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Earl R. Bugher, Memorial# 226115389.
  9. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lottie Bugher, Memorial# 226115416.
  10. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and Emma Bugher, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stapleton, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T625_997; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 200. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  11. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Isaiah and "Emmerilla" Bugher, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cody Lake, Logan, Nebraska; Roll: T624_850; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0185; FHL microfilm: 1374863. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  12. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, George Lenord Bugher, Memorial# 147829235.
  13. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Clara Lorella (Bugher) Fetters, Memorial# 41457139.

Lucinda Russell1

b. 1820
Family
Father*Alexander Russell1 b. 1780
Mother*Catherine Stewart1 b. 1787
Birth*1820Lucinda Russell was born about 1820 in North Carolina.1 
(Daughter) Census US 18603 August 1860Lucinda was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 3 August 1860 in the household of her parents in Wayne, Monroe County, Iowa. She was 40 years of age.1 
(Sister) Census US 187021 July 1870Lucinda was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 21 July 1870 in the household of her widowed brother, Samuel Russell, in Plattville, Mills County, Iowa. Lucinda was recorded as 56 years of age.2 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Alexander and Catherine Russell, Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Russell, Year: 1870; Census Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: M593_411; Page: 72B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Martha Russell1

b. 1647, d. 2 March 1683/84
Family
Father*William Russell2
Mother*Martha __?__2
Baptism*1647Martha Russell was baptized in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England), probably in 1647.2,3 
Marriage*1667She married, as his first wife, Joseph Gleason, son of Thomas Gleason and Susanna Page, in 1667 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,4,2 
Death*2 March 1683/84She died on 2 March 1683/84 in Sudbury.5,2 

Family

 Joseph Gleason b. 1642, d. 20 Nov 1715
Children 1.Joseph Gleason2,6 b. 18 Oct 1670
 2.Abigail Gleason+2,6,7 b. 27 Jul 1680

Citations

  1. [S1372] Lillian May Wilson and John Barber White, The Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, Mass., 1607-1909, downloaded from the Boston Public Library eBooks and Texts Archive at www.archive.org. Thomas Gleason (1607-1686) married Susanna Page, and emigrated before 1642 from England to Watertown, Massachusetts, moving about 1654/1655 to Cambridge, and in 1658 to Charlestown, Massachusetts. The Gleason name was spelled "Leeson" in early records. Includes indexes. (Haverhill, Massachusetts: Press of the Nichols Print, 1909), pages 19-20. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown.
  2. [S1372] Lillian May Wilson and John Barber White, Descendants of Thomas Gleason of Watertown, pages 24-26.
  3. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Cambridge Births, Volume 1, page 616, the date and year missing from the record. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.
  4. [S413] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1985 and 1992), page 305. Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages: Prior to 1700.
  5. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Sudbury Deaths, Volume 1, page 305.
  6. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Sudbury Births, Volume 1, page 50, their surname spelled "Gleison."
  7. [S504] Compiled by J. Howard Morse and Emily W. Leavitt, Morse Genealogy : comprising the descendants of Samuel, Anthony, William and Joseph Morse and John Moss : being a revision of the "Memorial of the Morses" published by Rev. Abner Morse in 1850, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Samuel Morse (1587-1654) immigrated to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635. Anthony Morse (1618-1686) and his brother, William Morse (1614-1683), immigrated to Newbury, Massachusetts. Joseph Morse (d.1646) immigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts. John Moss (1603 or 4-1707) immigrated to New Haven, Connecticut. All emigrated from England. Includes indexes. (Cloverdale, Oregon: Morse Society, 1982), Samuel Morse, Fourth Generation, pages 32-33, confusing Abigail's brother Joseph and his wife Hannah Moore as her parents. Hereinafter cited as Morse Genealogy : comprising the descendants of Samuel, Anthony, William and Joseph Morse and John Moss.

Mary Ellen Russell1

b. 11 August 1891, d. 25 August 1970
Family
Father*Alexander Russell2,1 b. 15 Aug 1857, d. 3 Nov 1927
Mother*Mary Ann Jones2,1 b. 8 Apr 1861, d. 24 Dec 1929
Name Spellings*The Osborn surname was also spelled Osborne.3,4 
Birth*11 August 1891Mary Ellen Russell was born on 11 August 1891 in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa.1,5,6 
Name VariationShe was called Ella.2 
Name VariationShe also used her middle name Ellen.5 
(Daughter) Census US 190011 June 1900Ella was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 11 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Bellevue Precinct, Sarpy County, Nebraska. She was 8 years old.2 
Marriage*11 May 1908She married George H. Osborn, son of James M. Osborn and Ida Stella Poole, on 11 May 1908 in Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska. They were married by C. G. Lewis, Gosper County Judge, with Mary Ellen's parents signing as witnesses.5 
(Daughter) Death3 November 1927Her father died at the Osborne's home in Bayard, Morrill County, Nebraska, on 3 November 1927 at age 70.7 
Death*25 August 1970She died on 25 August 1970 in Sacramento County, California, at age 79.4 

Family

 George H. Osborn b. 1888, d. 26 Jan 1956

Citations

  1. [S2403] Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, delayed certificate of birth for Mary Ellen Russell, born on 11 August 1891 in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, USA, daughter of Alex Russell and Mary Ann Jones, referencing State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Hereinafter cited as Iowa, U.S., Births (series) 1880-1904, 1921-1944 and Delayed Births (series), 1856-1940.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. A. and Mary A. Russell, (transcribed by Ancestry as "J H Ressel"), Year: 1900; Census Place: Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska; Roll: 939; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1240939. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, George Harrison Osborne, Memorial# 188207207. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S112] California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Mary E Osborne, born on 4 August 1891 in Iowa and died on 25 August 1970 in Sacramento County. Hereinafter cited as California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997.
  5. [S1824] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 11 May 1908 in Elwood, Gosper County, Nebraska, USA, of Ellen Russell of Gosper County, age 16, born about 1892 in Iowa, daughter of J A Russell and M A Russell, and George Osborn of Gosper County, age 20, born about 1888 in Nebraska, son of James Osborn and Stella Pool, recorded in Gosper County, referencing State Library and Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Hereinafter cited as Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908.
  6. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of J. A. and Mary A. Russell, (transcribed by Ancestry as "J H Ressel"), Year: 1900; Census Place: Bellevue, Sarpy, Nebraska; Roll: 939; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0117; FHL microfilm: 1240939, Ella's birth reported as August 1887.
  7. [S2404] Jefferson (John) Alexander Russell 1927 Nebraska Obituary, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Bayard Transcript, (Bayard, Nebraska), Thursday, 10 November 1927, page 1, reporting the death of Jefferson (J. A.) Russell on Thursday, 3 November, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Osborne, at age 70; born August 15 1857 in Marionville, Iowa; burial in Bayard Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Jefferson (John) Alexander Russell 1927 Nebraska Obituary.

Mary Romanda Russell1

b. 5 October 1915
Family
Father*Curtis Russell1 b. Aug 1882, d. 1 Mar 1928
Mother*Ella May Dockstader1 b. 18 May 1894, d. 26 Aug 1976
Birth*5 October 1915Mary Romanda Russell was born on 5 October 1915 in Malad City, Oneida County, Idaho.1 
(Daughter) Census US 192014 January 1920Mary was enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 14 January 1920 in the household of her parents at 5832 South 20th Street, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. She was 5 years old.2 

Citations

  1. [S2171] Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1924, Stillbirth Index, 1872-1974, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Mary Romanda Russell on 5 October 1915 in Malad City, Oneida County, Idaho, USA, at 1155, daughter of Curtis Sheldon Russell and Ella Dockstader, recorded in 1915, Birth Certificate# 00035076, referencing Idaho State Department of Health, Boise, Idaho, Idaho Birth Index, 1861-1919. Hereinafter cited as Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1924, Stillbirth Index, 1872-1974.
  2. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Curtis and Ella Russel, Year: 1920; Census Place: Omaha Ward 6, Douglas, Nebraska; Roll: T625_989; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 68. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.

Newton Russell1

b. 1855
Family
Father*Samuel Stewart Russell1 b. 29 May 1826, d. 4 Feb 1911
Mother*Mary Ann Little1 b. 1833
Birth*1855Newton Russell was born about 1855 in Iowa.1 
(Son) Census US 18603 August 1860Newton was enumerated on the 1860 census taken on 3 August 1860 in the household of his parents in Wayne, Monroe County, Iowa. He was 5 years old.1 
(Son) Census US 187021 July 1870Newton was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 21 July 1870 in the household of his widowed father in Plattville, Mills County, Iowa. He was 15 years old, at home, and not able to write.2 

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel S. and Mary A. Russell, Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Monroe, Iowa; Roll: M653_336; Page: 424; Family History Library Film: 803336. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel Russell, Year: 1870; Census Place: Plattville, Mills, Iowa; Roll: M593_411; Page: 72B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Norton Russell1

b. 1801, d. 1899
Family
Father*John Russell Jr.1 b. 11 May 1774, d. 27 Aug 1814
Mother*Lydia Norton1 b. 28 Mar 1777, d. 4 Oct 1876
Birth*1801Norton Russell was born about 1801, probably in New York.1 
(Son) Census US 18106 August 1810His father, John Russell Jr., was enumerated as the head of his household on the 1810 census taken on 6 August 1810 in Gorham, Ontario County, New York. His household consisted of seven individuals: 3 males under the age of 10 years, 1 male between the ages of 26 thru 44 years, 2 females under the age of 10 years, and 1 female between the ages of 26 thru 44 years. We suspect the family included John Russell, his wife Lydia, and their children: Rowena, age 11 and recorded as under 10, Norton, about 9 years, William, age 6, and Cynthia, age 5. Their fifth child, a male under the age of 10 years, would have been James Russell who, as reported in Lydia's 1876 "Memorial", died in the tenth year of his age. John's father, John Russell, was also enumerated in 1810 with John's mother and, probably, a brother, on the same census page.2,3,4 
(Stepson) Census US 18207 August 1820His stepfather, James Chase, was enumerated as the head of their household on the 1820 census taken on 7 August 1820 in Henrietta, Ontario County, New York. Norton was about 19 years old. In addition to his mother and stepfather, their household included his new baby half-sister, Lydia Mary Chase, Norton and the two other unmarried children from his mother's first marriage to Norton's father, John Russell, and his stepsiblings from his stepfather's previous marriage. In total, their household consisted of fifteen people.5,6 
Marriage*13 April 1825He married Sibyl S. McMillen on 13 April 1825 in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.7,1,8 
(Elder Son) Relocation1828His sister Cynthia and and her husband, William McPherson, moved to Ohio after their marriage, and in 1828 paid a visit to Norton and Cynthia's mother in New York. During their visit, Cynthia and her husband persuaded her mother, now twice a widow, to return with them to their Ohio home in Sandusky County, and to make their house her home. In addition to his sister Cynthia, Norton had also married and settled in Sandusky County. Thus encouraged, his mother and his two unmarried siblings, William Russell and Lydia Mary Chase, made the move west together, traveling to Ohio with the McPhersons. His eldest sister, Rowena (Russell) Swarthout, remained settled in New York with her husband and children.9,10 
(Uncle) Death22 July 1864His nephew, General James B. McPherson, was killed in the Battle of Atlanta on 22 July 1864 at age 35.11 
(Uncle) Burial29 July 1864 His body was sent by train back to his home in Clyde, Ohio, and he was buried exactly one week later, on 29 July 1864, in Section 1, Lot 161, Space 4, of what is now known as McPherson Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio. The cemetery was originally named Evergreen Cemetery, and was renamed McPherson Cemetery on December 15, 1868. A monument in McPherson's honor was erected there on 22 July 1881, and there are other monuments and places in the United States also named in his memory. A bronze and concrete monument was erected in October 1876 at McPherson Square in Washington DC, and both the city and county of McPherson, Kansas were named in his memory.11,12
(Uncle) Biographical InfoHis nephew, General James B. McPherson, eldest son of his sister, Cynthia, had succeeded and excelled throughout his life, ultimately becoming famous. Biographical information, written by William Bjornstad, is included on General McPherson's Find a Grave Memorial page, and with help from Wikipedia, some of the things we've learned about his life and death follow:

He was a Major General for the Union during the American Civil War, and served as the commander of the Army of Tennessee from March 1864 until his death in July of that year. He was the second-highest-ranking Union officer killed in action during the war.

He was the son of a farmer and at a young age worked on the family farm and in his father's blacksmith business. When his father, who had a history of mental illness, became unable to work, James, at age 13, took a job at a store to help support the family.

His maternal grandmother, Lydia Slocum, taught school in a little log building and it was in that log house that "little Jimmy", beginning at the age of four years, received his elementary school instruction with his grandma for his teacher. In bad weather, he was carried there on the back of his father. For his secondary, or high school education, Jimmy attended Norwalk Academy in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. In 1849 he received an appointment to attend the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, and graduated at the top of his class in 1853 with a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. He remained at West Point for a year, serving as an Assistant Professor of Practical Engineering, before receiving his first assignment to improve the New York Harbor in New York City, New York. In 1857 he was assigned to San Francisco, California to work on improving fortifications in the area.

After the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, he requested a transfer to the Eastern U.S. and was assigned to Boston, Massachusetts for service in the Corps of Engineers as a captain. The following November he applied for a position on the staff of Major General Henry W. Halleck, the commander of the Department of Missouri, and was sent to St. Louis where he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and assigned as chief engineer on the staff of Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant. In 1862 he saw action at Fort Henry, the Battle of Fort Donelson, and the Battle of Shiloh, and in May of that year was promoted by Grant to the rank of brigadier general. In the fall of 1862, he commanded an infantry brigade during the campaigns around Corinth and Iuka, Mississippi, and his superior performance earned him a promotion to the rank of major general in October. The following December Grant's Army of the Tennessee was reorganized, and he received command of the 17th Corps and played a key part in Grant's Vicksburg, Mississippi campaign in late 1862 and 1863. In the course of the campaign, he actively participated in the Union victories in Mississippi at Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, and the Siege of Vicksburg. After Vicksburg surrendered on July 4, 1863, he remained in Mississippi to conduct minor operations against Confederate forces there.

In March 1864 Grant made him commander of the Army of Tennessee and he moved with General William Tecumseh Sherman in his march through Georgia that began in May of that year. Confronted by Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's strong position at Rocky Face Ridge and Dalton, Georgia, Sherman dispatched him south to Snake Creek Gap and from this undefended gap, he was to strike at Resaca, Georgia, and sever the railroad which was supplying the Confederates to the north. On May 9, 1864, he became concerned that Johnston would move south and cut him off, and as a result withdrew to the gap and failed to take Resaca despite the fact the city was lightly defended. Sherman later blamed his cautiousness on May 9 for preventing a great Union victory at that time. On June 27, 1864, his forces took part in the defeat at Kennesaw Mountain.

On July 17, 1864, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who had become frustrated with General Johnston's strategy of maneuver and retreat, replaced him with Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, a boyhood friend and West Point classmate of McPherson. With the Union armies closing in on Atlanta, on July 20, 1864, Hood first attacked George Henry Thomas's Army of the Cumberland at Peachtree Creek, north of Atlanta, hoping to drive Thomas back before other forces could come to his aid. The attack failed. Then Hood's cavalry reported that the left flank of McPherson's Army of the Tennessee, east of Atlanta, was unprotected. Hood visualized a glorious replay of Jackson's famous flank attack at Chancellorsville and ordered a new attack. McPherson had advanced his troops into Decatur, Georgia, and from there they moved onto high ground on Bald Hill overlooking Atlanta. Sherman believed that the Confederates had been defeated and were evacuating; however, McPherson rightly believed that they were moving to attack the Union from the left and rear. On July 22, 1864, however, while they were discussing this new development, four Confederate divisions under Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee flanked attached Union Maj. Gen. Grenville Dodge's 16th Corps. While McPherson was riding his horse to the sound of guns to warn his old 17th Corps, with only his orderly as an escort, a line of Confederate skirmishers appeared, yelling "Halt!". McPherson raised his hand to his head as if to remove his hat, but suddenly wheeled his horse, attempting to escape. The Confederates opened fire and mortally wounded McPherson in the back. When the Confederate troops approached and asked his orderly who the downed officer was, the aide replied "Sir, it is General McPherson. You have killed the best man in our army."11,13,14
 
(Son) Death4 October 1876His mother died on 4 October 1876 at his home in Clyde, Sandusky County, at the age of ninety-nine years, six months and seven days. Norton was her only surviving son, and Lydia Mary (Chase) Beach, her only surviving daughter, was also with their mother when she passed.15,16 
Newspaper Item*14 October 1876 On 14 October 1876, on the same page as his mother's "Memorial", the newspaper published Norton's "Card of Thanks", which read:

“I wish to return heartfelt thanks to the many friends for their kindness during the last illness of my mother, Mrs. Lydia Slocum. It will be long remembered, and I hope as opportunity offers, to show more fully how much I appreciate it.

“Norton Russel”.17 
(Husband) Death21 December 1877Norton became a widower when Sibyl S. McMillen died on 21 December 1877 at age 70.7 
Death*1899He died in 1899 in Ohio at about age 981 
Burial* and was buried with his wife in Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio.1,7 

Family

 Sibyl S. McMillen b. 24 Apr 1807, d. 21 Dec 1877

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Norton Russell, Memorial# 46168445. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell Jr., Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387. Hereinafter cited as 1810 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), reporting that her husband, John Russell, died in 1813 leaving her a widow with five children, Rowena, Norton, William, Cynthia; and James Russell who died in the tenth year of his age. Hereinafter cited as October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum.
  4. [S165] 1810 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Russell, Year: 1810; Census Place: Gorham, Ontario, New York; Roll: 33; Page: 752; Image: Nym252_33-0198; FHL Roll: 0181387.
  5. [S468] 1820 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of James Chase as the head of his household on the Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Henrietta, Ontario, New York; Page: 170; NARA Roll: M33_62; Image: 96. Hereinafter cited as 1820 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S468] 1820 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, enumeration of James Chase Junior as the head of his household on the Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Henrietta, Ontario, New York; Page: 170; NARA Roll: M33_62; Image: 96.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Sibyl S (McMillen) Russell, Memorial# 46168618.
  8. [S1576] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Norton Russell and Sibel McMillan on 13 April 1825 in Green Creek Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA, referencing FHL Film# 000506617. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.
  9. [S2682] Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Enterprise, (Clyde, Ohio), Thursday, March 1, 1883, Page 3, (Downloaded on Sep 13, 2024), reporting within the article that Lydia lived in Steuben and Ontario counties in New York until 1828, when she moved to Ohio, with her daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and William McPherson, who had married in 1828 and lived in Sandusky County, Ohio. Hereinafter cited as Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother.
  10. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), reporting that Lydia, again left a widow, moved to Clyde, Ohio in the fall of 1828 and lived with her children, who had preceded her there, until 1840 when she married Isaac Slocum of Bellevue.
  11. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, James Birdseye McPherson, Memorial# 4423.
  12. [S225] Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, viewed on 17 September 2024 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McPherson_Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
  13. [S225] Wikipedia Encyclopedia, online at www.wikipedia.org, viewed on 10 September 2024 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._McPherson
  14. [S2682] Lydia Slocum: General McPherson's Grandmother, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Enterprise, (Clyde, Ohio), Thursday, March 1, 1883, Page 3, (Downloaded on Sep 13, 2024), reporting within the article that it was in her little log school house that Lydia Slocum's grandson, "Little Jimmy" McPherson, received his first school instruction, with his grandma for teacher; commencing at the age of four years, and being carried there in bad weather on the back of his father.
  15. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Lydia (Norton) Slocum, Memorial# 38604410.
  16. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), reporting that since the loss of her last husband, she lived with Cynthia McPherson or Judge Russell until two years ago last Spring when she removed to the residence of Norton Russell, where, on October 4, 1876, she died at the advanced age of ninety-nine years, six months and seven days; and that her daughter Mrs. Lydia Beach of Pineville, Illinois was also present at her mother's death.
  17. [S2687] October 1876 Memorial for Lydia (Norton) Russell Chase Slocum, online at www.newspapers.com, The Clyde Sentinel, (Clyde, Ohio), Saturday, October 14, 1876, Page 8, (Downloaded on September 18, 2024), under the title, "Card of Thanks" and signed by Norton Russel.