Blount County AlArchives Biographies.....Russell, Alfred 1839 - after 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   ALFRED RUSSELL, farmer, of Blount county, was born in Marshall  county, Ala.,
in 1839, a son of Alfred G. and Susan (Geno) Russell. The father was born in
Hawkins county, Tenn.; June 25, 1811, came to Alabama in 1828 and settled in
Limestone county, where he engaged in a tannery until 1837, when he removed to
Marshall county and engaged in the mercantile business and remained until his
death, November 4, 1874. He was a son of Joshua S. and Nancy (Richardson)
Russell, both natives-of Pennsylvania, who moved to Tennessee in an early day,
where they remained until 1850, when they came to Alabama and remained till
death. Joshua S. was a saddler by trade. Mrs. Susan Russell was a daughter of
Samuel and Mary (Hancock) Geno. Her grandfather was a Frenchman, and the
grandmother (born 1774, died 1857) was a native of South Carolina. Alfred
Russell was reared on the farm and received but a limited education in the old
log school-house. In 1861 he enlisted in company H, Fourth Alabama cavalry,
under Capt. Henry Milner, and served until the 9th day of May, 1865, and was
with Gen. Joe E. Johnston in his famous march. He was taken prisoner at Fort
Donelson, February 16, 1862, and was held until September 23, 1863. After the
war he returned to Marshall county, Ala., and began farming and butchering. In
1868 he married Nancy A. Carnes, daughter of James and Nancy (Staten) Carnes,
who has borne him eight children: Thomas B., Nancy J., James A., Sam H., Eliza
M., William A., Grover Cleveland and Susan G. The mother was born April 8, 1846,
and reared in sight of where she now lives. After marriage Mr. Russell settled
on his present farm, and since that time has given it and his gin-mill and
saw-mill all his attention. He began life without a dollar, but by hard work he
gradually came to the front and now owns 490 acres, the most of which is
tillable and well improved. He is a representative farmer of the county, well
respected, and, with his family, affiliates with the Methodist church.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 511-512

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