Dallas County AlArchives Biographies.....Cecil, Russell October 1 1853 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    REV. RUSSELL CECIL, D.D., pastor in charge of the First Presbyterian church
of Selma, was born in Mercer county, Ky., October 1, 1853. His early life was
spent in his native state. He attended Princeton college, N. J., in 1874, and in
1878 graduated from the Princeton Theological seminary. During the years of 1878
and 1879 he visited Europe and Palestine, returning to his home in Kentucky in
the summer of 1879. In the fall of the same year he took charge of the
Presbyterian church at Nicholsville, Ky., remaining in charge for six years. His
next pastorate was that of Central Presbyterian church at Mainsville, Ky., where
he remained till the fall of 1889, when he took charge of the First Presbyterian
church at Selma, Ala. January 19, 1881, Rev. Cecil wedded Miss Alma Miller, of
Richmond, Va.; four children blessed their household. Rev. Cecil is an able and
learned man, a sincere and devout Christian, a most excellent gentleman, and a
well beloved pastor.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 850, 853
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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