Limestone County AlArchives Biographies.....Russell, William B. 1851 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

    WILLIAM B. RUSSELL, of the firm of W. B. Russell & Co., wholesale and retail
grocers, and cotton dealers, was born November 28, 1851, at the town of Athens,
and is the son of John G. Russell, deceased. He was educated in the Athens
schools: began clerking when fifteen years of age, and at the age of
twenty-three, entered into business for himself. The present partnership was
formed in January, 1887; the concern has been doing a jobbing business since
1879. It is the largest retail house in Athens, and the only wholesale store of
any kind.

    Mr. Russell was married at Winchester, Tenn., January 18, 1881, to Miss
Jessie Houghton, daughter of Dr. S. W. Houghton, of that town, and has had born
to him four children. The family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, and Mr. Russell is an active worker in the cause of temperance. Devoting
his entire time to his business, he cares but little for politics and less for
office holding. The only official position he has filled, we believe, has been
that of councilman from his ward.

    Mr. Russell, in addition to being a shrewd, successful business man, gives
some time and thought to literature, and some of his contributions to current
papers have attracted considerable attention.


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Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART III.
HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
CEREAL BELT.


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