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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

ANDREW J. RUSSELL.
    One of the representative citizens of Berryville is Andrew J. Russell, who
for many years has engaged in the practice of law here. He was born in
Springfield, Missouri, on the 20th on November, 1865, a son of Willis C. and
Mary Ann (Goforth) Russell, both natives of Carroll county, this state. The
paternal grandfather, Lewis Russell, was born in North Carolina and resided in
that state until his removal to Illinois in early life. In 1842 he came to
Carroll county, being one of the early pioneers here. The grandfather on the
maternal side was William Goforth. a native of South Carolina. He came to
Carroll county at an early day and resided here until his demise. Willis C.
Russell was born on the 16th of April, 1843, and was but eighteen years of age
at the outbreak of the Civil war. In 1861 he entered the army from Carroll
county and after doing home guard service, became a member of Company E,
Seventy-third Missouri Infantry. He served throughout the war and participated
in many of the most important battles, and personally assisted in the capture of
General Marmaduke. After receiving his discharge he resided in Springfield,
Missouri, for one year, returning to Carroll county. Previous to the war Willis
C. Russell had little time for education but on returning to this county he
commenced to study at home, learning to read and write, and in due time he took
up the study of law. He became one of the successful attorneys of the county and
continued in active practice until his demise, October 1, 1919. To the union of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell four sons and one daughter were born: Andrew J., whose name
initiates this review; Jesse L., a newspaper man of Harrison, Arkansas; Margie,
the wife of Lee H. Smith, owner of a garage and automobile business in Green
Forest; Martin B., special newspaper writer with residence in Seward, Nebraska;
and Henry Berry. The last named enlisted for service during the World war as a
member of the Twenty-seventh Mining Engineers and was in active service in
France for twelve months. While returning to the United States on the transport
Dakotan, his death occurred on the 14th of March, 1919, and his body was brought
to his home in Carroll county, burial taking place on the 26th of that month.
The family was reared in the faith of the Baptist church, one of the ancestors
of Mrs. Russell, John Oneal, being clerk of a Baptist Association in Scotland
more than one hundred and fifty years ago. Mr. Russell was an exemplary member
of the Masonic craft. His political allegiance was always given to the
republican party. Mrs. Russell is now living in Carroll county, enjoying the
hest of health, at the age of seventy-nine years.

    In the acquirement of an education Andrew J. Russell attended the common
schools of Carroll county and in due time entered Clarke's Academy at
Berryville. For eight years, after putting his textbooks aside, he engaged in
teaching school and subsequently, deciding upon a legal career, he read law in
his father's office and took a correspondence course. For ten years he published
a newspaper at Green Forest, but upon his admission to the bar in 1906 he
disposed of all business interests at Green Forest and located in Berryville and
he has practiced here since, gaining for himself a place among the successful
lawyers of the state. A stanch republican, he has taken a prominent part in that
party's activities, being a delegate at large to the last two national
conventions and for two terms he served as circuit clerk. In 1911 he was a
member of the state legislature and he has been recommended as United States
marshall for the western district. For some time he was chief executive of Green
Forest and he has likewise been mayor of Berryville. Aside from his legal and
political connections he is president of the Berryville Wholesale Grocer Company
and is a director in the Harrison Wholesale Grocer Company and is recognized as
an elert and progressive business man.

    In 1891 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Russell to Miss Mattie Lamb, a
native of Boone county, this state, and a daughter of Jerry Lamb, one of the
pioneer farmers of Boone county. To their union six children have been born:
Lucille, who is the wife of Herman Dodson, a merchant at Joplin, Missouri;
Lillian, the wife of Thomas Clark, a merchant of Galena, Kansas;  Raymond,
attending a dental college at Denver, Colorado; Andrew J. Jr., a student in the
University of Arkansas; and Louise and Lewis, attending the Berryville high school.

    The family is affiliated with the Baptist church, Mr. Russell being chairman
of the board of deacons for many years. He and Mrs. Russell are members of the
Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Russell became a Mason the night he was
twenty-one, and he is now a Knight Templar and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He
has served as master of both lodges, at Green Forest and Berryville, and he is
now secretary of the blue lodge and high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter at
Berryville, and grand master of the Second Veil of the Grand Chapter of
Arkansas. His sons Raymond and A. J., Jr., are also Masons. A stanch advocate of
education, Mr. Russell is a member of the Berryville school hoard and also of
the county educational hoard. He is one of the substantial citizens of the
county and one whose aid may always be counted upon in promoting any movement
for the development and improvement of the general welfare, being president of
the Berryville Commercial Club.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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