Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Russell, William 1820 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1891)

WILLIAM RUSSELL, a prominent farmer between Winters and Madison, in Yolo County,
was born April 17, 1834, in Ohio County, Kentucky, being a son of J. G. and Mary
(Dudley) Russell, natives of that State. At the age of seventeen years he came
to California, landing in San Francisco in May, 1852, and worked in the gold
mines until autumn, when he settled upon a ranch on Willow Slough, near
Woodland, and lived there until 1856, when he settled upon the place where he
now resides. In 1864 he took a trip to Oregon, Nevada and Montana, spending one
season on the journey; and in 1886 he visited his old Kentucky home, in company
with his brother Samuel. His ranch, containing 160 acres, is situated between
Winters and Madison and consists of very tine land, well improved. He has
twenty-three acres in figs, fifty in oranges and twenty-five in other kinds of
fruit, besides three acres in grapes. He is continuing to improve the farm by
planting fruits of all kinds, and the time is not distant when his farm will be
truly a garden spot. It is so peculiarly situated that fruit ripens here three
or four days sooner than in any other part of the State.

  He was married September 17, 1874, to Miss Susan Wilson, who was born in
Missouri, June 25, 1841, a daughter of Joseph A., and Mary J. (Dairing) Wilson,
natives of North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Russell's children are: Susan M., born
July 18, 1875; James W., February 16, 1877; and Florence, December 26, 1878.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California.

Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast
from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with
Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of
Prominent Citizens of To-day.

"A people that takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendents." – Macauley.

CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1891.

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