Joseph A Russell's Biography, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan

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JOSEPH A. RUSSELL
[Information received from Leo Hatt of Ionia, MI--his mother was
Isabelle Russell, daughter of Albert Russell & Louisa Barnum]
JOSEPH A. RUSSELL
Joseph A. Russell (also known as J.A. and Ashley) was born circa 1824 in
or near Monroe County, New York and was the son of Elihu Russell and
Mary Warner.

Joseph grew up in New York and by 1849 he had settled in Section 27 of
Odessa Township, Ionia County, Michigan.

Joseph was a farmer all of his life and was also considered to be a
great deer hunter.  And it was not unusual for him to bag at least 30
deer during the season.

Joseph was on the Odessa Voter's List for 1849.

On August 16, 1861 he enlisted in the Civil War and was in Company E in
the Second Infantry.  He was at Chickamauga.

In August 1878 Joseph was one of the six members who organized a
Wesleyan Methodist Class at the Bonanza Schoolhouse in Odessa.

Joseph died on September 9, 1899 at the age of 75 in Odessa Township. 
He died from pulmonary tuberculosis.  He was a widower at the time of
his death.  Joseph is buried in Lot 24 in lakeview Cemetery in Lake
Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan.

Joseph's wife was Louisa and she was born in 1831 in New York.  Louisa
died in 1890 at the age of 59.

Joseph and Louisa had at least three children:  Viana, born 1857,
Albert, born 1859, and Sarah, born 1861.






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