Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Cyrenus Z. RUSSELL

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889;
Published by Goodspeed.- Pgs. 837, 838

Cyrenus Z. Russell, county clerk of Dade County, Mo., was born in Peoria
County, Ill., in 1840, and is the son of Abner and Samantha (Seward) 
Russell, and grandson of Abner Russell, who was a native of Massachusetts.
Abner Russell, St., moved to Peoria, Ill., in 1836, and there died in 1857.
Abner Russell, Jr., was a native of Erie County, N. Y., born in 1815, and
was a minister in the Christian Church.  He was engaged in his ministerial
duties for many years.  He moved with his parents to Peoria, Ill., in 1836,
and was married in that State to Miss Seward.  He is yet living, and 
resides in Kirksville, where he has resided since 1875.  His wife was born
in Broome County, N. Y., in 1820, and she too is living.  The family 
consisted of nine children, five of whom are living.  Of these children, 
Cyrenus Z. Russell was the eldest.  He received a liberal education in 
the district schools of Illinois and Missouri, and was reared on a farm.  
During the late war he was a strong Union man, and, June 18, 1861, he 
enlisted in Company I, Twenty-first Regiment Missouri Infantry; fought at 
Athens, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Battle of Corinth, Tupelo, and was in 
many skirmishes.  He entered as a private, and was promoted to the rank of 
second lieutenant.  After being commissioned he was on staff duty, and was 
mustered out and discharged at St. Louis in February, 1865.  After the war, 
or in 1866, he located in Marshall County, Ill., at Henry, and began a 
hardware and implement business, which he continued for some time.  
Previous to this, in 1865, he attended commercial college (Bryant and 
Stratton's) in St. Louis, and, in January, 1870, he went to Fort Scott, 
Kan., where he resumed the same line of business commenced in 1866.  The 
firm of which he was a member was J. Russell & Co., J. Russell being our 
subject's uncle. He was first a clerk for his uncle, and afterward became 
partner.  He remained at Fort Scott until January, 1874, when he became a 
citizen of Dade County, Mo., location on a farm in Grant Township.  In the 
fall of 1886 he was elected clerk of the county court of Dade County, by 
a good majority, and held this position for a period of four years. In 
December, 1867 he married Miss Ala Ann Teagarden, who was born in Kentucky,
and who bore him five children: Charles E., who was named after Col. 
Ellsworth, of Chicago, Ill.; John A., William O., and Leulah and Beulah, 
twins.  In politics Mr. Russell is a Republican, casting his first 
presidential vote for Lincoln in 1864.  He is a member of the  I.O.O.F.,
Lockwood Lodge, and is also a member of Post No. 75, G.A.R., at Greenfield.
He and wife are members of the Christian Church.

====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: Kay Griffin Snow <kgsno@primary.net>
====================================================================