RUSSELL BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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RUSSELL, Richard - b: 1838 Cambridgeshire, England
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 539
residence: Clinton Twp

Richard Russell, farmer, section 5, was born in Cambridgeshire, England, July 7, 
1838, being a son of William and Rebecca (Gifford) Russell, also natives of 
England. The former was born in 1817, and died in 1872, while the latter was 
born in 1817, and died in 1844. They had a family of four children. Richard 
Russell immigrated to America when about nineteen years of age, and became 
located in Painesville, Ohio, subsequently coming to Sedalia, Missouri, at that 
time being in possession of only five dollars. He remained in that city about one 
and a half years, occupied in contracting, and from there came to his present 
location September 15, 1867. He is now the owner of about 500 acres of fine 
land, well improved. February 17. 1867, Mr. Russell was married to Miss Rebecca 
Bailey, a native of Putnam County, Indiana, born August 9, 1844. Her parents were 
S. S. and Eliza Bailey, Kentuckians by birth. Her father was born in 1817, and her 
mother in 1816. They had a family of ten children. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have four 
children: George S., born November 4, 1871; Franklin J., born September 27, 1873; 
William T., born January 15, 1874, and Rosa May, born March 3, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. 
R. are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The former is a Mason in 
good standing, belonging to Tebo Lodge, at Clinton. Mr. Russell's brother, Gifford 
Russell, a farmer of this township, was also born in Cambridgeshire, England, 
August 21, 1841, and in 1859, immigrated to America, settling at Painesville, 
Ohio. In 1867, he came to Missouri, and afterwards took up his residence in Henry 
County.

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