Newhanover County NcArchives Photo Tombstone.....Russell, Sr., Daniel L. 
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Cemetery:           Oakdale Cemetery - Wilmington, NC
Name:               Daniel L. Russell, Sr.

Date Of Photograph: June 30, 2006
Photo can be seen at:
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This is the "front" face of the D.L. Russell, Sr. memorial.  The inscription 
reads, " DANIEL L. RUSSELL Sr. BORN OCT. 11, 1803 DIED JULY 31, 1871 _ Mark the 
perfect man, and behold the upright for the end of that man is peace.  Thy will 
be done."

Additional Comments:
Daniel L. Russell, Sr. was the son of Thomas Russell & Obiah Ward (of Onslow 
County).  He came to the Brunswick, NC area in the early 1820s and made his 
fortune in naval stores (turpentine distilling, etc.).  His plantation was 
called Winnabow.  At the time of the 1860 Census, he was living in the Town 
Creek section of Brunswick County and his "real value" was listed at $32.5K 
while his "personal value" was $211K.

His first wife, Caroline Elizabeth Sanders, died a few months after the birth 
of their first child, Daniel Lindsay, Jr.  He remarried a few years later to 
Olivia Grist, of Washington, NC and they had three children: Thomas B., Mary 
Williams, and David S. Russell.  Mary Williams Russell married William James 
Harriss Bellamy of Wilmington, NC.

His father-in-law, David Ward Sanders (of Onslow County) was also a wealthy 
plantation owner (Palo Alto).  After the death of D.W. Sanders' last child in 
1851, Russell, Sr. brought his first son, Dan, Jr. to stay with D.W. Sanders, 
saying, “Here he is, David. Take him, he is yours.”

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