A. J. RUSSELL - Biography

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This biography appears on page 663 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

A. J. RUSSELL, flouring-mill; Rochester; born in Cabot, Vt., Jan. 6,
1833; was the son of Henry and Emily E. Russell; came to Rochester June
1, 1850, with his father, a carpenter and joiner by trade. They farmed
in the summer and worked at their trade in the winter. Mr. A. J. Russell
went into his present business May 1, 1864. He married, Oct. 9, 186-,
Miss Harriet E., daughter of Dayton B. and Elizabeth Newbury, of
Massachusetts; they have two children- William Arthur, born Sept. 3,
1863; Emma, March 15, 1874. He was elected Town Clerk, and served in
1873 and 1874. Mr. Russell was one of the principal movers in raising
subscriptions for building the Rochester Seminary, and is now Secretary
or the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee.