Russell, Israel Cook – Rust, Richard S
Russell, Israel Cook
educator, geologist, author, was born Dec. 10, 1852, in Garrattsville, N. Y. He is a professor of geology in the university of Michigan from 1892, and a geologist in the United States geological survey, in 1880-92. He is the author of Lakes of North America; Lake Lahontan; Quarternary History of Moro Valley; Glaciers of North America; Present and Extinct Lakes of Nevada; and Volcanoes of North America, and many geological reports.
Russell, James
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Oct. 1, 1640, in Charlestown, Mass. He was a representative in 1679, an assistant in 1680-86, and one of Gov. Joseph Dudley's council. He was a member of the council of safety in 1689, a leader in the revolutionary movement of that day, a councillor under the new charter in 1692, and was a judge and treasurer of Massachusetts in 1680-86.
He died April 28, 1709, in Charlestown, Mass.
Russell, James M
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 10, 1786, in York, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1841 to 1843. He died Dec. 20, 1870, in Bedford, Pa.
Russell, Jeremiah
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1843 to 1845.
Russell, John
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1805 to 1809.
Russell, John E
agriculturist, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1834, in Greenfield, Mass. He was elected secretary of the Massachusetts state board of agriculture in 1880, and was five times re-elected, serving until he was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.
Russell, John Henry
naval officer, was born July 4, 1827, in Frederick City, Md. He served in the United States navy during the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant-commander in 1862; and in 1886 he was commissioned rear-admiral.
Russell, Jonathan
diplomat, congressman, was born in 1771 in Providence, R. I. He was appointed minister plenipotentiary to Sweden in 1814, and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1821 to 1823. He died Feb. 19, 1832, in Milton, Mass.
Russell, Joseph
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1845 to 1847, and from 1851 to 1853.
Russell, L. A
musician, author, was born in 1834, in Newark, N. J. He is the musical director of the Newark College of Music, the author of How to Read Music; and composer of several pieces for the pianoforte, voice, orchestra and chorus.
Russell, Lawrence
lawyer, state legislator, was born Aug. 3, 1855, in Russellville, Ark. During 1891-94 he served as a representative in the Arkansas state legislature. He is an able lawyer and practices his profession in Russellville, Ark.
Russell, Lillian
operatic singer, was born Dec. 4, 1861, in Clinton, Iowa.
Her father was Charles E. Leonard, who died in 1897, and for many years prior to his death was a member of the firm of Knight and Leonard, the well-known printers and publishers of Chicago. Her mother, Cynthia Leonard, has been for many years a prominent advocate of female suffrage and other reforms. Lillian made her debut as a ballad singer in New York city; went to Europe in 1883, and from 1885 attained rank as one of the foremost operatic singers of the century.
Her labors on the stage have been highly profitable, and she is now the possessor of a comfortable home in New York city.
She has been married and has one daughter.
Russell, Noadiah
clergyman, was born in 1659. in Middletown, Conn. In 1688 he was ordained minister of the church in Middletown, where he remained until his death. He was one of the twelve founders of Yale, and a trustee of that college. His Diary is published in the New England Historical Register for January, 1853. He died Dec. 3, 1713, in Middletown, Conn.
Russell, O. E
business man, was born May 4, 1848, in Meigs county, Ohio.
He is a successful business man of Middleport, Ohio, where he is engaged in the stationery and printing business. He has been a member of the city council; a delegate of the supreme council of the A. P. A. at Washington, and has filled various other public positions of trust.
Russell, Richard
colonist, was born in 1612 in England. He came to this country in 1640, was a representative in 1646, speaker of the house in 1648-49, 1654, 1656, and 1658, assistant in 1659-76, and treasurer of Massachusetts from 1644 until his death. He died May 14, 1674, in Charlestown, Mass.
Russell, S. Douglas
lawyer, journalist, was born Aug. 3, 1862, in Natchez, Miss. He received his education in the Alcon university of Rodney, Miss., and is now a prominent lawyer of Kingfisher City, O. T., and the editor and owner of The Constitution of that city.
Russell, Samuel L
congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1853 to 1855.
Russell, Sheldon C
soldier, lawyer, was born May 26, 1832, in Wayne county, Pa. He attended the academy in Coudersport, Pa., where he also studied law. In 1856 he moved to Kansas, and was admitted to the bar three years later at Lawrence, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1861 he enlisted in the eighth regiment, Kansas volunteer infantry, as first lieutenant and adjutant; served in the army of the Cumberland; and was later commissioned a major of the thirteenth Kansas. He represented Douglas county in the state convention that nominated Governor S. J. Crawford, and was offered the position of paymaster in the regular army by Abraham Lincoln.
Russell, William
congressman, was born in Ireland. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1827 to 1833, and again from 1841 to 1843.
Russell, William
clergyman, author, was born Nov. 20, 1690, in Middletown, Conn. He declined the presidency of Yale college, was one of its trustees, and published a sermon entitled The Decay of Love to God in Churches.
Russell, William
elocutionist, author, was born April 28, 1798, in Scotland. He was an elocutionist of note, widely known in his day as a teacher, and the author of Orthophony, or Vocal Culture; Pulpit Elocution; Lessons in Enunciation; and Grammar of Composition. He died May 17, 1873, in Lancaster, Mass.
Russell, William
author, was born!
Dec. 28, 1835, in Tennessee. He is a prac-- tical horseshoer; and is the author of a. work entitled Russell on Scientific Horseshoeing. He is conceded to be the standard authority on horseshoeing; has over two hundred different styles of horseshoes, which have been made during the past half century, and at the World's Columbian exposition he received the first prize medal and diploma.
Russell, William
educator, college president, was born July 16, 1842, near Centerville, Ind. He received a thorough education in the common schools,.. Richmond academy, and the Illinois State Normal university. In 1869 he was superintendent of schools of Marion, Ind., and during the years 1877-85 was a teacher in the Marion public schools and the Marion Normal school. Since 1890 he has.. been connected with the Southland college, and since 1891 has been its president.
Russell, William A
manufacturer, state legislator, congressman, was born April 22, 1831, in Wells River, Vt. He was a representative in the Massachusetts. state legislature in 1869, and was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the forty-sixth, forty-seventh and fortyeighth congresses as a republican.
Russell, William Eustis
govern-- or, author, was born Sept. 6, 1857, in Cambridge, Mass. He was mayor of Cam-- bridge during 1884-88; and for three terms: he served as governor of Massachusetts during 1890-93. He was the author of Speeches and Messages. He died in 1896..
Russell, William F
merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born in Saugerties, N. Y. He was a member of the legislature of New York in 1850. He was elected a representative from New York in the thirty-fifth congress.
Russell, William Howard
lawyer, was born Nov. 24, 1867, in Livermore,.
Pa. In 1879 he moved to Kansas with his parents; and is now a prominent lawyer of La Crosse. In his youth he taught: school, herded cattle, and was local manager for an eastern lumber company. He organized a camp Sons of Veterans, and was subsequently elected commander-inchief.
Rust, Albert
soldier, congressman, was born in Virginia. Removing to Arkansas he was a representative in congress from that state from 1855 to 1857, and again from 1859 to 1861. He took part in the rebellion of 1861, and was a brigadier-general.
Rust, Mrs. Elizabeth L
author, was born in Ellicott City, Md. She is the general corresponding secretary of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church from its formation. As secretary of this great institution she has written seventeen annual reports, in which are discussed almost. every phase of home missionary work.
Rust, Richard S
clergyman, college president, philanthropist, was born Sept. 12, 1815, in Ipswich, Mass. As early as 1837 he was a lecturer on anti-slaveryin New England. He originated and published the American Pulpit. He was president of Ellington seminary in 1842; of the New Hampshire conference seminary and Female college in 1850-54; in 1858 was elected the first president of Wilberforce college of Ohio, and in 1863 was elected president of the Wesleyan college for Women at Cincinnati, Ohio. For twentyfive years he was field and corresponding secretary of the Freedman's Aid and Southern Educational society of the methodist episcopal church, of which he was one of the founders.