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Russell, George H

scientific tanner, was born April 27, 1835, in Laughtenstown, Pa. For many years he was superintendent of the Russell Belting and Tanning company of Baltimore, Md., and New York city. He is the inventor of a system of tanning fine oak harness leather, a process which makes a fine grade out of a fair sole leather for fine work, nice russet and belting.

Russell, Harry Luman

bacteriologist, author, was born March 12, 1866, in Poynette, Wis. For many years he has filled the chair of bacteriology in the university of Wisconsin; and is the consulting bacteriologist to the Wisconsin state board of health. He has made valuable researches in bacteriology; and is the author of Russell's Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology.

Russell, Henry

author, was born Dec. 24, 1842, in Port Kent, N. Y. He is the author of a number of songs. Among his best known are, The Maniac; I'm Afloat; The Ivy Green; A Life on the Green Wave; Woodman, Spare that Tree; The Old Arm-Chair; anu There's a Good Time Coming, Boys.

Russell, Irwin

author, was born in 1853. He is a southern writer of dialect verse; and the author of Dialect Poems.

He died in 1879.

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.