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.