[p. 689] one of Little Beaver Township's most prominent citizens, residing on his valuable farm of eighty-six acres, was born here October 21, 1846, and is a son of William S. and Mary Ann (Auchenbaugh) Russell.
William S. Russell was also born in Little Beaver Township, where his father had been an early settler, and he had two older brothers and a sister: Thomas, John H. and Isabella, the latter of whom married A. Cunningham. William S. Russell married the daughter of a neighboring farmer and they resided on the farm now owned by their son, John H., during the remainder of their lives. The mother died aged fifty years, and the father when aged sixty-nine years. They had seven children, namely: Emmett, deceased; George, Jane, Margaret, who is the widow of A. H. Stewart; Pauline, who married T. Young; John H. and Benjamin W. Two of the children died young.
John H. Russell is one of the best known men in this section, having spent his whole life on the, old home farm, where he has carried on a general line of agriculture. He has ever taken an active interest in all that concerns the public well-being of this community and has been a liberal contributor of time and means when they were needed. In politics, he is affiliated with the Republican party. Since 1899 he has been township treasurer and a member of the School Board.
In February, 1896, Mr. Russell was married to Carrie E. Phillips and they have three interesting children, namely: Dale, Margaret and Aileen. Mr. Russell and family belong to the Presbyterian Church, in which he is a member of the Board of Deacons.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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