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Tracing The Russells: Scotland To Tennessee

🌳 Scotland to Tennessee: Tracing the Path

🏴 Peter Russell

Born: 1655, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Died: 1746, Orange County, Virginia

Migration: Scotland β†’ Colonial Virginia

Spouse: Sarah LNU

Children:
  • William Russell (1688–1757)

🧭 William Russell

Born: 1688, New Jersey

Died: 1757, Virginia

Migration: NJ β†’ VA

Spouse: Grace Wigginton (1689–1763)

Children:
  • Mary Russell (1712–)
  • Andrew Russell Sr. (1713–1780)
  • Catherine Russell (1713–1763)
  • Elanor Russell (1715–)
  • William Russell (1717–1784)
  • George Russell Sr. (1720–1797)
  • John Russell (1721–1812)
  • Samuel Russell (1725–1806)
  • Elizabeth Russell (1726–1788)

πŸͺ΅ Andrew Russell Sr.

Born: 1713, Orange County, VA

Died: 1780, Augusta County, VA

Migration: Tidewater β†’ Shenandoah frontier

Spouse: Florence Henderson (1718–1764)

Children:
  • Matthew Russell (1735–1812)
  • Andrew Russell Jr. (1738–1789)
  • Mary Russell (1740–1780)
  • Dr. Joshua Russell (1740–1793)
  • Robert Russell (1742–1809)
  • Joseph Russell (1746–1746)
  • Alexander Russell (1747–1818)
  • John Russell (1748–1816)
  • Martha Russell (1749–1810)
  • Martha Russell (1749–1800)
  • William Russell (1753–1814)

🏞️ Andrew Russell Jr.

Born: 1738, Augusta County, VA

Died: 1789, Jefferson County, TN

Migration: Virginia β†’ Tennessee frontier

Spouse: Margaret Campbell Christian (1745–1790)

Children:
  • Margaret Christian Russell (1777–1854)
  • John Russell (1787–1860)

πŸŒ„ John Russell

Born: 1787, Virginia

Died: 1860, Marion County, TN

Migration: Virginia β†’ Appalachian Tennessee

Spouse: Rhoda Newberry (1789–1860)

Children:
  • Abner Russell (1806–1885)
  • Gemima Russell (1808–1863)
  • Peter Russell (1810–)
  • Stephen Russell (1811–1811)
  • Rachel M Russell (1813–1880)
  • John Russell (1815–1901)
  • King David Crockett Russell (1815–1865)
  • Elizabeth C H Russell (1817–)
  • Sarah Russell (1820–1907)
  • Moses Sartin Russell (1822–1889)
  • Louisa J Russell (1823–1880)
  • Rhoda J Russell (1825–1880)
  • Susannah J Russell (1825–1910)
  • Louisa J "Lucy" Russell (1829–)
  • Henry Calvin Russell (1830–1903)
  • Veraninal A Russell (1832–1893)

πŸͺΆ Henry Calvin Russell

Born: 1830, Sequatchie County, TN

Died: 1903, Bedford County, TN

Migration: Sequatchie β†’ Bedford

Spouse: Elizabeth β€œBettie” Brewer (1827–1917)

Children:
  • Lewis Peter Russell (1852–1917)
  • John Wesley Russell (1852–1926)
  • James Russell (1856–1938)
  • Washington Russell (1858–1913)
  • Mary Elizabeth Russell (1861–)
  • Henry J Russell (1863–1896)
  • Fannie Russell Teeters (1863–1957)
  • Elijah Beverly Russell (1867–1916)

πŸͺ¨ James Russell

Born: 1856, Whitwell, TN

Died: 1938, Marion County, TN

Legacy: Appalachian Steward

Spouses:
Martha J. Loveday (1858–1886)
Rachel M. Meggerson (1859–)

Children:
  • William Edward Russell (1877–1951)
  • John T. Russell (1880–1892) (infant loss)
  • Lemuel L. Russell (1883–1964)

πŸ› οΈ William Edward Russell

Born: 1877, Marion County, TN

Died: 1951, Whitwell, TN

2nd Great-Grandfather β€’ Industrial Appalachia

Spouses:
Catherine Elizabeth Lovely Walker (1880–)
Lily Savannah Cope (1893-1974)

Children:
  • Emmett Lee Russell (1899–1952)
  • James Alvin Russell (1904–1982)
  • Ruby Russell (1912–)
  • Edford Osburn Russell (1914–1949)
  • Clara Russell (1915–2005)
  • Arvel R. Russell (1916–1986)
  • Robert Russell (1919–1930) (infant loss)
  • Omes Porter Russell Sr. (1922–1985)
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Russell Ancient Crest

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