Hi Jean We are members of the Clinton County/Gateway Genealogical Society We found information on Gideon A. Russell in the 1886 and 1911 histories of Clinton Co. Please send us your snail mail and we will send you copies Bonnie & Joy --- Jean Snow <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks to Richard Carstensen and checking the 1870 > Lyons Census at the FHC > yesterday, I found that yes, as I had guessed, > Gideon A. Russell had > married Mary Pier before he m Emeline Kellogg! But > what a lesson in not > pre-judging! I figured, since he'd married Emeline > in Cooperstown NY (where > they all were from) Mary had died there, and then > they moved to Lyons. But > no! > > There was the record: Gideon A, Mary, keeping house, > and FOUR children. AND > Melissa Pier, 70, living with daughter! Proof at > last! > All four children of Mary and Gideon: George E., > Ada, Franny (Fanny) and > Fred A., were born in IA. Then I looked again at the > cemetery records > Richard had sent me (thanks again!) and there were > the 3 of them! > > RUSSELL ADA 09/13/1870 OLD 6 8 11 > RUSSELL MARY 11/14/1870 OLD 6 8 10 > RUSSELL GEORGE E. 07/24/1874 07/27/1874 Lyons Mirror > 8/1/1874 OLD 6 8 9 > > Mary and Ada, 9, had died the year of the Census. > Gideon married > Emeline 21 Jan 1874, so he must have gone back to > Cooperstown at sometime. > Did Melissa go with him?? George E.? And then George > d 7 months later. > Still lots of questions. > > But it looks a though I might be able to get an obit > or notice for George > from the Lyons Mirror, eh? Well, I'm over the moon! > Thanks again to all for > your help and suggestions. > Jean > > > ==== IACLINTO Mailing List ==== > Genealogist never die, they just lose their census! > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/