NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11279 MARION CO – JUDGE WILLIAM E. RUSSELL – Russell, Caldwell, Elder 11279 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed. Marion Co. JUDGE WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, for many years a prominent member of the bar, and now judge of the circuit comprising the counties of Marion, Washington, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor and La Rue, was born on the 6th of October, 1830. His father, Andrew Russell, was born near the old Logan fort, in Lincoln County, in the close of the last century, and was the son of Joseph Russell, who came from Maryland. Andrew Russell married Elizabeth Echols, a descendant of a Virginia family. Andrew Russell died in 1852, and his widow in 1873. They were the parents of five children, our subject being the second, and the only one now living, except A. K. Russell, of Lebanon. Mr. Russell was educated in the schools of his native county of Adair, and when seventeen years old entered upon the study of law, performing the usual preparatory reading under the instruction of Isaac Caldwell, and was regularly admitted to the practice in 1849. He established a practice first in Adair County, but in 1867 removed to Lebanon, his present home, where he has been prominent as a lawyer and highly respected as a citizen. In 1857 he was elected to the Kentucky State Legislature, and served the session of 1877-78. He was twice a candidate for judge of the court of appeals, and in August, 1886, was elected to the responsible position of circuit judge. Judge Russell was married in Lebanon, in 1854, to Miss Sue Elder, daughter of Sylvester and Elizabeth Elder, and has a family of seven children, the eldest of whom, Sylvester A. Russell, is a brilliant young attorney of the Lebanon bar. Judge Russell is a member of the Catholic Church, and the Supreme President of the C. K. of A. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx