I am looking for anyone who would be able to find out some information on a person who lived in Memphis, Michigan during much of his life and may have been in Augusta, GA in spring of 1865. His name was W.P. Russell and may be a Rev. W. P. Russell from Memphis, Michigan and in Augusta as a visitor for only about a year at the end of the Civil War. There was a W.P. Russell who was the president of the Memphis City Government in 1867 and lived there all his life, expect for one year. He was born in Saratoga, New York. What where the churches in Memphis during this time? Would they have church records from 1867 to 1880's? I think he died in the 1880's He was a friend of my great-great grandfather, Joseph Gardiner Carman of Memphis Michigan. I have a letter dated 1865 from Mr. Russell to my ancestor telling what it was like in Augusta soon after the slaves were free. Matt Carman Simi Valley, CA [email protected]