Could you tell me who your John H. Russells grandparents were or any farther back? Where in Indiana did he live? ----- Original Message ----- From: <evdan@tir.com> To: <RUSSELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 11:51 AM Subject: [RUSSELL-L] John R. Russell bio, Peoria Co., Illinois history > Message Board Post: > > >From the History of Peoria County, Illinois. Johnson & Company. 1880: > "RUSSELL, JOHN H. grocer, P.O. Princeville, was born in Wayne Co, Ohio, in 1829, and in 1852 married Miss Mary Albertson, who was born in 1830, by whom he has had 5 children, 4 of them now living. Mr. Russell removed from his native State to Indiana in 1850, came to Peoria Co., settling in Princeville in 1854; engaged in the manufacture of wagons during the ten years between 1858 and '68, and from the latter date until the present has carried on the business of grocer, keeping a large and attractive stock of goods. Mr. Russell and his family are active members of the M.E. Church." > John H. Russell and Mary White Albertson are my gr-great grandparents. > > > ==== RUSSELL Mailing List ==== > To contact the list manager write to > Mary Russell bird@scrtc.com >