The RUSSELL surname: 

During the month of January 2013 while searching the scrap books of the Lower Lakes Maritime Historical Society in Buffalo, Erie, New York the following was found:
New information as of 2/1/2013

Buffalo Daily Courier June 15, 1847 and 18 June 1847

Port of Buffalo, NY Arrived 14 June 1847 two schooners together from Cleveland; the Courier captained by Wm G. Russell and the Navigator captained by a Russell. They both left the port together 17 June 1847, The Navigator headed for Erie and the Courier for Cleveland.

So there was another Captain Russell and they obviously knew each other. I have the Enrollment of the Navigator for this period and it does list David Russell as the Master. Now will be the chore of tracking him to a location. I have been doing this since receiving the information without any luck.

Additionally,  there are a number of RUSSELL's buried in the Erie Street Cemetery where Louisa Jones and children are buried.  Some are of the same time period as our William G. Russell.

DNA - Russell/Greenwood

Two 46 marker paternal DNA tests were performed February 2012 comparing myself and a (Greenwood surnamed) male 3rd great-grandson of William Greenwood (1781-1839). We were identical on 45 of the 46 markers and differed by one on the 46th. The scientific comparision stated that we shared a common ancestor back one to six generations. This is totally consistent with us RUSSELLs being GREENWOODs and proves the fact scienticially/genetically. The 172 year old question has been answered and WILLIAM GREENWOOD RUSSELL (1812-1872) WAS BORN A GREENWOOD TO WILLIAM GREENWOOD (1781-1839) AND ANN JAMES (1782-1854). The Greenwood male with whom I was compared is the second great grandson of George Francis Greenwood (1825-abt 1885), William Greenwood Russell's brother, and this Greenwood cousin lives in Pennsylvania. However, we will probably never know why William assumed the surname RUSSELL nor when. But thanks to science we know are roots are GREENWOOD!

Pictures of Residences of William Greenwood & Ann James - Liverpool England

Last year Paula Russell Barker (descendant of John Thomas Russell) and her husband vacationed in the British Isles. They were fortunate enough to visit Liverpool, England and thus visited the various residences of William Greenwood that we have listed in census and vital records. We thank her for these photographs.

60 Peter Street - 1811

25 Highfield Street - 1837

25 Eldon Place - 1837

This area is not the originial but has been torn down and rebuilt

Hyrum Smith Russell

Hyrum Smith Russell
22 Nov 1861 - 19 Nov 1929

Millicent Catherine Angel

1861/4

New found information

I had not been able to find any information pertaining to Hyrum's first wife or any children until his great grandaughter responded to this blog. What a wonderful surprise. She has supplied us with a good deal of information and is going to send me more, which I will post. Here is what we have learned.

Hyrum's first wife was Millicent Catherine Angel. We are not sure of her birth date yet but it as either 1861 or 1864. But she was born in Carthage, Smith, Tennessee. She married Hyrum during 1886 in St. John, Tooele, Utah. They divorced prior to 1908. There was one child from this marriage:

Al Smith Russell

Born: 7 Oct 1887 Wolfe, Sheridan, Wyoming

Died: 18 Feb 1970 Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming

I have received a life sketch of Al Smith Russell as well as family information and photographs. This will be placed in a separate posting.

Hyrum married a second time Kate Belle Beswick, 27 July 1908. She had been married and had children with William Henry Bennett prior to her marriage with Hyrum. She and Hyrum did not have any children. They divorced and she married George Anderson Terry, 1 Feb 1918 in Idaho. She was married to him until the time of her death, 8 Feb 1929 in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho.

The Gravesite of Louisa Jones Russell

The Erie Street Cemetery located in Cleveland, Ohio

Louisa Jones: Born abt 1809 in Canada. Died 20 Feb 1847 in child birth while William Greenwood Russell was out to sea. See the posting earlier in this blog for more information as to Louisa Jones

This is the second oldest cemetery in Cleveland and is located across the street from the Cleveland Indians baseball stadium. This video was taken June of 2008 by Jennifer Russell. I obtained the burial plot map of the cemetery and the grave site number and this video is accurate. Many of the grave markers are now gone or are unreadable.

Grave location: Erie Street Cemetery, Seciton 4, Lot 34, Tier 1, Grave 2. Buried 23 Feb 1847 according to the cemetery records. The cemetery is located at 2254 East 9th Street and is a part of the Highland Park Cemetery System. I have a letter from the cemetery which confirms this information and contains the map of each grave in the cemetery.

The Schooners Ohio, Harwich, Courier - Captained by William Greenwood Russell

The following information has been taken from records found in the National Archives , The Wisconsin Marine Historical Society, Alpena County Public Library, and The Maritime History of the Great Lakes.

On March 26th, 1846 the schooner OHIO was licensed at Cleveland, Ohio. This schooner had been build in 1841 by Valentine Swain, a ship builder of Cleveland, Ohio. The document states that the schooner was mastered (Captained) by William G. Russell.

Ship Specifications

Length: 84 feet

Breath: 20 feet

Depth: 8 feet 2 inches

Weight: 120 tons

Decks: 1

Masts: 2

Square Stern

Several other characteristics listed were not readable.

The OHIO was very similar to the ship pictured above. The ship operated out of the port of Cleveland, Ohio. Because of the size of the ship I doubt it traveled the high seas, but it may have. I could not find any additional information concerning this ship. I am sure it sailed the Great Lakes and ports of Canada and America.

17 September 1846 the Schooner HARWICH was enrolled with William as the Master

80 feet, 1.5 inches in length

14 feet, 7.5 inches in breath

6 feet, 7 inches in depth

73 and 57/95ths tons

1 deck and 2 masts

22 April 1847 the Schooner COURIER was enrolled with William as the Master

2 Masts

219.34 tons

This Schooner was sunk Sep 13, 1847 by a collision with the Brig MONTEITH

All the crew escaped

What a difference it must have been; Sea Captain to Utah Rancher.

I certainly love finding and sharing these pieces of Grandfather William Greenwood Russell's life story puzzle.

Annie Eliza Russell - McIntosh

She was the youngest child of William Greenwood Russell and Elizabeth Vickery


Annie Eliza Russell McIntosh
Born 23 Oct 1867 in St. John, Tooele, Utah
Died 10 July 1938 in Barstow, San Bernadino, California
Buried in St. John, Tooele, Utah

A very beautiful woman. Dark complexioned with large dark eyes. Beautiful coal black hair that came well below her waist. She was somewhat small and well proportioned, walked well and always had a smile for everyone.

As a girl she was an excellent horse woman and rode horse back very much. My Father, Joseph Albert McIntosh, and she Annie Eliza Russell, did much of their courting on horse back. However after her children began arriving she never rode again although she always provided a pony for us children.

Mother was always active in the church and held many positions in the auxillaries.

As a child I remember her as the grandest person alive and I still think there could have been no one more wonderful.

She was very concerned about the development of her children. She taught us more than we learned at school.

Dad and Mother really loved each other and showed it by their affection for one another and for their children.

It was through Mother's insistence that the family moved to Provo, Utah in 1905 in order to allow better educational opportunities for the children.

Dad was away from home much of the time attending to his contract hauling business so it was Mother who did most of the training of the children. She was patient and loving but not without some stern corrections when necessary.

She had many unhappy incidents in her life such as the death of an infant daughter, Alta Grace, and much later the death of her oldest daughter, Emily, age 27, during the flu epidemic in 1918.

Her faith was supreme and I have felt that she was more certain of her religious beliefs than any person I have ever known. Her knowledge was absolute.

When three of her younger boys went to California to work, she also moved there to continue her care of them. It was on a return visit to Utah to meet us, who were there on a vacation from the East, that she was killed in an automobile accident near Barstow, California on July 10, 1938.
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Written by Donald H. McIntosh her son and contributed by Faye Florence McIntosh Jarvis her grand daughter who I thank very much.
(Another life sketh written by her daughter will follow shorty)