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)

History & Obituary of Eliza Ann Russell Caldwell

Eliza Ann Russell Caldwell
Is Laid at Final Rest
Deseret Evening News Saturday April 19, 1919

Eliza Ann Russell Caldwell was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Feb 11, 1840, and died in Salt Lake City April 8, 1919. Her father, William Russell was English by birth, but was for many years captain of vessels sailing the Great Lakes. Her mother, Louisa Russell, was a French woman, who shortly after her graduation from a Canadian convent for girls, was married to William Russell in Ohio.

Eliza was the older of two children, being two years older than her brother George. When she was six years old her mother died, and sometime later her father married again. It was with her father and her step-mother and their family that Eliza crossed the plains when she was twelve years old. She experienced all the adventures attendant upon traveling by ox-team and walking over many miles of the old pioneer trail. She reached Salt Lake when the city was only five years old.

With her father's family, she was one of the first settlers of Taylorsville, but within a year or two moved to St. John, Tooele County. Being in the very outskirts of a pioneer land she knew what it was to card and spin and color wool to make clothes for her father's large family and later for her own. She had all the experience of sewing by the glare of the great open fire, and later by the light of the home-made tallow dip and tallow candle. She owned the first "oil lamp" and also the first organ that ever came into Rush Valley. Her experiences with the Indians were both amusing and exciting. It was one of her chief delights in her late life to entertain her family with Indian stories and old pioneer songs.

She was married on Feb. 16, 1858 to Isaac James Caldwell. They had 10 children, five of whom passed into the "Great Beyond" before her time. For many years she, with her husband and family, lived in Tooele city, but in 1891 moved to Salt Lake City. A few months after she came to Salt Lake City, her husband died at the age of 59 years.

Up to the time of her living in Salt Lake City, Mrs. Caldwell was an active worker in the various organizations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She gave her longest service to the children in Primary work. Always she and her husband took great pleasure in throwing their home open for the entertainment of visitors to their home town. In their old home they were known as "Aunt Eliza" and "Uncle Jim" to young and old. It is not unusual today to meet even Indians whom they have known and fed, and who refer to them as "Aunt Eliza" and "Uncle Jim."

Mrs. Caldwell passed through the hardships of the grasshopper war and was one of those who participated in "the move south" at the time of Johnson's army.

The body was taken to Tooele for interment.

Funeral Services.

Simple but impressive funeral services for Mrs. Eliza A. Russell Caldwell, who died Tuesday, were held Wednesday at the family residence, 453 Fourth Avenue. Bishop C.C. Nelson of the Twentieth ward officiated and was one of the speakers. A.J. Stookey of the Tooele stake presidency spoke of the noble attributes of the deceased and her late husband Isaac James Caldwell. Pres. Nephi L. Morris of Salt Lake stake discoursed eloquently on the promises of the gospel and the reality of the resurrection.

Music was furnished by Miss Margaret Summerhays and the Twentieth ward quartet, accompanied by Jennie Romney Crawford, the selections being "Tho' Deep'ning Trails," "What Voice Salutes the Startled Ear," "Who Are These Arrayed in White?" (solo), and "Rest on the Hillside, Rest." C.C. Cornwall offered the opening prayer and George F. Gibbs pronounced the benediction. The casket and floral offerings were beautiful.

Mrs. Caldwell was born Feb 11, 1840 in Cleveland Ohio, and crossed the plains when 12 years of age locating in Tooele, where for many years she was an active worker in the Primary association and Relief Society. She was the mother of 10 children and is survived by the following: George, Richard Elmer, Emily Caldwell Adams, Elizabeth and Margaret; also 23 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

The body was taken to Tooele for interment, with brief serviced to be held at the grave.

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The article and photograph were contributed by John Caldwell of Tooele, Utah, her great grandson & I thank him ever so greatly.

The Russell Family

William Greenwood Russell married twice with his first wife dying in child birth while he was at sea. A year later he married again. He was the father of sixteen children. Here is his family.

In upcoming postings I will feature each of the child and their families with facts, stories and photographs. If you have a history or story I would love to post them.

Mother - Louisa Jones

Born in 1809, was a possibly a French woman but other records indicate that she was probably born in Westminister, London, England. One story states that after graduating from a Canadian convent for young woman she married William Greenwood Russell in Ohio. She died 20 Feb 1847 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio at the age of 38. She was buried 24 Feb 1847 in the Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio Section 4, Lot 34, Tier South 1, Grave 2. This information as been confirmed by the cemetery and is contrary to most family records. She was the mother of the following seven children all born in Cleveland.  The Children who did not reach adult age are buried in the Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland:

1. Eliza Ann Russell Born 11 Feb 1840

Died 8 Apr 1919 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
2.  Still Born unnamed Child (Twin)
Born 25 Apr 1842 , Buried Sec 9 Lot 5 Grave 9
3. Child unnamed 1 month of age (Twin to child #2)
Born 25 Apr 1842 Died 31 May 1843 Buried Sec 9 Lot 5 Grave 9
4.  Still Born unnamed Child (Twin to John - below)
Born 24 Apr 1843, Buried Sec 9, Lot 8, Grave 10
5.  John Russell (Twin to child #4)
Born 24 Apr 1843 Died 20 Dec 1843, Buried Sec 9, Lot 8, Grave 10
6. George Washington Russell

Born 19 Aug 1844

Died 2 Feb 1915 in St. John, Tooele, Utah
7. Infant child unnamed
20 Feb 1947
Mother and child died during child birth.  There is no burial record for this child so it might not have been born.  But Louisa's cause of death is listed as child birth.

Mother - Elizabeth Vickery

Born 28 Oct 1825 in Barnstaple, Devon, England

She and William were married 7 July 1847 in the home of her father by Rev Montgomery Schuyler of the St. John's Episcopal Church. This occured at 52 Ellicott Street, Bufallo, Erie, New York. This is substantiated by the Marriage Record found in the St John's Church Marriage Record. That church is now the St. John's-Grace Episcopal Church. The two merged in 1972. This differs from other family information.

Died 4 Mar 1912 in Summit County, Utah and is buried with her husband in the St. John Cemetery, St. John, Tooele, Utah, Plot 114.

She was the mother of the following ten children:

1. William Greenwood Russell

Born 3 Jul 1852 in Winter Quarters - North Omaha, Nebraska (day before they left Winter Quarters for Utah

Died 16 Oct 1936 in Tooele, Tooele, Utah

2. Brigham Young Russell

Born 29 Mar 1854 in West Jordon, Salt Lake, Utah

Died 1 Apr 1874 in St. John, Tooele, Utah

3. Joseph Smith Russell

Born 23 Dec 1857 in Clover, Tooele, Utah

Died 2 apr 1934 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

4. John Thomas Russell

Born 27 Jan 1858 in Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah

Died 24 Jan 1930 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

5. Heber Curtis Russell - my great grandfather

Born 27 Sep 1859 in Clover, Tooele, Utah

Died 26 Jun 1940 in St. John, Tooele, Utah

6. Hyrum Smith Russell

Born 22 Nov 1861 in Clover, Tooele, Utah

Died 19 Nov 1929 in St. John, Tooele, Utah

7. Elizabeth Vickery Russell

Born 9 Sep 1862 in Kamas, Summit, Utah

Died 3 Mar 1933 in Stockton, Tooele, Utah

8. Daniel Wells Russell

Born 17 Feb 1864 in Kamas, Summit, Utah

Died 9 May 1933 in St. John, Tooele, Utah

9. Issac James Russell

Born 10 Jun 1866 in St. John, Tooele, Utah

Died 1 Jun 1868 in Utah

10. Annie Eliza Russell

Born 23 Oct 1867 in St. John, Tooele, Utah

Died 10 Jul 1938 in Barstow, San Bernadino, California

The Greenwood Name & Coat of Arms

The Greenwood Coat of Arms

This coat of arms was used by the descendants of Wymoarus Greenwode about 1154.

The coat of arms is describe thus: Sable, a chevron ermines between three saltiers argent.

Evidently this coat of arms has been found in most of the branches of the Greenwood family and in some churches near Heptonstall, England where Greenwood names have been recorded.

Heptonstall is also the town from which the Drapers of America hail. In that town exists today a Draper Lane. The Drapers were given land there after aiding William the Conquerer quell the rebellions. 700 plus years after the date above the Greenwoods and Drapers came together with the 1909 Marriage of my grandparents in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ona America Draper 1886-1979 and Heber Clyde Russell 1886-1946 (Heber Clyde Russell is the grandson of William Greenwood Russell who added Russell as a surname but was born a Greenwood, which was discussed in a prior posting.

How It All Began

WILLIAM GREENWOOD RUSSELL was born June 20, 1812 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He was christened 1 Aug 1813. He was born William Greenwood, the "Russell" will be explained herein. His parents were William Greenwood 1786-1839 and Ann James 1782-1854. His father was a Liverpool Harbor Pilot. He was the sixth of ten children living near the port of Liverpool where his father was a harbor pilot.


It is said that at nine years of age William stowed away on one of the ships bound for America that was anchored in the Liverpool harbor. Evidently, William's journey lasted more than a year. Upon his return to Liverpool, he could not find his parents, or so it is said, even though records indicate that his family had indeed moved but were still living in Liverpool not far from the harbor. We do not know if William ever saw his family thereafter.


Anyway, William returned and or stayed with the ship in which he had stowed away, the ship of Captain Russell. The story continues that Captain Russell took William in and that upon his death William inherited the ship and assumed the surname of RUSSELL. We cannot find any documentation to substantiate the story.


The next record is that of his naturalization which is recorded: Vol P., page 56 Common Pleas Court, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio - 19 Mar 1845.


William married Louisa Jones during March of 1839 probably in New York City, New York, because it is not recorded in the 1818-1900 Cleveland marriage records. However, there is a record of a Louisa Jones coming to New York City in 1836 from London. The children born to he and Louisa were all born in Cleveland, Ohio. There he was registered as a seaman/Master and freighter. Therefore, he sailed the Great Lakes from the port of Cleveland.


On one of his voyages it is said he met Elizabeth Vickery who so happened needed employment, so he brought her to his home to assist his wife with the family. However, upon arriving home he found that Louisa had died in childbirth along with the child. She died February 20th, 1847. She is buried in the Erie Street Cemetery Section 10, Lot 21, Grave 2 in Cleveland, Ohio which was two blocks from their home on Columbus Street which can be seen on the 1839 Cleveland City Map. The street no longer exists.


This left William with two young children to raise by himself. Elizabeth agreed to work for William as a housekeeper and nanny for the children. He and Elizabeth were married 7 July 1847 in her parents home in Buffalo, Erie, New York (documented). In 1851William moved the family to Buffalo, New York to a residence on the same street as Elizabeth's family. His occupation is listed as carpenter in the 1851-52 Buffalo City Directory and residing at 99 Ellicott Street.


Mormon missionaries contacted the family early in 1851 and on April 3rd, 1851, Elizabeth was baptized. William was baptized April 10th. Elizabeth had been unable to concieve; however, in less than one year after joining the Church she gave birth to their first child William, July 4th, 1852.


William and Elizabeth made the decision to join the Mormons in Utah. He sold his interest in the freighting business and headed west. They joined the Isaac Bullock Company in 1852, departing 34 July 1852 and made the journey from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Salt Lake City arriving 21 September - 1 3 October 1852. One hundred and seventy five persons were in this company.


They first settled in West Jordon where Brigham Young Russell was born March 29th 1854. They then moved to Taylorsville and then to Shambip, Utah (Clover/St. John).


William then moved to Kamas where he was the 1st Presiding Elder. Here the family resided for five years. The family now numbered 12 and it was time for another move back to Shambip. Here they settled near the Warm Springs and established The Russell Ranch. The last of the children were born here and the family numbered 14, which included the two children from William's first marriage.


William died October 23rd, 1872. Elizabeth died March 4th 1912 and both are buried in the St. John Cemetery located in St. John, Tooele, Utah.


Unknown to anyone in this family is that William's brother George Francis's sons, Clarendon and Harry Greenwood, immigrated to America with their families in 1890 settling in Williamsport and Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. These two are the only other Greenwoods from his family known to have left England. I have visited Williamsport, met two of Clarendon's descendants and one of Harry's and visited the graves of this family. That in itself is another story.

We need pictures of as many descendants of William Greenwood Russell and his two wives Louisa Jones and Elizabeth Vickery as possible. Please email them to me and I will edit them if necessary and post them as well as have them available at the reunion for others.