Kenneth Russell and Gertrude Godwin

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Husband Kenneth Russell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Feb 1891 - near Tylersburg, Clarion Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Peter Wilson Russell (1854-1909/1910) 1 2 3
         Mother: Margaretta Lucas (1854-1899) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1909 4

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Wife Gertrude Godwin ²

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           Born: Apr 1889 - Pennsylvania 2
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         Father: W. J. Godwin (      -1925) 4
         Mother: Caroline Ryans (      -Aft 1927) 4

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Children

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1 M Joseph William Russell ^{2 4}

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           Born: 1910 4
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2 F Garnet Grace Russell ^{2 4}

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           Born: 1914 4
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General Notes: Husband - Kenneth Russell

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He attended the public and high schools of Marienville, Pennsylvania. After moving to Butler in 1906 he was employed as a clerk in the Ideal Clothing Parlors, where he remained for five years. In 1911 he accepted a position as traveling salesman for the Lutz & Schramm Company of Pittsburgh, manufacturers of pickles and preserves. In 1913 he went with the Pittsburgh Food Products Company. In 1920 he was with the Fitch Company of Youngstown, Ohio. He resigned that position in 1921 to accept the position as manager of the Butler Wholesale Grocery Company. In 1923 he established his own business: He manufactured pure food flavoring extracts which were sold in quantities from a half ounce bottle to a fifty gallon barrel. He manufactured fifty flavors of "Ken-Sell" extracts. These products were sold over the entire country. They also manufactured cocoa, mustard and table syrup. The plant was the only one of its kind in Butler, and was located at 215 South Cliff Street.
He was a Democrat and a member of the Second Presbyterian Church. Fraternally he was affiliated with Butler Lodge F. and A. M., No. 272; New Castle Consistory, thirty-second degree; past worthy patron Order Eastern Star; and past counsellor of the United Commercial Travelers.

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General Notes: Wife - Gertrude Godwin

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She was a member of the Eastern Star.

1 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 867.

2 Michael Coleman(?), Descendant Report for ? Russell (Personal research, Web-published, 2012), Pg 2.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1432.

4 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 868.