James McPherson Russell and Rebecca Lyon

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Husband James McPherson Russell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Nov 1786 - York, York Co, PA 3
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           Died: 14 Dec 1870 - Bedford, Bedford Co, PA 3
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         Father: Alexander Russell (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Mary McPherson (      -      ) 3 4

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       Marriage: 6 Feb 1812 3

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Wife Rebecca Lyon ^{1 2}

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           Born: 2 Nov 1785 2
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         Father: Col. Samuel Lyon (      -      ) 5 6 7 8 9 10
         Mother: Eleanor Blaine (1750-1795) 6 7 9 11

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Children

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1 M Alexander Lyon Russell ^{1 12}

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           Born: 29 Nov 1812 - Bedford, Bedford Co, PA 12
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           Died: 1885 - Montevideo, Uruguay, South America 12
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         Spouse: [Unk] King (      -      ) 12

         Spouse: Elizabeth Fisher (      -      ) 12

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2 M Samuel Lyon Russell ¹²

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           Born: 30 Jul 1816 12
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3 M John Lyon Russell ¹²

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Ogden (      -      ) 12

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4 M William Hoge Russell ¹²

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5 M Algernon Sydney Russell ¹²

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6 F Ann Lyon Russell ¹²

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         Spouse: James King, M.D. (      -      ) 12

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7 F Ellen Blaine Russell ¹²

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         Spouse: Rev. Robert Milligan (      -      ) 12

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8 F Mary McPherson Russell ¹²

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         Spouse: Frederick Benedict (      -      ) 12

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9 M James Russell ¹²

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General Notes: Husband - James McPherson Russell

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He read law with James Riddle, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the Franklin County bar November 10, 1807. The year following, he settled in Bedford, Pennsylvania, and soon acquired a large practice. He held a number of civil offices, was trustee of the Bedford Academy, treasurer of the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike company during its construction, and chief burgess of the borough. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1837-8, and served as a member of the Twenty-seventh Congress.

[NQ 1884, 147] gives a very different account of his children.

1 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 147.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 388.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 393.

4 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 364.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 479.

6 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 145.

7 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 760.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 383.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 900.

10 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 643.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 387.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 394.