"Big" James Russell and Jane Russell

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Husband "Big" James Russell ¹

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           Born: Abt 1756 - Ireland
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           Died: Nov 1848 - ? Butler Co, PA
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       Marriage: Abt 1795 - Armstrong Co, PA

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Wife Jane Russell ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Peggy Russell 3 4
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           Died: Bef 1890
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         Father: David Russell (      -      ) 2 3 5
         Mother: Isabel Harper (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Isabella Russell ¹

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           Born: Abt 1795 - Armstrong Co, PA
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2 M Caleb Russell ¹

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           Born: Abt 1795 - Armstrong Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1883
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3 F Margaret "Peggy" Russell ^{1 3}

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           Born:  - Butler Co, PA
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4 M David J. Russell ¹

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           Born: Aug 1803 - Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1883
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5 M John Russell ¹

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           Born:  - Concord Twp, Butler Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1883
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6 F Catharine Russell ¹

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           Born:  - Concord Twp, Butler Co, PA
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7 M Andrew Russell ¹

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           Born:  - Concord Twp, Butler Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1883
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8 M James Russell, Jr. ¹

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           Born:  - Concord Twp, Butler Co, PA
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           Died: Aft 1883
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General Notes: Husband - "Big" James Russell

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He was called "Big" James Russell because there was another James Russell of less size in the neighboring vicinity. After coming to America he resided for some years in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, afterward in Armstrong County (as now formed). About the year 1797, he purchased 200 acres of land lying just north of the present borough of West Sunbury, in Butler County, which he soon after sold to the pioneer Presbyterian preacher, Rev. John McPherrin. He then purchased of Hugh Conway a parcel in Concord Township, Butler County, and about the year 1804 settled there and began the first improvements.

His wife, Jane Russell, was his second cousin.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 382.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 975.

3 Editor, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 469.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 907.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 336.