Joseph Russell and Margaret Buchanan

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Husband Joseph Russell ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: 13 Jan 1866 1
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       Marriage: 1852 3

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   Other Spouse: Jane Gallagher (      -1849) 1

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Wife Margaret Buchanan ^{1 4 5}

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           Died: 1880 - Nebraska 4
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         Father: Alexander Buchanan (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Mary Bovard (      -      ) 5

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   Other Spouse: William James (      -      ) 4 5 - Ireland

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Children

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1 M David J. Russell ¹

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2 M James A. Russell ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Russell

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He and his wife immigrated to America about 1832, and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He engaged in the contracting business on the public works in Philadelphia, and continued in that business until 1852, when he re­moved to Mercer County, and settled at New Vernon, where he engaged in farming.
He met his death by accident, through his team running away.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Buchanan

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She came to America one year after the arrival of her son William and located in Butler County, Pennsylvania. She afterward moved to Nebraska, and died there.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 859.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1424.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 859.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1052.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1423.