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WILLIAM
RANDOLPH, who owns one of the best improved farms
of Green township, consisting of 160 acres, situated
seven miles southeast of Sidney, for many years carried
on extensive farming here but now lives retired. He was
born in Clark county, O., near Springfield, July 13,
1826, and is a son of. James Butler and Rachel
(Stanley) Randolph.
James Butler Randolph was born in
New Jersey and was eight years old when his parents took
him to Clark county, O., and from there he moved to
Miami county in 1839, and in 1852 came to Shelby county
where he lived into advanced age, dying on his farm in
Turtle Creek township. In earlier years he had followed
his trade, being a cooper. He married Rachel
Stanley, who was born in Virginia and who also
survived into advanced age, her death occurring on the
farm of her only surviving child, William
Randolph, the family originally being of eight
members, five sons and three daughters.
When William Randolph tells of his early
school days he describes a log structure with slabs for
benches and paper in place of glass in the windows, as
the place in which he gained his knowledge of reading,
writing, spelling and arithmetic, the primary elements
of an education. It was a subscription school and each
householder paid according to the number of children he
sent to be instructed. Mr. Randolph
started out for himself by working by the month on farms
and helping the neighbors during haying and harvesting,
until his marriage when he bought his present farm, in
1851, and settled on it in 1852. He cleared this land
and erected the buildings and continued to make
improvements until His property became exceedingly
valuable, and continued to cultivate it until he no
longer cared for such heavy responsibilities and for
some years has rented it to good tenants. His handsome
brick residence is one of the finest farm homes in Green
township.
Mr. Randolph married Miss Sarah
Elizabeth Bull, who is deceased. The
following children were born to them: Elias,
John, Clinton, William, Edward,
Samuel L., Bert and Grant; Elias
and William being deceased. Mr.
Randolph's second marriage was to Miss
Harriet B. Denise, who was born and educated in
Montgomery county, O., a daughter of Hiram Vail and
Rachel (Barklow) Denise. The father of Mrs.
Randolph was a lumber merchant at Cincinnati. Mr.
Randolph is a republican in his political
attachment. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church. During a long and busy life he has witnessed
many wonderful changes come about, and in looking around
him misses the faces which long association in family
and neighborhood had made familiar, but he still has a
close circle of warm friends, and, with the blessing of
good health and surrounded with material comforts of all
kinds, can enjoy the evening of life untroubled with the
cares of earlier years.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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A.
P. RATERMAN, whose valuable farm of 150 acres is
situated in section 3, McLean township, Shelby county,
O., three miles east of Fort Loramie, was born on this
farm, and is a son of Ferdinand A. and Berdine (Pille)
Raterman.
Ferdinand A. Raterman was born in Germany and was
young when the family came to the United States. His
parents settled south of what is now Fort Loramie, and
there spent the rest of their lives. They had five sons:
Henry, Philip, Joseph, Barney
and Ferdinand A., and all attended school
in what is now the Berlin special school district. In
that neighborhood Ferdinand A. Raterman
grew to manhood and after his marriage settled on a wild
tract of land containing 130 acres, to which he
subsequently added twenty acres. At that time this place
seemed remote from civilization,, it being in the depth;
of the forest with no roads leading to it and not a
single attempt at improvement having yet been made.
Mr. Raterman put up the first buildings and
cleared all the land with the exception of fifteen
acres. This land has remained in the family intact and
Anthony P. Raterman has the sheep skin deed
attesting ownership, the document bearing the signature
of Zachary Taylor, president of the United
States. Mr. Raterman labored hard to make
a comfortable home, and productive farm for his family
but did not live long enough to find much reward, his
death taking place in his forty-ninth year. He was
survived by his wife, who died on the farm in her
sixty-second year. They were faithful members of St.
Michael's Catholic church at Fort Loramie. They had the
following-children: Joseph, who is deceased;
Mary, who is the wife of Clemens Wolke;
Henry, who is deceased; John, who lives at
Loramie, married Katie Lauterbur;
Sophia, who is the wife of Edward Wehner,
resides at Dayton, O.; Anthony P.;
Frank and August, both of whom are deceased;
and Kate, who is the wife of George
Groves, lives at Sidney.
Anthony P. Raterman took charge of the farm when
his father died and immediately set on foot improvements
which included the erection of all the buildings now
standing with the exception of the residence. He was
then but a young man, his birth having taken place
September 24, 1870, but he had farm experience from
boyhood and soon demonstrated his capability as an
agriculturist. He drained the land and put down much
tiling, set out trees where he' found it advisable, and
through mixed farming has kept the soil in fine
condition and has made this one of the best farms in the
township.
Mr. Raterman married Miss Anna
Kloeker, a daughter of Herman Kloeker,
of McLean township, and all their children were born on
this farm, namely: Amelia, Martin,
Raymond, Helen, Eugene,' Arnold,
Evelyn and Cletus, all of whom survive except
Raymond, who died at the age of three months. Mr.
Raterman and family belong to St. Michael's
Catholic church. In politics he belongs to a family that
is almost entirely democratic and one that is a leading
one in this section of Shelby county.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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ADOLPH
F, RATERMANN, cashier of the
Loramie Banking Company, of Fort Loramie, is one of the
representative men and well-known financiers of Shelby
county. He was born in McLean township, Shelby county,
Sept. 26, 1873, his people being early settlers in that
section.
Mr. Ratermann attended the local schools
until the year 1892 and in 1893 he attended the
Valparaiso, Indiana, Normal College, and spent four
terms at the Ohio Normal University of Lebanon, O.
Having improved his opportunities then engaged in
teaching, a profession he followed for ten years, during
three years of which he was at the head of the Fort
Loramie village schools. In March, 1904, he
entered the Loramie Bank as assistant cashier, of which
he became cashier a few months afterward and has
continued in this connection.
On Aug. 21, 1901, Mr. Ratermann was
married to Miss Rosa Rieger, who was born at Fort
Loramie, O., and died here June 12, 1906, at the age of
thirty-one years. She was a daughter of Joseph
and Anna (Schwartz) Rieger. Two sons survive:
Paul J. and Albin H. Mrs.
Ratermann was a faithful member of St. Michael's
Catholic church, to which Mr. Ratermann also
belongs. He is identified with the Knights of St.
John and the Knightsof Columbus. A democrat in his
political preference, Mr. Ratermann is not active
along that line although ever ready to perform every
necessary act of good citizenship.
Source: History of Shelby
County, Ohio and representative citizens - Evansville,
Ind. - 1913 - Page 638 |
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LOUIS P.
RATERMANN, who carries on general
farming and stockraising on the old Ratermann
homestead, consisting of seventy-three acres
situated in section 8, St. Patrick Special School
District, in McLean township, Shelby county, O., was
born on this farm, Apr. 5, 1880, and is a son of
Henryand Sophia (Wehinger) Ratermann.
The Ratermann family originated in
Germany and the first of those to come from Hanover was
John Henry Bernard Ratermann, who was accompanied
by his wife, Anna Maria Ratermann, and their one
son, Ferdinand. They settled in McLean township,
Shelby county, O., southeast of Fort Loramie, and there
the other children were born, namely: Henry;
Philip, who formerly was county surveyor of Shelby
county, Bernard, a schoolteacher who died at the
age of twenty-three years; and Joseph, who is a
resident of Sidney, each son receiving the gift of a
farm from his father. The latter was one of the
pioneers of St. Michael's Catholic church and in early
days baptisms and other church offices were frequently
performed in his dwelling. He died at the age of
sixty-seven, his wife surviving him by nine months.
Henry Ratermann was reared on the old
farm and has heard his father say that when he settled
there but one house had been built in what is now the
busy and important town of Fort Loramie. He
attended the Berlin district school and afterward
continued his studies alone, purchasing books so that he
could advance farther in general knowledge. After
his marriage Henry Ratermann settled on
the farm now occupied by his youngest son, clearing the
land and making improvements and on that place his death
occurred in 1881, at the age of forty-six years.
Like his father before him he was a democrat and all his
life he was a worthy member of St. Michael's church.
On June 4, 1867, Mr. Ratermann was married
to Miss Sophia Wehinger, who was
born in Wuertenberg, Germany, Apr. 14, 1849, and was
five years old when her parents, August and Frances (Rupprecht)
Wehinger brought her to America. They lived
for some time at Fort Loramie, O.. and then moved to a
small farm west of the town, and there the mother of
Mrs. Ratermann died when aged forty-five and
her father when aged forty-nine years. They were parents
of five children, all reared in the Catholic church;
Rosa, who is deceased; Hilda, who is a
resident of St. Patrick; Madeline, who is
deceased; Sophia; and Anton, who lives at
Mansfield, O.
To Henry Ratermann and wife the following
children were born: William, who died at the age
of twenty-seven years, married Elizabeth
Gerling and left one daughter, Wilhelmina,
who lives with her grandmother; John Bernard, who lives
at Sidney, married Catherine Zimmerman and
they have six children - Henrietta, Jerome,
Catherine, Hilda. William and
Francis; Alolph, who is in the banking
business at Fort Loramie; Anna, who is a competent
stenographer employed at San Francisco; Frank,
who is a physician at Fort Loramie; and Louis P. After
the death of her husband Mrs. Ratermann
remained on the farm as her sons were able to carry on
its industries while she became a school teacher.
For eleven years she continued to teach the St. Patrick
public school, retiring from educational work and
resuming domestic duties in 1895. In 1906 she took
charge of her son Adolph's home at Fort
Loramie. She was much beloved as a teacher, being
of pleasing manner and of intellectual strength,
perfectly capable in the line of work she followed for
more than a decade. It is worthy of mention that
she was teaching at the same time that three of her sons
were also so engaged, these being Frank,
Bernard and Adolph. Mrs.
Ratermann has a wide and pleasant social circle at
Ft. Loramie, and is an earnest member of St. Michael's
Catholic church.
Louis P. Ratermann received his education at St.
Patrick's district school and afterward took charge of
the home farm and has continued to successfully conduct
it, keeping up the improvements and raising satisfactory
crops and cattle. He married Miss Anna Hoying,
who is a daughter of Anthony Hoying, a
farmer in Turtle Creek township. They have three
children: Mary, Henry and Ludowicka.
With his family Mr. Ratermann belongs to
St. Patrick's Catholic church. He is a democrat in
politics and takes a hearty interest in public matters
but is filling no office, finding his business important
enough to take up all his time.
Source: History of Shelby
County, Ohio and representative citizens - Evansville,
Ind. - 1913 - Page 615 |
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WILLIAM
FRANKLIN RHOADES, a man of character and standing in
Loramie township, Shelby county, O., who for seven years
has been president of the Beech Grove special school
district and still earlier a member of the board, was
born Dec. 13, 1864, in Newberry township, Miami county,
O., and since the age of twenty-one years has resided on
his present valuable farm of 210 acres, lying in section
25, Loramie township.
John Rhoades, father of W. F. Rhoades,
was born in Pennsylvania and at the age of twenty-one
years came to Miami county, O., and settled on 160 acres
in Newberry township, where he cut the first tree ever
taken from the native forest in that section. In
Montgomery county he married Miss Barbara Apple,
and ten children were born to them, not all of whom,
however, survived her. One of her sons, Henry
Rhoades, died while serving as a soldier in the
Civil war. The second marriage of John Rhoades
was to Elizabeth Schneck, who was born in
Pennsylvania but was reared in Montgomery county, O, and
she became the mother of five children, dying when aged
seventy-five years. Of the second marriage W.
F. Rhoades was the second born.
W. F. Rhoades, with his wife, moved on the farm
of eighty acres they purchased in the spring of 1886 and
in the year 1889 purchased fifty acres adjoining the
home place. He cleared eighty acres of his farm
and tiled all of it. In the year 1897 they built
the large bank barn and erected the wind pump with
supply tanks and hydrants. In the year of 1904
they built the large buff pressed-brick house, with all
modern improvements, which is their present home.
In 1909 they purchased the Apple homestead of eighty
acres, this farm being well improved with a large brick
house and bank barn.
Mr. Rhoades was married in Miami county, O., to
Miss Lucinda B. Loxley, who was born in that
county, a daughter of Benjamin and Phebe Ann (Kaylor)
Loxley. The mother of Mrs. Rhoades is
deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Rhoades have two
children: Grover Franklin and Orville Leslie,
and they also reared a niece, Myrtle Loxley, now
the wife of Morris Cothran. Mr. Rhoades
and family are members of the Lutheran church at
Bloomer, in which he is a deacon and is assistant
superintendent of the Sunday school. A lifelong
democrat, Mr. Rhoades has been a loyal party
worker but has accepted few offices except those
concerned with the public schools, in which he has been
deeply interested. He belongs to the Bloomer Horse
Thief Association,
of which he was president, is a member of the Knights of
Pythias, attending the last named lodge at Versailles,
O. Mr. Rhoades is president and for the
past eight years has been manager of the Bloomer Home
Telephone Company, and is one of the charter members of
this enterprise. Few men in Shelby county
are better known in the quiet walks of life.
Source: History of Shelby
County, Ohio and representative citizens - Evansville,
Ind. - 1913 - Page 671 |
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JAMES H. RHODEHAMEL,*
one of the representative men of Cynthian township,
Shelby county, O., who has been president of the board
of education of the Forest special school district,
resides on his excellent farm situated in section 34, on
the township line, one mile northeast of Dawson, O.
He was born at Greenville, in Darke county, O., April
12, 1855, and was one month old when brought to Cynthian
township by his parents, Jacob and Mary J. (Hauser)
Rhodehamel.
Jacob Rhodehamel was born and reared at Piqua, O.,
and was married in Miami county to Mary J. Hauser,
who was born in Cynthian township, Shelby county, ans is
now a resident of Sidney, O. To this marriage ten
children were born, as follows: Mary Elizabeth,
Margaret Jane, Eliza Ann., Josephine, William
James, Laura Belle, Lilly E., Charles B. and Ida
M., all surviving except William. After
marriage Jacob Rhodehamel and wife moved to
Illinois, and while living there he enlisted for service
in the Civil war, entering Company E., 75th Ill. Vol.
Inf., and was killed in battle, in May, 1863, and his
burial was in an orchard adjoining the scene of strife.
His widow then returned to Cynthian township with her
children and they were mainly reared in Shelby County.
She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, was
her husband.
James H. Rhodehamel attended school in Cynthian
township until old enough to be self-supporting and ever
since ahs devoted himself to farm pursuits, including
farming, stock raising and threshing. His farm is
valuable both as to fertility and location and he is
numbered with the prosperous agriculturists of this
section.
Mr. Rhodehamel was
married to Malvina Cornell, who was born in
Orange township, Shelby county, O., a daughter of
Harvey and Rosanna Cornell, and to them the
following children have been born: Lily M.,
Harry L., Sadie, Cora E., Grace M., Charles D., Chester
O., James Clifford and Homer Forest.
The family belongs to the Christian church at Oran, O.
In politics Mr. Rhodehamel has been a republican
since attaining manhood, but has never been willing to
serve in any public office except one connected with
educational matters and in his present position is
careful, active and honest, and the efficiency of the
schools in this district proves that their interests are
looked after with good judgment.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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JACOB W. RICHARDS,
an honored veteran of the Civil War, to which great
struggle he dedicated three years of early manhood, is
one of the prominent and substantial citizens of Turtle
Creek township, where he owns 240 acres of valuable
land. He was born in Miami county, O., Nov. 23,
1836, and is a son of Richard and Sarah (Timmons)
Richards.
Richard Richards was probably of Welsh ancestry but
was born in Virginia and married after coming to Ohio.
He followed farming throughout a long and industrious
life and the family has always been held in respect in
the communities in which it has been known. To
Richard and Sarah Timmons the following children
were born: Henry, Jacob and Jennie;
Sarah, wife of Amos Fee; and Samuel
and Martha.
Attending the district schools and helping on the
home farm describes in general terms the life of
Jacob W. Richards before the death of his father.
At that time he was nineteen years of age, and as
changes came about then in the home, he hired out to
work by the month and so continued until he enlisted for
service in the Civil War. On August 11, 1862, he
came a member of Company H, Ninety-ninth Ohio Vol. Inf.,
and for three long years camped and marched and fought,
a cheerful, obedient and courageous soldier, often
facing almost certain death on the battle field but
being mercifully preserved from all serious injury.
After the end of his military service he returned to
Shelby county and ever since has followed an
agricultural life, in 1872 purchasing his present farm.
For some years afterward he was obliged to labor very
hard as little clearing had been done on this land, but
it has well repaid his efforts and is now one of the
most valuable properties in the township.
In 1871, Mr. Richards was married to Miss
Martha McClure, who was born in Shelby county and is
a daughter of Andrew and Jane (Hutchison) McClure,
the former of whom was born in Virginia and the latter
in Kentucky. To Mr. and Mrs McClure the
following children were born: John, and
Andrew; Margaret, who married Samuel Stevenson;
Mary Ann, who married James Hutchison; James
and William; Sarah who is the wife of William
Fee; Rachel, who is the wife of Thomas Spence;
George; and Martha, who is the wife of Mr.
Richards.
To Mr. and Mrs. Richards
four children were born, namely: Emma, who
is the wife of Grant Ike and they have children -
Cora, Carl, Erma, Catherine and Kenneth;
Lorenzo, who married Bonnie Miller and they
have children - Willa, Willis and Lowell;
Charles, who married Sadie Enders, and
they have children - Jennette and Frances;
and Nora, who is the wife of Franklin Hill,
and they have one son, Gerald. The family
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He
is a republican in politics but his ambitions have never
been in the direction of office holding, his preference
for a quiet life after years of war making him a
contented as well as successful tiller of the soil.
Mr. Richards is widely known and is held in high
esteem.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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MICHAEL A.
ROTH, whose valuable and well
stocked farm of no acres is situated one-half mile
northeast of Botkins, O., in Dinsmore township, is one
of the representative men of this section, in which he
has served for seven and one-half years as a justice of
the peace. He was born at Botkins, O., May 26,
1872, and is a son of Antony and Elizabeth ( Leabling)
Roth. Antony Roth was born at
Palestine, O., and died Oct. 24, 1911, at the age of
seventy-five years. His father was born in Germany
and came to the United States at the age of fourteen
years, and his mother about the same time. She was
born on the River Rhine, Germany, and her maiden name
was Salinger. Anthony Roth married
Elizabeth Leabling, who was born at Dayton, O., and
still survives, being in her seventy-sixth year and a
resident of Botkins. Her father was born in Hesse
and her mother in Wittenberg, Germany. The
following children were born to Antony and Elizabeth
Roth: Josephine, George, Jacob, Henry,
Frank, Joseph, Elizabeth, Michael A., Anna and Alphonse.
Josephine, who lives at Botkins, is the widow of
William B. Stelzer; George died at the age of
nineteen years; Jacob married Kate Geotz
and they live at St. Mary's. O.; Henry died in
infancy; Frank married Lena King
and they live at Wapakoneta, O.; Joseph married
Bertha Baldus and they live at Genessee,
Idaho; Elizabeth married Peter Schaaf
and they live at Dayton; Anna married William
Hemmert and they live at Botkins; and Alphonse
married Matilda Schullen and they live at
Ottoville, O.
Michael A. Roth obtained his education in the
public and parochial schools at Botkins and later took a
course at Rensselaer College, Ind. He then went
into the sawmill and contracting business, in which he
continues to be interested, and, additionally, carries
on his farming operations with a large amount of
success. He is justly proud of his pure-bred
cattle and hogs, believing that there is more profit in
fine stock than in the ordinary or inferior breeds.
He is one of the active citizens of his neighborhood,
always ready to do his part in all public movements and
through natural gifts and education is capable of doing
so. He was first elected to the office of justice
of the peace when but twenty-four years old and has
proved a valuable and efficient official.
Mr. Roth married Miss Clara Baker, a
daughter of Andrew and Mary (Hasser) Baker. The
father of Mrs. Roth was born in France and her
mother at Fremont, O. The grandfather
served under Napoleon in the Russian campaign, after
which he came to Ohio and died here in his eighty-sixth
year. The grandmother died at Fremont, O., in her
ninety-ninth year. Seven children have been
born to Mr. and Mrs. Roth: Marie, Rosella. Claretta,
William. Eugene, Joseph and Gregory, the last named
dying at the age of five years. Mr. Roth
and family are members of the Catholic church at Botkins,
O.
Source: History of Shelby
County, Ohio and representative citizens - Evansville,
Ind. - 1913 - Page 677 |
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GRANT E. RUSSELL, who is one of the
representative citizens and well informed and successful
agriculturists of Clinton township, Shelby county, O.,
where he owns and operates 160 acres of excellent land,
was born in this township, Mar. 2, 1860, and is a son of
Moses James and Martha (Beck) Russell, the family
being a leading one in this section.
Moses James and Martha (Beck) Russell were the
parents of the following children: Harry W., who
is a well known attorney at law, at Dayton, O.; Fred
J., who is in the mill business at Sidney; Jessie
who is the wife of John Blake; Daisy E., who is
the wife of Frank M. Sayer, who is secretary and
treasurer of the Farmers Grain and Milling Company at
Sidney; Bertha E., who is the wife of Elmer
Sturn; Dana G., and Grant E.
Since his school days Grant E. Russell has
been engaged continuously in agricultural pursuits.
When he reached manhood he was married to Miss Ida M.
Blake, who was born at Sidney, a daughter of
Oliver B. and Mary A. (Ensey) Blake. Mrs. Russell
died in September, 1894, leaving two children: Howard
Blake and Homer Clifford. Mr.
Russell's second marriage was a Florence Green
and they have one child, Bonnie Ensey The
father of Mrs. Russell was formerly a butcher and
later a farmer, and now lives retired at Sidney.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the
Presbyterian church, taking a conscientious interest in
all its work. Politically he is a Republican but
has never accepted any office except that of school
director, and fraternally he is identified with the
Masons.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
647 |
Grant E. Russell
Mrs. Grant E. Russell |
GRANT E. RUSSELL
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
647 |
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HON.
J. EDWARD RUSSELL, a leading member of the Sidney
bar, with offices in the Woodward building, Sidney, is
one of the representative men of Shelby county and for
sixteen years has given attention to the numerous duties
connected with his office as secretary of the Shelby
County Fair Board Mr. Russell, like many
of his professional brethren, was born on a farm, August
9, 1866, his parents living then in Turtle Creek
township, Shelby county, four miles from Sidney.
He is a son of William and Laura (Beck)
Russell.
William Russell was also a native of
Shelby county and was born on a farm in Clinton
township, two and one-half miles northwest of Sidney, a
son of Joshua Russell, who was a pioneer
in that section. Mr. Russell for a number
of years was an extensive farmer and stock raiser but is
now practically retired and lives on a small farm not
far from Sidney.
J. Edward Russell attended the public schools of
Turtle Creek township and afterward the Sidney schools
and after graduating from the Sidney high school in
1888, engaged in teaching and taught three terms in the
district schools, in the meanwhile applying all his
leisure time to acquiring knowledge of the principles of
law. He then entered the law offices of George
Marshall, with whom he pursued his law studies until
he finished the course, and in 1893 was admitted to the
bar and immediately opened his office at Sidney. He
served two terms as city solicitor and has been a member
of the school board for one term. In his practice of law
he covers all branches and has been identified with many
cases of state-wide interest. In republican politics he
has been unusually prominent and in 1904 and again in
1906, was elected to the state senate, and while at
Columbus won still further the confidence and esteem of
his fellow citizens. Mr. Russell has
additional interests and is a member of the board of
directors of the First National Exchange Bank and also
of the Peoples Savings and Loan Association.
Senator Russell was married at Sidney, O.,
to Miss Jennie Laughlin, who died
August 29, 1910, survived by one daughter, Carrie.
He is a member of the Presbyterian church. In his
fraternal relations he is a Mason and a Knight of
Pythias, and belongs also to some professional societies
and social organizations. He is distinctly one of
Sidney's foremost men.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Evansville, Ind. - 1913 - Page
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