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Samuel Russell


Birth25 September 1812Springfield, Otsego, New York, United States
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     The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 73.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 234; citing "General Record of the Seventies. Book B".
Death11 November 1863San Ramon, Contra Costa, California, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySeach.org), LKVB-SH6.

    Bernard Freedman, Death Notices 1860-1899 (Contra Costa County, CA: Contra Costa Historical Society, 1996), p. 101.
BurialMartinez, Contra Costa, California, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #21926796.
FatherJonathan Russell
MotherLeah Layton
Marriages Label

   • Frances Maria Stillman
Married20 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 438; citing "Book of Sealings (Living) - Wives to Husbands.".

   • Esther J Hill
Married25 February 1832Akron, Erie, New York, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySeach.org), entry for Samuel Russell and Esther J Hill, ID: L51G-C7P and ID: MLNZ-DT4.
          Children:
               Sarah Russell
               James Russell
               Annis L. Russell
               Helene Russell
               Helen Mar Russell
               Maria Russell
               Archibald W. Russell
               Major Russell
               Valasco Balbour Russell
               Samuel Russell
               Brunette Russell
               Hiram S. Russell

   • Abigail Thorn
Married20 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 438; citing "Book of Sealings (Living) - Wives to Husbands.".
          Children:
               Frances Maria Russell
Residences Label
• 0001Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 0001Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• 0001El Dorado County, California, United States
• 0001San Ramon, Contra Costa, California, United States
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Baptism
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• Grave MarkerExtract
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Federal

• 1840 Population CensusNewstead, Erie, New YorkExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1860 Population CensusTownship 2, Contra Costa, CaliforniaExtractImage
Migration Records Label

Crossing the Plains

• Abraham O. Smoot-Samuel Russell CompanyExtract
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Crossing the Plains Source(s)
    Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868 (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2007).
       Departure17 Jun 1847
       Arrival25 Sept 1847

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