Frank Russell
Frank Russell is one of the wide-awake, energetic and
progressive merchants of Allamakee county, conducting a store at
Forest Mills. He is one of the county’s native sons, his
birth having occurred at Harden on the 25th of January, 1880. His
parents are James and Mary A. (French) Russell. The father came
to this county in 1870 from Waukesha county, Wisconsin, and
followed the occupation of farming. In the family were six
children, four sons and two daughters, of whom Frank Russell is
the second in order of birth.
Being a life-long resident of Allamakee county, Frank Russell has
a wide acquaintance in that section in which he has always lived.
He attended the Cherry Valley school during the period of his
boyhood and youth, and his experiences were such as usually fall
to the lot of the farmer’s son who devotes his time between
the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and
the work of the fields. After putting aside his text-books he
continued to follow farming until 1911, when he turned his
attention to commercial pursuits, purchasing the store that was
formerly the property of his father-in-law, Albert D. Bender, of
whom mention is made elsewhere in this work. He now has a well
appointed establishment, carrying a carefully selected line of
goods of modern manufacture. In connection with his commercial
interests he is engaged in the contracting business with Albert
D. Bender on road and bridge work. Whatever he undertakes he
carries forward to successful accomplishment, for he is
determined and energetic and his persistency of purpose is
winning him substantial reward.
On the 16th of September, 1901, Mr. Russell was united in
marriage to Miss Edith M. Bender, also a native of Allamakee
county and a pupil in the country schools through the period of
her girlhood. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have two children, Clarence
and Lawrence.
Mr. Russell is a young man of recognized moral courage, endowed
by nature with strong intellectual force. He recognizes the
opportunities which are before him and makes good use of them as
the years go by, realizing also that success is, as it were, a
tree that will grow in no other soil than that of industry,
perseverance and honesty. During the course of his boyhood and
active business career he has formed a wide acquaintance and warm
regard is entertained for him by many friends.
-source: Past & Present of Allamakee County; by
Ellery M. Hancock; S. J. Clarke Pub. Co.; 1913
-transcribed by Linda Earnheart
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