Russell, Andrew

RUSSELL, JOHNSON, CASE, ROYALITY, WARD, SMITH, ROE

Posted By: Joy Fisher (email)
Date: 7/6/2026 at 07:33:18

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Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 9, 2007, 1:35 am

Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

ANDREW RUSSELL, a prominent farmer of Boyer Valley township, near the post
office of Early, one of the well-known citizens, who settled in this township in
1873, was born in Park county, Indiana, near Rockville, April 6, 1835, a son of
Ben and Sarah (Johnson) Russell. The father was born in Kentucky, the mother in
Ohio. In 1849, when our subject was fourteen years of age, the family removed to
Clinton county, Iowa, locating near Lyons, where the father died in 1871. As an
occupation he had always followed farming, had taken an active interest in
political affairs, always voting with the Republican party, was a good citizen
and a consistent member of the Christian Church. The mother is now living in
Clinton county at the advanced age of eighty-two years. She has been the mother
of four sons and four daughters. One son, Monroe, became a soldier during the
war, in the Second Iowa Infantry, lives in Jackson county, where he was one of
the early settlers.

On April 23, 1854, our subject started West, overland, journeying to Oregon
and California, and from that date to 1859, engaged in prospecting, mining and
freighting with pack mules. He returned via the Isthmus and Mississippi river to
Iowa, located in Clinton county and engaged in farming, until 1873. At the
latter date he came to Sac county, settling in Boyer Valley township, where he
opened up and improved his present farm. The residence is a good frame
structure, one and one-half stories high5 14 x 22 feet, with an L of the same
height, also 14 x 22 feet, and is surrounded by a fine grove and orchard, of
three acres. The barn is a convenient building, 32 x 50 feet, well constructed
and substantial.

At the age of twenty-five, in Clinton county, Iowa, he was married to Easter
Case, a native of Clay county, Indiana, daughter of Obediah and Susanna
(Royality) Case. The father was born in Tennessee and the mother in Kentucky.
They had moved to Clinton county in 1846, where both died. Two of their sons
took part in the late war: Zeniah served in the Twenty-sixth Iowa, and died
during service, while Isaiah also died in the army. Our subject and wife have
had twelve children, namely: Luella, wife of Henry Ward, resides at Slaughter,
Washington; Orion and wife reside in Washington; and Albert also resides in the
same State; Eudora is the wife of Oren Prentice, and resides in Washington, she
having been a teacher in Sac county before her marriage; Elmondah is the wife of
George Smith, of Washington; Walter is at home; Edith is the wife of George Roe,
of this township; Alvin, Ethel, Dayton, Carm and Effie are at home. Our subject
takes an active interest in politics and always votes the Republican ticket. He
has been identified with most of the improvements that have been carried on
since his settlement, here, and has been a member of the School Board for some
years. Mrs. Russell was reared in the Baptist faith, in which church she is a
valued member.

Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."勇merson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.

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July 2026: This file was originally submitted to the USGenWeb Archives for Iowa. The National Coordinator, Linda Lewis, gave us permission to move the submissions to the IAGenWeb Project message boards and websites when the Archives site was discontinued.
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