Dorothy RUSSELL

1902 - 1924  (22 years)

• Name	Dorothy RUSSELL
  Born	1902	Virginia
  Gender	Female
  _UID	95673D99677740178F1BA257DFF0EA55B8DD
  Died	1924	Virginia
  Buried	Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
  	Grave location and tombstone photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64826106
  Notes	Had some sort of disability. Jennie Mae Cluverius Russell talked about seeing this child, a beautiful little girl with long black hair, in a carriage when she was a student at Farmville Normal School. Edward Hutson Russell was superintendent of schools for Farmville when she was a student. 1910 United States Federal Census Name: Dorothy Russell Age in 1910: 8 Birth Year: 1902 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Daughter Marital Status: Single Father's Name: E H Russell Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Name: Lillian W Russell Mother's Birthplace: Virginia 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Dorothy Russell Age: 18 Birth Year: abt 1902 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Ward 1, Staunton (Independent City), Virginia Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Inmate Marital Status: Single Father's Birthplace: United States Mother's Birthplace: United States Able to read: No Able to Write: No Whatever the nature of her disability, she became a patient at Western State Hospital. It was common medical practice to have children with disabilities placed in facilities so their other siblings and the parents could have "normal lives. In its early days, Western State was a resort-style asylum. It had terraced gardens where patients could plant flowers and take walks, roof walks to provide mountain views, and many architectural details to create an atmosphere that would aid in the healing process. However, by the mid 19th Century, this utopian model of care had vanished, replaced by overcrowding in the facility and the warehousing of patients. Techniques such as "ankle and wrist restraints, physical coercion, and straitjackets" were used. After the passage of the Eugenical Sterilization Act of 1924 in Virginia,[4] patients were forcibly sterilized at Western State. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_State_Hospital_%28Virginia%29#cite_note-commits-2
  Person ID	I5882	Master File
  Last Modified	21 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Edward Hutson RUSSELL,   b. 26 Nov 1869, Petersburg, VA ,   d. 21 Dec 1959, Washington, DC  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Lillian Watson WHITEHEAD,   b. 30 Apr 1873, Farmville, Prince Edward Co. VA ,   d. 9 Dec 1913, Fredericksburg, VA  (Age 40 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1895	Prince Edward Co. VA
  	Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940 Groom's Name: Edward H. Russell Groom's Birth Date: 1870 Groom's Birthplace: Petersburg, Va Groom's Age: 25 Bride's Name: Lillian W. Whitehead Bride's Birth Date: 1873 Bride's Birthplace: Prince Edward Bride's Age: 22 Marriage Date: 12 Sep 1895 Marriage Place: Prince Edward, Virginia Groom's Father's Name: W. Russell Groom's Mother's Name: S. A. Bride's Father's Name: J. R. Whitehead Bride's Mother's Name: E. F. Groom's Race: White Groom's Marital Status: Single Bride's Race: White Bride's Marital Status: Single Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86863-6 System Origin: Virginia-EASy Source Film Number: 33256 Reference Number: line 70, p. 85
  Family ID	F4498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart