Edward Hutson RUSSELL

1869 - 1959  (90 years)

• Name	Edward Hutson RUSSELL
  Born	26 Nov 1869	Petersburg, VA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	10644F9D36AE4E34B593F65A1ECE1FB92215
  Died	21 Dec 1959	Washington, DC
  Buried	23 Dec 1959	Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA   [1]
  	Grave location, obituary,portrait and bio: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5662826 Interment Lawn, Lot 86
  Notes	BIOGRAPHY Source Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography,edited by Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915, p.382 Russell, Edward Hutson, born in Petersburg, Virginia, November 26, 1869, son of Warren Russell and Susan Vincent, his wife. He graduated at the Virginia Military Institute, 1891, and took the course in law at Richmond College, but gave himself to educational pursuits.' He was principal of the Pulaski school, 1892-94; commandant of the Fishburne Military School at Waynesboro, 1894-96; principal of private school at Glade Spring, 1896-97; superintendent of public schools at Bristol, 1897-1905; member and secretary of state board of school examiners, eastern section of Virginia, 1905-10. In the latter year he entered upon the presidency of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Fredericksburg, and in which position he is still serving. He was president of the Virginia State Teachers' Association, 1914; and is a member of the Southern Educational Association, the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, and the Kappa Alpha fraternity. He married Lillian Watson Whitehead, of Farmville, Virginia. Note: He was the first president of what is now the University of Mary Washington from 1908 to 1919. He then moved to Washington and went into real estate. Source:Introduction to The Edward H. Russell Records Collection at the University of Mary Washington. "Based partially on his intimate knowledge of the public schools as well as his successful summer institutes for teachers, on May 19, 1908, the board of trustees appointed Russell as president of the new Fredericksburg State Normal and Industrial School for Women. Among all his responsibilities of establishing the facilities for the school, Russell also set the courses of instruction. He established a ?regular? course that was simply 2-4 years of high school level education, and a ?professional? course that was a 2 year ?normal school? course following a high school degree. It was Russell?s hope that as the state established more high schools, the regular course would be reduced by 2 years. The professional course covered: general education, methodology, and student teaching, done in concert with the Fredericksburg Public School System; it concluded with a teaching certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners. Yet with foresight, Russell understood that the concept of a Normal School education for women?training teachers?was limited because there would eventually be a decline in the need for teachers. So he proposed and succeeded in supplementing the normal school curriculum with classical, industrial, and commercial courses." CENSUS RECORDS 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Hudson Russell [Hutson Russell] Age in 1870: 6 months Birth Year: abt 1869 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Petersburg Ward 3, Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Petersburg Household Members: Warren Russell 49 Susan Russell 40 Ben W Russell 19 [half brother] Charles F R Russell 15 William W Russell 13 James R Russell 11 Martha Russell 9 George Russell 3 Hudson Russell 6 months Louisa Richardson 33 [servant] Mary Thomas 10 Mahiby Richardson 4 Anna Starke 19 [servant] 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Edward H. Russell Age: 10 Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Tuckahoe, Henrico, Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Warren Russell Father's Birthplace: Maine Mother's Birthplace: Maine Occupation: At School Household Members: Warren Russell 58 James H. Russell 21 Martha E. Russell 18 Eward H. Russell 10 1900 United States Federal Census Name: Edward Russell Age: 30 Birth Date: Nov 1869 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1900: Bristol Ward 3, Bristol City, Virginia [Washington Co.] Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Lillian W Russell Marriage Year: 1893 Years Married: 7 Number of children: 0 Father's Birthplace: Maine Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Superintendent City Schools Household Members: Edward Russell 30 Lillian W Russell 27 Mamye Critz 26 [boarder, trained nurse] Lavinia Critz 23 [boarder, teacher] 1910 United States Federal Census Name: E H Russell Age in 1910: 40 Birth Year: 1870 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1910: Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Lillian W Russell Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Educator, Normal School [Fredericksburg State Teachers College > Mary Washington College > University of Mary Washington] Household Members: E H Russell 40 Lillian W Russell 34 Dorothy Russell 8 Werrin Russell 4 [Warren] Lois Russell 2 Etta Whitehead 52 [mother-in-law] 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Edward H Russell Age: 50 Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1920: Washington, District of Columbia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Margaret F Russell Father's Birthplace: Maine Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Home Owned: Own Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Occupation: Real estate agent Household Members: Edward H Russell 50 Margaret F Russell 34 Warren H Russell 14 Lois E Russell 11 Elizabeth E Fraser 61 [Mother-in-law] Chapman K Hunter 23 [lodger] Samuel W Lacy 34 [lodger] 1930 United States Federal Census about Edward Russell Name: Edward Russell Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Virginia Race: White Home in 1930: Washington, District of Columbia Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Margaret Russell Father's Birthplace: Maine Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Real estate Household Members: Edward Russell 60 Margaret Russell 44 Warren H Russell 24 Lois Russell 22 Donald Fraser 74 [[father-in-law] Emma E Fraser 71 [mother-in-law] 1940 United States Federal Census Name: Edward H Russell Respondent: Yes Age: 70 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Virginia Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Washington, District of Columbia Street: Fairmont Street NW House Number: 1311 City of residence in 1935: Same House Household Members: Edward H Russell 70 Margaret F Russell 54 Lois Russell 31 Warren Russell 34 Iris B Russell 32 [daughter-in-law] Elizabeth E Fraser 81 [mother-in-law] Daisy E Thomas 29 [lodger] Jesse B Adams 50 [lodger] Dora L Smith 26 [lodger] Rachel J Levi 24 [lodger] Milton H Coher 23 [lodger] Dorothy C Yarborough 51 [lodger] Dolares J Yarborough 23 [lodger] Carl F Saidel 30 [lodger] Eleanor Lint 23 [lodger]
  Person ID	I5953	Master File
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Warren RUSSELL,   b. 19 Jun 1821, York Co., ME ,   d. 8 Feb 1899, Richmond, VA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Susan Amy VINCENT,   b. Abt 1829,   d. 8 Aug 1872, Petersburg, VA  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	8 Feb 1854	Petersburg, VA
  Family ID	F4492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	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
  Children	1. Dorothy RUSSELL,   b. 1902, Virginia ,   d. 1924, Virginia  (Age 22 years)   2. Warren Hutson RUSSELL,   b. 25 Sep 1905, Virginia ,   d. 15 Mar 1993, Richmond, VA  (Age 87 years)   3. Lois RUSSELL,   b. 1908, Virginia ,   d. 2002  (Age 94 years)
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2012
  Family ID	F4498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret E. FRASER,   b. 1885, Canada ,   d. Feb 1979, FL  (Age 94 years)
  Married	25 Jul 1917	Washington, DC
  Family ID	F4500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S109] Hollywood Cemetery Records, (Richmond, VA), April, 2000; March 2010.