Simon Jacob RUSSELL

Male 1784 - 1845  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name Simon Jacob RUSSELL 
    Born ca 1784  Waterboro, York Co. ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 3416A82DBF7F4ACCB40E5E7149D55DDE5D22 
    Died ca 1845  Lake Co. OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Simon moved to New Sharon, Franklin Co., ME, where his Uncle John and Betsey Moody Bean settled and next door to Industry in Franklin Co., where his Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Sarah Moody Goodridge settled. It is also where his maternal grandparents Samuel and Hannah Severance Moody had moved in 1797.

      The Beans and Moodys were pioneer families in Franklin Co. In 1781, the first settlers arrived, the same year a sawmill was established. On February 1, 1794, Sandy River Plantation was incorporated as Farmington. Beginning with a cluster of log houses at Farmington Falls, the town grew quickly and prospered. Agriculture was an important early occupation, with hay a principal product. Orchards yielded apples and other fruit. Farmington became one of the largest wool producing towns in New England, with many herds of sheep grazing the foothills of the Appalachians.

      The area's water power attracted industry, including five lumber mills, three gristmills, a spool factory and a tannery.[An important element in Simon's profession as a cordwainer, shoemaker who makes leather shoes, may also do repair work as a cobbler as well

      Simon was of New Sharon when he filed marriage intentions to Polly Bailey in Farmington January 22, 1807 Simon Russell, cordwainer of New Sharon, left records of real estate transactions between December 27, 1807 and March 27, 1809. The history of Farmington, Maine notes that Polly Bailey was born on May 7, 1788, the daughter of Eliphalet and Rebecca Perham Bailey, that she married Simon Russell, had 12 children and removed to Ohio.

      In 1812 Simon lived at Boyle, NY on property adjoining Jonathan Russell. Simon remained in Monroe Co., NY, (at that time Ontario, Co.) for about 8 years before moving to Ohio. An excerpt from Fulton Co. Ohio History states that Simon and his wife, Polly (Bailey) Russell, were originally from Maine, that they settled in Monroe County, New York, within the Lake County, being pioneers of that section of the state.

      Simon placed advertisements in the Painesville (Ohio) Telegraph announcing his boot and shoemaking business, consistent with his identification as a cordwainer in Maine. [Note from Cheryl Tate Duke: It is interesting that his profession follows through other branches of the family. Simon's nephew Warren Russell, son of Clement, who established the Virginia Russells, was involved in shoemaking and tanneries. Warren learned the trade from his older brother, Benjamin, who migrated to PA and eventually to MD.]

      The Fulton Co. History notes 8 children, including a son Benjamin, who was born in the city of Rochester, NY on 9 March 1818. Found in census of Leroy, Ohio in 1830. age between 40 and 50. (birth year 1780-1790). He died intestate in Lake Co., Ohio, estate administrated 1848.

    • CENSUS RECORDS

      1820 United States Federal Census
      Name: Simeon Russell [Simon Russell]
      Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Painesville, Geauga, Ohio
      Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
      Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 3
      Free White Persons - Under 16: 7
      Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
      Total Free White Persons: 11
      Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 11

      1830 United States Federal Census
      Name: Simon Russel
      Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Leroy, Geauga, Ohio
      Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
      Total Free White Persons: 9
      Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9

      1840 United States Federal Census
      Name: Simon Russel
      Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Leroy, Lake, Ohio
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
      Persons Employed in Agriculture: 3
      Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
      Total Free White Persons: 6
      Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6

    Person ID I6005  Master File
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2012 

    Father Joseph RUSSELL, Jr.,   b. Abt 1755, Waterboro, York Co, ME Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1826, Alfred, York Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Aphia MOODY,   b. Abt 1757, Brentwood, Rockingham Co., NH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1847, Alfred, York Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 90 years) 
    Married 14 May 1776  First Parish Church, Kennebunk, York Co., ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Polly Bailey,   b. 07 May 1788, Farmington, Franklin Co. ME Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 22 Jan 1807  Farmington, Franklin Co. ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. William RUSSELL,   b. 24 Jul 1807, Waterboro, York Co. ME Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1878, Liberty Township, Henry Co. OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Rebecca RUSSELL
     3. James RUSSELL
     4. Mary RUSSELL
     5. Laura RUSSELL
    +6. Benjamin F. RUSSELL,   b. 09 Mar 1818, Rochester, Monroe Co. NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Apr 1897, Fayette, Fulton Co. OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     7. Warren RUSSELL
    +8. Joseph RUSSELL,   b. ca 1822, Painesville, Lake Co. OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1870, Hancock Co. OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years)
     9. Clement RUSSELL
     10. Abigail RUSSELL
    +11. Sarah Elizabeth RUSSELL,   b. 27 Dec l827, Painesville, Lake Co. OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1909, Wetmore, Custer Co. CO Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Caroline RUSSELL
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2012 
    Family ID F7338  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart