Capt. Joseph Clement RUSSELL

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Notes:

According to his obituary, he was one time Chief of Police in Petersburg, and represented Brunswick County in the VA Legislature. He died of consumption (tuberculosis) at the home of J. W. Walden of Petersburg, VA

CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russel
Age: 7
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1850: Bloom, Columbia, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Family Number: 153
Household Members:
Warren Russel 30
Hannah Russel 30
Joseph Russel 7
Henry Russell 5
Ellen Small 28 [maternal aunt]
Augustus Wilson 35 [shoemaker born in Maine]

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph C Russell
Age in 1860: 17
Birth Year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Maine [incorrect info, unsure who gave the information]
Home in 1860: St Andrews Parish, Brunswick, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lawrenceville
Household Members:
Warren Russell 38
Susan A Russell 29
Joseph C Russell 17
Otis H Russell 15
Benja W Russell 10
Charles F Russell 4
William W Russell 3
James R Russell 11 months

Buried:
Grave location:

Id: 50863
Ward: UNKNOWN
Section #: RUSSELL.
Square: RUSSELL
Location: E 1/2 SE CORNER

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Died:
Virginia, Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912
Name: J.R Russell [J. C. Russell]
Gender: Male
Death Date: 13 Dec 1874
Death Place: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia
Age: 35
Birth Date: 1839
Birthplace: Alford, Maine [Alfred, Maine]
Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06991-6
System Origin: Virginia-EASY
Source Film Number: 2048594
Reference Number: p 8 ln 305

Cause of death: Consumption [tuberculosis]
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