Amy Lee Russell

Brief Life History of Amy Lee

When Amy Lee Russell was born on 14 December 1877, in Upshur, West Virginia, United States, her father, John Randolph Blackwood Russell, was 40 and her mother, Margaret Ellen Williams, was 25. She married William Jasper Humphrey on 22 August 1897, in Upshur, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Meade District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States for about 50 years and Clark District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 30 May 1949, in Jordan, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Waterloo Cemetery, French Creek, French Creek, Upshur, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Jasper Humphrey
1866–1944
Amy Lee Russell
1877–1949
Marriage: 22 August 1897
Edward D. Humphrey
1898–1911
Ashley Sumner Humphrey
1900–1975
Schuyler Randolph Humphrey
1901–1925
Freda May Humphrey
1903–1992
Hilen Rue Humphrey
1908–1972
Zella Olive Humphrey
1912–1992
Mildred Addie Humphrey
1914–2004
Raymond Ford Humphrey
1916–1986

Sources (18)

  • Amy G Humphrey in household of William J Humphrey, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Amy L Russell, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • Annie L Russell, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.

English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.

Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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