Brief Life History of Enoch B.
When Enoch B. Russell was born on 15 February 1834, in Macoupin, Illinois, United States, his father, John Chastain Russell, was 25 and his mother, Charlotte Dixon, was 19. He married Mary Ferrell about 1855, in Van Buren Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Crawford Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 September 1876, in Grain Valley, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Koger Cemetery, Van Buren Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- E D Russell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Enoch O Russell, "Find A Grave Index"
- E B Russell, "United States Census, 1860"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1838
Historical Boundaries 1838: Buchanan created from Non-Area 12
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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