Brief Life History of James Madison
James Madison Russell was born on 15 January 1869, in Ohio, United States as the son of Francis Russell. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Mary Agnes Bartholomew. He lived in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, United States in 1920. He died on 20 March 1931, in Portsmouth, Wayne Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, United States.
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- James Russell, "United States Census, 1920"
- James Russell, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
- James Russell in entry for Lizzadell Russell, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870
Since 1870 Wayne Township and the City of Portsmouth have covered the same territory.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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