Person

John M. Russell (Marion County, Kentucky, farmer and slaveholder.)

b. 1825 d. 1888

Marion County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky, native. Married to Sarah Ann Mattingly Russell. Father of Thomas Wallace Russell, Eliza Russell, and Susan Russell. Married to Margaret Ann McAtee Russell. Father of Frank Russell, Mattie Russell, Dell Russell, and James Russell. Farmer in Marion County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Owned five enslaved persons in Marion County in 1860. Farmer in Marion County in 1863.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 394A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 583.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District 1, p. 479A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, St. Mary's Precinct, p. 167B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Marion County, KY, 1863, p. 158.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994047, Marion County Births.

"John M. Russell (1825-1888)," Find A Grave, Memorial #52112784, accessed May 14, 2022, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52112784/john-m-russell.

Citation

Russell, John M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210334 (November 12, 2026).

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