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William E. Russell (Adair County attorney)

b. 1830-10-06 d. 1900

Adair County, Kentucky, attorney. Married to Susan Agnes Elder Russell on November 14, 1854. Father of Sylvester A. Russell and Marietta Russell. Studied law in Adair County from 1848 to 1849. Admitted to the bar in 1849. Attorney in Adair County from 1849 to 1867. Representative of Adair County in the Kentucky state legislature from 1857 to 1858. Owned six enslaved persons in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry, and Modern Activities (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), volume 3, p. 1270-1271. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Columbia, p. 89. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, Division 2, p. 9. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, Lebanon, p. 86.

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Russell, William E.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210570 (November 12, 2026).

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