Benjamin Warren RUSSELL

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Notes:

Victorian bedroom suit owned by Elizabeth Russell Duke's consisting of the bed, dresser, wash stand and wardrobe was a wedding gift from William Walden Russell to his half brother Benjamin when he married Nell Overby. The entire set remains in the family.

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Benja W Russell
Age in 1860: 10
Birth Year: abt 1850
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860: St Andrews Parish, Brunswick, Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Lawrenceville
Household Members:
Warren Russell 38
Susan A Russell 29
Joseph C Russell 17 [brother]
Otis H Russell 15 [brother]
Benja W Russell 10
Charles F Russell 4 [half brother]
William W Russell 3 [half brother]
James R Russell 11 months [half brother]

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Ben W Russell
Age in 1870: 19
Birth Year: abt 1851
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870: Ward 3, Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Petersburg
Occupation: Clerk in shoe store
Household Members:
Warren Russell 49
Susan Russell 40
Ben W Russell 19
Charles F R Russell 15
William W Russell 13
James R Russell 11
Martha Russell 9
George Russell 3
Hudson Russell 6 months
Louisa Richardson 33 [servant]
Mary Thomas 10
Mahiby Richardson 4
Anna Starke 19 [servant]

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Benj. Russell
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Richmond, Henrico, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Depty U. S. Rev. Collect.
Boarding in the home of J. A. Capston
Household Members:
J. A. Capston 45
C. A. Capston 45
Wm. Burke 30
Mary Burke 28
Jno B. Chataigne 30
M. M. Chataigne 27
Benj. Russell 28
Frank Russell 24 [brother]

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Benj W Russell
Age: 48
Birth Date: Feb 1852
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1900: Clay Ward, Richmond City, Virginia
[Henrico]
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nellie O Russell
Marriage Year: 1891
Years Married: 9
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
Occupation:Post Office Clerk
Household Members:
Benj W Russell 48
Nellie O Russell 34
Harriet Perkins 22 [servant]

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Benjamin W Russell
Age in 1910: 58
Birth Year: 1852
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910: Clay Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nellie O Russell
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: Clerk, post office
Household Members:
Benjamin W Russell 58
Nellie O Russell 40

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Benj W Russell
Age: 65
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1920: Clay Ward, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nellie O Russell
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home Owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Occupation: Clerk, post office
Household Members:
Buy W Russell 65
Nellie O Russell 49
Celestine Moon 32 [boarder, public school teacher]
Annie Green 24 [servant]

CITY DIRECTORIES

1893 Richmond City Directory, p. 584.
Benjamin W. Russell, mailing clerk, post office, home: 615 North 6th.

1895 Richmond City Directory, p. 636.
Benjamin W. Russell, mailing clerk, post office, home: 110 North Lombardy.

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=russell&GSiman=1&GSsr=41&GScid=50668&GRid=93516736&

Section 26, Lot 138

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Benjamin Warren Russell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 76
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1851
Birthplace: Bloomsburg, PA
Death Date: 5 Aug 1927
Cause of Death: ruptured aneurism, abdominal aorta
Death Place: Richmond, Henrico, Virginia
Registration Date: 6 Aug 1927
Father: Warren R Russell
Mother: Hannah Small
Spouse: Nellie O Russell
Certificate Number: 1927017943

Benjamin married Nellie G. OVERBY 20 Jan 1891, Henrico Co. VA. Nellie (daughter of Andrew S. OVERBY and Sarah L. WALLACE) was born 15 Aug 1865, Manchester, Chesterfield Co., VA; died 06 May 1926, Richmond, VA; was buried 07 May 1926, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond VA. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Grave location, tombstone photo, and obituary:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93516714

Plot: Section: 2 Lot: 66