Martha Elizabeth (Pattie) RUSSELL

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Her nickname was Pattie, and was named for her maternal aunt, Martha Vincent Walden, who was also called Pat.

She worked with the Children's Home Society in Richmond for adoption of orphans. The organization began in 1900 when it was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly and still provides services today. During the early years, children were brought to a receiving home in Richmond pending placement with a suitable adoptive family. By 1930, Children's Home Society of Virginia was part of the national trend of placing children in individual foster homes rather than in orphanages.

CENSUS RECORDS

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha Russell
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Petersburg Ward 3, Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Petersburg
Household Members:
Warren Russell 49
Susan Russell 40
Ben W Russell 19 [half brother]
Charles F R Russell 15
William W Russell 13
James R Russell 11
Martha Russell 9
George Russell 3
Hudson Russell 12
Louisa Richardson 33 [servant]
Mary Thomas 10
Mahiby Richardson 4
Anna Starke 19 [servant]

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha E. Russell
Age: 18
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Tuckahoe, Henrico, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Warren Russell
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: Keeps House
Household Members:
Warren Russell 58
James H. Russell 21
Martha E. Russell 18
Eward H. Russell 10

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Pattie E Russell
Age: 30
Birth Date: Aug 1870
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Clay Ward, Richmond City, Virginia
[Henrico]
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Sister [in household of William Walden Russell]
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Pattie E R Phillips
Age in 1910: 48
Birth Year: 1862
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1910: Baltimore Ward 19, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Kerwan P Phillips [Kirwan]
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Kerwan P Phillips 50 [merchant]
Pattie E R Phillips 48
Willie W Phillips 16 [nephew]
May R Mcroy 13 [orphan]
Richard C Beekman 66 [boarder]

CITY DIRECTORIES

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Publication Title: Hill Directory Co.'s Incorporated Richmond City Directory
Name: Mrs Kirwan P Phillips
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1920
Street Address: 1 N 6th
Residence Place: Richmond, Virginia

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Publication Title: Hill's Richmond Virginia City Directory
Name: Pattie Phillips
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1928
Street Address: 1 N 5th apt 23
Residence Place: Richmond, Virginia
Occupation: Socialwkr
Spouse: Widow of K P Phillips

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Publication Title: Hill's Richmond Virginia City Directory
Name: K Pattie Phillips
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1930
Street Address: 1 N 5th apt 22
Residence Place: Richmond, Virginia
Occupation: Children's Home Society of VA
Spouse: Widow of Kirwan P Phillips

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
Publication Title: Hill's Richmond Virginia City Directory
Name: Pattie E R Phillips
Gender: F (Female)
Residence Year: 1931
Street Address: 1 N 5th apt 22
Residence Place: Richmond, Virginia
Spouse: Widow of Kirwan P Phillips


Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=64826106&PIpi=38148380

She is buried in the plot with the family of Edward Hutson Russell, and her name is on the same family obelisk memorial stone as Edward's daughter Dorothy.

Martha married Kirwan Plummer PHILLIPS 7 Feb 1906. Kirwan was born 20 Nov 1858, Richmond Co. VA; died 06 Jan 1914, Richmond Co. VA; was buried , Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery Farnham Richmond Co. VA. [Group Sheet]