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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Henry F. Russell, a highly respected citizen and farmer of Haywood County, was a native of Guilford County, N. C. was born October 5, 1832, and is the son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Wright) Russell, both natives of North Carolina. They moved to Tennessee in about 1837, and settled two miles north of Brownsville; the father died in November, 1852, and the mother in 1878. Our subject received a good education, and commenced farming at an early age and now owns 300 acres of the best land in Haywood County and also owns a great deal of machinery; he runs a cotton gin, a wheat thresher, a sorghum-mill and a mower, and makes a handsome profit annually. October 15,1870, he married Miss Mary J. Duckworth a native of Haywood County, and this excellent lady died May 23, 1883; they had seven children—one daughter and six sons (three sons are dead): Frank K., born July 7, 1871; Walter, August 7, 1872; Hattie M., July 18, 1874; Thomas D., October 23, 1876; William A., July 26, 1878; Alexander C. July 31, 1881, and Henry H. April 14, 1883. Walter died August 11, 1872, William A., died October 13, 1879, and Henry H., died July 30, 1883. Mr. Russell always supports the Democratic party, and for twenty-three years he has been an influential member of the Missionary Baptist Church, holding his membership at Zion Church.
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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Haywood County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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