There is a Edmund Lewis Russell listed on a site for alumni of Amherst College, class of 1829
Russell, Edmund Peter. s. of John and Mary (Lewis), b. Marblehead, May 10, 1809. Prepared Marblehead Acad. Taught Orleans and in N.J.; went South about 1860. D. Citation needed
Son of John Russell and Mary Lewis. — Left 1822. — Name changed, 1826, to Edmund Peter Russell. Taught at Orleans, and in New Jersey, going to the Southern States about 1860. ----- [A = Amherst]