Person:Joseph Russell (56)

Joseph Russell was born in the "area now known as the Hayfield area" of Frederick County, Virginia, and he died between 1820 and 1823 in Belmont County, Ohio. [Source: p. 172-b, Jacob's House.] Hayfield is not far to the west of Winchester, Virginia. Joseph's parents are not named in Jacob's House. Belmont, Ohio is about 20 miles west of Wheeling, Virginia (later WVa).

There is a Keckley Run in the Hayfield area. It runs into Wolf Spring Creek to the west of Back Mountain Road.

Joseph Russell was born in 1756 and Elizabeth Keckley in 1777; she was the daughter of Jacob Keckley, Jr. and ___ Snapp. Their first son was David, born in 1813. Jonas was the second son, and David the third. [Source: p. 172-a, Jacob's House, citing Douglas Mark Wiggins.]

"Joseph Russell, a native of Frederick County, Virginia, came to Belmont County, Ohio where he died in 1820. His widow, Elizabeth Russell came to what is now Noble County in 1823. She died in 1837. The family consisted of nine children. Mrs. Russell not only assisted in clearing the farm, but worked at weaving and spinning. Frequently the food of the family consisted of "roasting ears" of corn ground on a grater. The hand mill and "hominy block" were also brought into use to furnish a substitute for meal." [Source: p. 172-a, Jacob's House, citing p. 494 (sic, 342?) of Noble County, Ohio History.]

Joseph is said to have emigrated to Ohio about 1800. [Source: p. 172-a, Jacob's House.]

"I don't know Joseph's origin or paternity. He may be the Joseph Russell who was last taxed for land in Frederick County, Virginia, on the 1801 list. (As were also Moses and Richard Russell.) I have yet to see any other primary documentary record of Joseph Russell in Va., Ohio, or anywhere else. His son Reuben [not Richard] claimed - in 1880 census - that father [Joseph] was born in England. The 1850 census for each of Joseph's older children should be checked to see what they report as their birthplaces. Major source for family data was: Janet E. Russell of Canton, Ohio, in 1992." [Source: Feb. 22, 2009, George Ely Russell, CG, FASG, FNGS (Russell Genealogical Collection: North American Russell families 1600-1850).]

1820 census for Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio: Elizabeth Russel (sic) - 320000/21210. [This shows five male children, five female children and a female in the age 26-45 category.]

Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (source: information combined from George Ely Russell; census data; p. 172-a, Jacob's House; and WorldConnect database of Larrick-Chadwick Family):

• Mary Ann, b. abt 1799, and married Oct. 18, 1821 in Washington Co., Ohio to Samuel Dennis; cannot locate in 1860 census.
• Rebecca, b. 25 Oct 1802, and married Nov. 8, 1827 in Morgan Co., Ohio to Henry Dudley; Henry and Rebecca and family were in Buffalo twp., Nobel County, Ohio in the 1860 census.
• Salome, b. abt 1803, and married April 10, 1823 in Morgan Co., Ohio to John Ralph.
• Reuben, b. abt 1808, and married Mary; 1850 census in Noble twp., Morgan County, Ohio (Reuben, 41, farmer, born Ohio; wife Mary, 45, born Virginia; children John, Rebecca and Lydia A.), and 1860-1880 census in Washington twp., Lucas County, Iowa, the last of which was with son John; more on 1880 below. [Meigs County, Ohio - Reuben Russell, age 22 in 1850, probably oldest son of Reuben (1808).]
• Elizabeth, b. abt 1811, and married Dec. 27, 1832 in Morgan Co., Ohio to Kasper Larrick; in 1860 he was in Vinton County, Ohio, as a widower, with children.
• John, born Feb. 2, 1813 in Belmont Co, Ohio; married Nancy Anderson, and then Rachel Anderson; John died March 8, 1895 in Noble Co., Ohio. See below for 1880 census.
• William or David, born June 24, 1815, and died July 24, 1902 in Noble Co., Ohio; his wife was Catherine Cox; see below for 1880 census; in the 1870 census he was called William.
• Jonas, born Oct. 1, 1816 in Ohio, and died Nov. 6, 1872 in Noble Co., Ohio; his wife was Ellen Johnson; in 1860 they and their family were in Noble County, Ohio; Jonas was 44; he is in the same location in 1870 but I can't locate him in 1880.
• Joseph, born abt. 1817 in Ohio, and married Rachel Keckley and then Elizabeth Kackley.
• Rachel, born April 1, 1819 in Buffalo twp., Noble Co., Ohio, and died May 14, 1870; married Samuel Kackley.

1880 Census Information:

• Reuben Russell, Lucas County, Iowa, 72, retired farmer, widower; living with son John, 48, born Ohio, and his wife Margaret, 45, born Ohio and their two children. Reuben reported that he was born in Ohio and his parents in England and Virginia.
• John Russell, Noble County, Ohio, 66, farmer, born Ohio, mother born Virginia, no entry for father; wife Rachel, 62, born Virginia; daughter Margaret, 18, born Ohio.
• David Russell, Noble County, Ohio, 64, born Ohio, no data for parents; residing with son White Russell and his family.

(Research):Jacob's House (Cackley/Kackley/Keckley Families), (A History of the Descendants of Jacob Keckley, Sr. (1701-1788) of Frederick County, Virginia), written and compiled by Elizabeth Faith Kackley Qualls, 1990, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore.