Born at St. Joseph. Mo., January 15, 1866, H. W. Russell came to California in 1869 with his parents, George C. and Mary L. (Curtis) Russell, both parents having been born in New York State, and married there. They settled in San Francisco, where the father was a carpenter and later moved to San Jose.
H. W. was the only boy in a family of three children. His two sisters are Mrs. Carrie P. Fowler, a widow, residing with her mother, who is past eighty years of age, at San Jose, and Lottie, now the wife of L. B. Pollard of Fresno.
From San Jose the family moved to Fresno in March, 1879, settling in the Mendocino district, where the father bought government land and improved a tract of 160 acres. They lived there for five years and then moved back to San Jose.
Mr. George C. Russell died at the home of his son in Dinuba in 1911 and is buried at San Jose.
Mrs. H. W. Russell, nee Iambie A. Carr, is the third child and second daughter of the well-known Fresno County pioneer, T. W. Carr, who now lives at San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County. He came to Fresno County in 1875 and helped promote and dig the Kingsburg and Centerville ditch. He was one of the first ditch superintendents on that ditch. He was born in Ohio and moved to Iowa where he was married to Miss Helen McClosky, a native of Pennsylvania. She died at Dinuba in 1906 and lies buried in the Mendocino Cemetery in Fresno County. She left eight children: Robert, a rancher at Gridley, Butte County; Sophie, the wife of A. J. Salladay of Terra Bella; Iambie A.; Oscar, who resides in Coalinga; Benjamin T., residing at Parkfield, Monterey County; Maggie, the wife of E. O. Reese of Kerman; Bertha, wife of W. H. Gilstrap, she died in 1917 and left one child, Bernice; and John W. who resides at Oroville.
Iambie A. Carr was born at Milton, Iowa, and was but seven years of age when she came to California. She attended the Mendocino district school and later the Selma High school and was a member of the first class graduated from Selma High in 1885. She was a student at the San Jose Normal later and taught school for four years in Fresno and Tulare counties.
She was married at Lompoc to Mr. H. W. Russell, April 8, 1891, and they lived at various places on the Coast until they came to Dinuba in 1906, where Mr. Russell planted and improved a seventy-acre ranch.
They came back to Fresno County in 1913 where he improved a ranch at Sanger. In November, 1918, they moved back to Fresno where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are the parents of five children: H. Warren, a rancher near Fresno; Ila H., the wife of Earl R. Hudson, cashier of the First National Bank of Sanger; Ralph C, a graduate of the Sanger High School who enlisted and was in the Officers Training School at Waco, Texas, at the signing of the armistice, and is now at home; Elmer W. and Glen C, both living at home. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fresno.
H. W. was the only boy in a family of three children. His two sisters are Mrs. Carrie P. Fowler, a widow, residing with her mother, who is past eighty years of age, at San Jose, and Lottie, now the wife of L. B. Pollard of Fresno.
From San Jose the family moved to Fresno in March, 1879, settling in the Mendocino district, where the father bought government land and improved a tract of 160 acres. They lived there for five years and then moved back to San Jose.
Mr. George C. Russell died at the home of his son in Dinuba in 1911 and is buried at San Jose.
Mrs. H. W. Russell, nee Iambie A. Carr, is the third child and second daughter of the well-known Fresno County pioneer, T. W. Carr, who now lives at San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County. He came to Fresno County in 1875 and helped promote and dig the Kingsburg and Centerville ditch. He was one of the first ditch superintendents on that ditch. He was born in Ohio and moved to Iowa where he was married to Miss Helen McClosky, a native of Pennsylvania. She died at Dinuba in 1906 and lies buried in the Mendocino Cemetery in Fresno County. She left eight children: Robert, a rancher at Gridley, Butte County; Sophie, the wife of A. J. Salladay of Terra Bella; Iambie A.; Oscar, who resides in Coalinga; Benjamin T., residing at Parkfield, Monterey County; Maggie, the wife of E. O. Reese of Kerman; Bertha, wife of W. H. Gilstrap, she died in 1917 and left one child, Bernice; and John W. who resides at Oroville.
Iambie A. Carr was born at Milton, Iowa, and was but seven years of age when she came to California. She attended the Mendocino district school and later the Selma High school and was a member of the first class graduated from Selma High in 1885. She was a student at the San Jose Normal later and taught school for four years in Fresno and Tulare counties.
She was married at Lompoc to Mr. H. W. Russell, April 8, 1891, and they lived at various places on the Coast until they came to Dinuba in 1906, where Mr. Russell planted and improved a seventy-acre ranch.
They came back to Fresno County in 1913 where he improved a ranch at Sanger. In November, 1918, they moved back to Fresno where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are the parents of five children: H. Warren, a rancher near Fresno; Ila H., the wife of Earl R. Hudson, cashier of the First National Bank of Sanger; Ralph C, a graduate of the Sanger High School who enlisted and was in the Officers Training School at Waco, Texas, at the signing of the armistice, and is now at home; Elmer W. and Glen C, both living at home. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fresno.
Born at St. Joseph. Mo., January 15, 1866, H. W. Russell came to California in 1869 with his parents, George C. and Mary L. (Curtis) Russell, both parents having been born in New York State, and married there. They settled in San Francisco, where the father was a carpenter and later moved to San Jose.
H. W. was the only boy in a family of three children. His two sisters are Mrs. Carrie P. Fowler, a widow, residing with her mother, who is past eighty years of age, at San Jose, and Lottie, now the wife of L. B. Pollard of Fresno.
From San Jose the family moved to Fresno in March, 1879, settling in the Mendocino district, where the father bought government land and improved a tract of 160 acres. They lived there for five years and then moved back to San Jose.
Mr. George C. Russell died at the home of his son in Dinuba in 1911 and is buried at San Jose.
Mrs. H. W. Russell, nee Iambie A. Carr, is the third child and second daughter of the well-known Fresno County pioneer, T. W. Carr, who now lives at San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County. He came to Fresno County in 1875 and helped promote and dig the Kingsburg and Centerville ditch. He was one of the first ditch superintendents on that ditch. He was born in Ohio and moved to Iowa where he was married to Miss Helen McClosky, a native of Pennsylvania. She died at Dinuba in 1906 and lies buried in the Mendocino Cemetery in Fresno County. She left eight children: Robert, a rancher at Gridley, Butte County; Sophie, the wife of A. J. Salladay of Terra Bella; Iambie A.; Oscar, who resides in Coalinga; Benjamin T., residing at Parkfield, Monterey County; Maggie, the wife of E. O. Reese of Kerman; Bertha, wife of W. H. Gilstrap, she died in 1917 and left one child, Bernice; and John W. who resides at Oroville.
Iambie A. Carr was born at Milton, Iowa, and was but seven years of age when she came to California. She attended the Mendocino district school and later the Selma High school and was a member of the first class graduated from Selma High in 1885. She was a student at the San Jose Normal later and taught school for four years in Fresno and Tulare counties.
She was married at Lompoc to Mr. H. W. Russell, April 8, 1891, and they lived at various places on the Coast until they came to Dinuba in 1906, where Mr. Russell planted and improved a seventy-acre ranch.
They came back to Fresno County in 1913 where he improved a ranch at Sanger. In November, 1918, they moved back to Fresno where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are the parents of five children: H. Warren, a rancher near Fresno; Ila H., the wife of Earl R. Hudson, cashier of the First National Bank of Sanger; Ralph C, a graduate of the Sanger High School who enlisted and was in the Officers Training School at Waco, Texas, at the signing of the armistice, and is now at home; Elmer W. and Glen C, both living at home. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fresno.
H. W. was the only boy in a family of three children. His two sisters are Mrs. Carrie P. Fowler, a widow, residing with her mother, who is past eighty years of age, at San Jose, and Lottie, now the wife of L. B. Pollard of Fresno.
From San Jose the family moved to Fresno in March, 1879, settling in the Mendocino district, where the father bought government land and improved a tract of 160 acres. They lived there for five years and then moved back to San Jose.
Mr. George C. Russell died at the home of his son in Dinuba in 1911 and is buried at San Jose.
Mrs. H. W. Russell, nee Iambie A. Carr, is the third child and second daughter of the well-known Fresno County pioneer, T. W. Carr, who now lives at San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County. He came to Fresno County in 1875 and helped promote and dig the Kingsburg and Centerville ditch. He was one of the first ditch superintendents on that ditch. He was born in Ohio and moved to Iowa where he was married to Miss Helen McClosky, a native of Pennsylvania. She died at Dinuba in 1906 and lies buried in the Mendocino Cemetery in Fresno County. She left eight children: Robert, a rancher at Gridley, Butte County; Sophie, the wife of A. J. Salladay of Terra Bella; Iambie A.; Oscar, who resides in Coalinga; Benjamin T., residing at Parkfield, Monterey County; Maggie, the wife of E. O. Reese of Kerman; Bertha, wife of W. H. Gilstrap, she died in 1917 and left one child, Bernice; and John W. who resides at Oroville.
Iambie A. Carr was born at Milton, Iowa, and was but seven years of age when she came to California. She attended the Mendocino district school and later the Selma High school and was a member of the first class graduated from Selma High in 1885. She was a student at the San Jose Normal later and taught school for four years in Fresno and Tulare counties.
She was married at Lompoc to Mr. H. W. Russell, April 8, 1891, and they lived at various places on the Coast until they came to Dinuba in 1906, where Mr. Russell planted and improved a seventy-acre ranch.
They came back to Fresno County in 1913 where he improved a ranch at Sanger. In November, 1918, they moved back to Fresno where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are the parents of five children: H. Warren, a rancher near Fresno; Ila H., the wife of Earl R. Hudson, cashier of the First National Bank of Sanger; Ralph C, a graduate of the Sanger High School who enlisted and was in the Officers Training School at Waco, Texas, at the signing of the armistice, and is now at home; Elmer W. and Glen C, both living at home. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Fresno.
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