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.
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.
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.
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.
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