Funeral services for John Russell, 74-year-old Wellton pioneer who died last night following a long illness of dropsy, will be held at the O.C. Johnson chapel Saturday at 3 p.m., it was announced at the Johnson Mortuary. Interment will take place in the Yuma cemetery.
Details of his life were not known here today, but friends said he homesteaded in the Wellton area and at one time owned the land on which Wellton is now located. He gradually sold off most of the property but still retained some property in that community.
A son, Jay Russell, of Long Beach, was expected to arrive here today.
Yuma Weekly Sun; Yuma, Arizona
October 15, 1937; Page One.
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Father: James H. Russell
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: ? O'Neil
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Wife: Alice Russell
Death Certificate http://genealogy.az.gov/azdeath/057/10571986.pdf
Birth info and Parent info, death certificate graciously provided by FindaGrave member Marilyn # 47077044.
Funeral services for John Russell, 74-year-old Wellton pioneer who died last night following a long illness of dropsy, will be held at the O.C. Johnson chapel Saturday at 3 p.m., it was announced at the Johnson Mortuary. Interment will take place in the Yuma cemetery.
Details of his life were not known here today, but friends said he homesteaded in the Wellton area and at one time owned the land on which Wellton is now located. He gradually sold off most of the property but still retained some property in that community.
A son, Jay Russell, of Long Beach, was expected to arrive here today.
Yuma Weekly Sun; Yuma, Arizona
October 15, 1937; Page One.
dm wms (#47395868)
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Father: James H. Russell
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother: ? O'Neil
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Wife: Alice Russell
Death Certificate http://genealogy.az.gov/azdeath/057/10571986.pdf
Birth info and Parent info, death certificate graciously provided by FindaGrave member Marilyn # 47077044.
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Jane Ann Russell
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Sarah Caroline Russell Cotton
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Mary Estelle Russel Giles
1854–1929
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Ada Gibford
1856–1931
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Mahomet Henry Russell
1858–1922
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Josephine Arabelle "Belle" Russell Rockwell
1860–1904
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Cuma Delilah Russell Smith
1862–1949
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James William Russell
1865–1940
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Myrtleton Russell
1866–1933
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Susan A "Susie" Russell Graham
1869–1907
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Evadella "Della" Russell Edwards
1872–1913
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George Hamilton Russell
1876–1939
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