Benjamin Russell
(1859-1951)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret R. Fisher

Benjamin Russell 1 2

  • Born: 1 Oct 1859, Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Margaret R. Fisher
  • Died: 4 Jan 1951, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA at age 91 2
  • Buried: 9 Jan 1951, Cleversburg: Cleversburg Cemetery, Cumberland, PA 1 2

   FamilySearch ID: 9V7Z-JPC.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting death information of Death certificate has 5 Jan death, not 4 Jan as on tombstone., 5 Jan 1951 and Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 1

2. Cause of Death: Benjamin died at Carlisle Hospital from empyema of gall bladder due to toxic hepatitis, 5 Jan 1951, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 1

3. Occupation: farm laborer on 5 Jan 1951 in Southampton Township, Cumberland, PA. 1

4. Residence: rural Southampton Township on 5 Jan 1951 in Southampton Township, Cumberland, PA. 1


Benjamin married Margaret R. Fisher, daughter of Samuel Fisher and Lydia Ann Beecher. (Margaret R. Fisher was born on 8 Jul 1855 in , Cumberland, PA,3 4 5 died on 28 Aug 1933 in Southampton Township, Cumberland, PA 4 5 and was buried on 30 Aug 1933 in Newville: Centerville Memorial Park, Cumberland, PA 4 5.)

Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 2249. Benjamin Russell. Father Henry Russell.Mother Marsha Keeler. Spouse: widowed. Informant Mrs. Charles Ott.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85978869.

3 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGF-GR9 Samuel Fisher, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 14, family 109.

4 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140297408.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 70710. Margaret R. Russel. Father Samuel Fisher. Spouse Benjamin Russel.


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