James S. Russell
James S. Russell was born around 1845 in Michigan to Lockwood and Emmaretta Russell. His father was a farmer who owned $2,000 of real estate and $850 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Sterling, Michigan. He enlisted in the Union army on March 20, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company I of the 16th Michigan Infantry on April 10. He died sometime after April 1862.
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(1726)Russell, James S.1845
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3576) [writer] ~ James S. Russell to Lockwood C. Russell et al., 25 April 1862

People - Records: 3

  • (1726) Russell, James S. is the [sibling of] (1727) Russell, Hannah
  • (5307) Russell, Lockwood C. is the [parent of] (1726) Russell, James S.
  • (5308) Russell, Emmaretta is the [parent of] (1726) Russell, James S.

Places - Records: 1

  • (587) [birth] ~ Michigan

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (535) [enlisted] ~ 16th Michigan Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com