Cpl. Thomas Russell

Personal
born:	February 18, 1837	place:	Pert Hope/Balliboro, Ontario, Canada
father:	Robert J. Russell	born:	March 13, 1811	place:	Loftus, England	died:	June 1, 1888	place:	Akron, Ohio
mother:	Sarah Adamson	born:	November 12, 1809	place:	Framfield, Sussex, England	died:	Octoher 22, 1871	place:	Creston, Ohio
pre-war occupation:	carpenter	place:	Ontario, Canada - Wayne County, Ohio	post-war occupation:	farmer	place:	Wayne Country, Ohio
married:	November 6, 1860	to:	Emiline Gale Hotchkiss	place:	Caanan, Wayne County, Ohio
wife born:	November 20, 1843	place:	Canaan, Ohio	died:	November 28, 1914	place:	Canaan, Ohio
child:	Urelma Alfred	born:	June 10, 1861	place:	Canaan, Ohio	died:	January 28, 1925	place:	Wooster, Ohio
child:	Henry Granger	born:	December 18, 1864	place:	Ohio	died:	November 27, 1915	place:	Massillion, Ohio
child:	Harly R	born:	April 27, 1870	place:	Canaan, Ohio	died:	February 22, 1957	place:	Creston, Ohio
died:	October 6, 1906	place:	Canaan or Creston, Ohio	cause of death:
burial:	Canaan Center Cemetery	place:	Canaan, Ohio

Military Career
3-year service:	September 30, 1861	Corporal	Company K	place:
wounded:	November, 1862	Corporal	Company K	place:
discharged:	December 16, 1862	discharged for accidental wounds	believed to have lost several fingers from right hand	place:

Additional Details

Details and most photos provided by Ronald Russell, great great grandnephew of Thomas Russell

Thomas Russell and wife Emiline Hotchkiss Russell

Bayonet with sheath belonging to Cpl Thomas Russell
believed to be a French Yataghan Sword-Bayonet

Gravestone of Cpl. Thomas Russell
located at Canaan Center Cemetery, Canaan, Ohio
image courtesy of and with permission from "Jim Z", FindAGrave.com