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George Melvin Russell 1891 – 1965 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 May 1891

Birth Location: Anna, Union County, Illinois, United States of America

Death Date: 26 February 1965

Death Location: Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, United States of America

Father: George Russell

Mother: Lucinda Davis

Spouse(s): Jessie Dirden

Children(s): Anna Russell, Orlie Russell, Elizabeth Russell, Everett Russell, Melba Russel

According to available records, George Melvin Russell was born in 1891 in Anna, Union County, Illinois, United States of America, the child of George Washington Russell and Lucinda Adeline Davis. Following those early years, George Melvin Russell married Jessie Alice Dirden, and their family grew to include Anna Juanita Russell, Orlie Russell, Elizabeth Russell, Everett Russell and Melba Doris Russel. In the later years of life, George Melvin Russell died in 1965 in Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, United States of America.

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Parents

George Russell
1854 – 1905
Birth Location: Cobden, Union, Illinois, USA
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Lucinda Davis
1859 – 1910
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
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Spouses(s)

Jessie Dirden
1891 – 1958
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
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Children(s)

Anna Russell
1913 –
Birth Location: Paragould, Arkansas, Greene, Arkansas, USA
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Orlie Russell
1918 –
Birth Location: Arkansas
OR
Elizabeth Russell
1922 –
Birth Location: Arkansas
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Everett Russell
1925 –
Birth Location: Arkansas
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Melba Russel
1926 – 2018
Birth Location: Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 May 1891
    Event Place: Anna, Union County, Illinois, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Cobden, Union, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Cobden, Union, Illinois; Roll: 346; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0095

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: abt 1913
    Record Source: Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1922, Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Birth Certificates; Year: Abt 1891

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1917-1918
    Event Place: Greene County, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration State: Arkansas; Registration County: Greene County

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Paragould, Paragould, Greene, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Paragould, Greene, Arkansas; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 2339811

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Sparta, Randolph, Illinois
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Sparta, Randolph, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00872; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 79-34

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: 6-5, Sparta, Randolph, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Sparta, Randolph, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00872; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 79-34

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Sparta, Randolph, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Sparta, Randolph, Illinois; Roll: 126; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 79-43

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Sparta, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (Fourth Registration), For the State of Illinois; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M2097

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 February 1965
    Event Place: Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, United States of America

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