Russell Family in America

Item Information

Title:
Russell Family in America
Description:
Medium sized book, with a plain black cover with red trim on the corners and binding. Scrapbook related to Jason Russell family, Jason Russell house, especially purchase and remodel. Newspaper clippings and some photographs inside. Clippings date from 1886 to 1935. Contains a series of photographs of the Russell House, taken by Austin H. Waldron, showing the inside of the house with information about the origin of certain objects. Also includes a photo of Lydia Teel, and some photos of the Prentice House in Belmont. Notes and genealogy extensive, includes some family stories and anecdotes that are unsourced. Genealogy of the Russell family dates from 1636, with extensive biographies of Jason Russell (1716 - 1775), Noah Russell (1763 - 1824), and Lydia Russell (1793 -). Also includes genealogy of the Whitney family, who married into the Russell family, and the lineage of several members of the Russell family. Obituaries. Description of weddings of two Russell descendants, especially clothing and decor. Information about JRH remodel, planting of trees to commemorate events. Also includes a long handwritten article "The Story of Menotomy - From Beneath Old Rooftrees," by Abraham Brown (1896). There is a handwritten copy of a "Lease from Noah Russell to Ebenezer Hall", 1792, and "Inventory of the Real Estate of Mr Jason Russell, late of Cambridge Mass" Dates for clippings (appear in non-chronological order in book): May 28, 1886 Dec. 12 1891 Oct. 14, 1922 Dec. 9, 1924 Dec. 12, 1924 Apr. 17, 1925 April 18-19 1925 March 17, 1926 Nov. 16, 1928 March 19, 1930 April 9, 1930 Oct. 22, 1930 Feb. 24, 1932 Nov. 15, 1933 Nov. 22, 1933 Nov 1934 Feb. 13, 1935 Oct. 14, 1935 about 100 pages, scrapbook is full and in good condition.
Date:
1886–1935
Format:
Books
Location:
Arlington Historical Society
Collection (local):
Arlington Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Antiques
Antiquities
Birthdays
Collectors
Elderly persons
Families
Genealogical tables
Genealogy
Historians
Historic buildings
Historic sites
Historic trees
Historical pageants
Historical reenactments
Historical societies
Historical studies
History
Home life
Journalism
Newspaper clippings
Newspaper headlines
Organizations
Organizations' buildings
Organizations' facilities
Property rights
Restoration
Wedding clothing & dress
Wedding costume
Wedding flowers
Weddings
Blake, Clara L.
Dupee, Emma Frances
Emery, Myra
Hall, Ebenezer
Hardy, Charles A.
Hardy, Charles Augustus
Harwood, Frank M.
Parmenter, James P.
Proctor, William
Reycroft, Wendel
Russell, Eleanor
Russell, Emily Ann
Russell, Faustina
Russell, George
Russell, George Otis
Russell, George Otis Jr.
Russell, Lydia
Russell, Noah
Stonehouse
Teel, Abbie Elizabeth
Teel, Florence Ethel
Teel, George Albert
Teel, George Washington
Teel, Myra
Teel, Thomas Hall
Teel, Thomas Russell
Winship, Elisabeth
April 19, 1775
Arlington Historical Society
Collection
Collection, Arlington Historical Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Prentiss House
Jason Russell House
Jason Russell Monument
Menotomy
Old Burial Ground
Old Burying Ground
Reenactment
Reenactments
Revolutionary War
Ride, Revere Dawes Reenactment
Russell Family
Link to Item:
https://arlingtonhistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/D4531930-7EB1-487A-97F0-084263372750
Terms of Use:
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Identifier:
1952.1.2
D4531930-7EB1-487A-97F0-084263372750