Deborah Montgomery (Allen) Russell (1766 - 1842)

Born 27 Sep 1766 in Shenandoah, Prince William, Virginia, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Spotswood Russell — married 29 May 1787 in Shenandoah Co., VA

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1842 at age 75 in Callaway, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Deborah Montgomery Allen was the daughter of Thomas Allen 2653 Thomas Allen and Abigail Millar. She was born on the 27th Day of September 1766 in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. ^[1] [1]

On the 29th of May 1787 she was married to Robert Spotswood Russell. Their marriage took place at the home of her parents. ^[2] [2] ^[3] [3]

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Deborah Montgomery (Allen) Russell died on the 25th day of June 1842 in Callaway County, Missouri and was buried on the farm of her daughter and son-in-law.

From the Columbia Patriot: Departed this life on the 11th inst. At her son-in-laws Jefferson Garth Esq. in this vicinity, Mrs. DEBORAH RUSSELL, widow of the late Gen. ROBERT S. RUSSELL, in the 76th year of her age. It is but a few months since this amiable lady followed her companion, with whom she had lived some 55 years to the grave. She had been separated from him but for a short time, and as she left the world in the triumph of christian faith and hope --- it is pleasing to believe they are again united and happy with the saved in heaven.--- The deceased was the daughter of the late Col. Thomas Allen of Shenandoah county Va. --- She has left seven children, and a number of relations and acquaintances to mourn her loss, all of whom she was greatly endeared for her amiable disposition, kind heart, benevolent soul, and christian meekness. See: Lois Stanley, George F. Wilson, Maryhelen Wilson, Death Records Of Pioneer Missouri Women 1808-1853 (n.p: Southern Historical Press, Greenville, S.C. 1990, n.d), Page 61.

Burial: Judge Joseph Freeland Farm, Callaway County, Missouri, USA

Find A Grave Memorial# 80934604 (No tombstone photo exists) [5]

Sources

1. ↑ DuVals of Kentucky from Virginia, 1794-1936; descendants and allied families, by Margaret Gwin Buchanan. (1937) Note F Russell History, Page 226-236
2. ↑ Nourse, E. Miller. (1928). The Millar-du Bois family: its history and genealogy. [n. p.]. MLA Citation Page 137-138
3. ↑ William Russell and His Descendants by Anna Russell Des Cognets page 21
4. ↑ William Russell and His Descendants by Anna Russell Des Cognets page 70

Compiled by William Heidgerd for the Du Bois Family Association, The American Descendants Of Chretien Du Bois Of Wicres, France, Part One (n.p: Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, N.Y., Inc., n.d), 194

Note

Note: An obituary of Deborah Montgomery Allen Russell follows:

Columbia Patriot, Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, June 25, 1842:

OBITUARY

Departed this life on the 11th inst. At her son-inlaws Jefferson Garth

Esq. in this vicinity, Mrs. DEBORAH RUSSELL, widow of the late Gen.

ROBERT S. RUSSELL, in the 76th year of her age. It is but a few months

since this amiable lady followed her companion, with whom she had

lived some 55 years to the grave. She had been separated from him but

for a short time, and as she left the world in the triumph of

christian faith and hope --- it is pleasing to believe they are again

united and happy with the saved in heaven.--- The deceased was the

daughter of the late Col. Thomas Allen of Shenandoah county Va. ---

She has left seven children, and a number of relations and

acquaintances to mourn her loss, all of whom she was greatly endeared

for her amiable disposition, kind heart, benevolent soul, and

christian meekness. R.

Note: Deborah Montgomery Allen Russell was the wife of Robert

Spotswood Russell and they lived at the family estate, "Poplar Hill",

on the Russell Cave Pike near Lexington, Kentucky from 1792 until 1835

when they moved to Callaway County, Missouri.