Samuel Joseph Russell was born in 1822, in Alabama, a son of William Russell and Minta Fowler. Samuel's father was a Major during the War of 1812. During the American Civil War, Samuel enlisted in 4th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. Originally known as the "Southwestern Arkansas Regiment", the 4th was pare of General Evander McNair's Confederate forces. Samuel was assigned to Company I – the "Polk Rifles" – of Polk County, commanded by Captain James B. Williamson. Samuel enlisted the day that the company was formed October 26, 1861, at Fort Smith Arkansas. He appears on the Company Muster Roll of George Walker, from October 31, 1861 until February 28, 1862. [1] For more information about this Regiment, see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Arkansas_Infantry_Regiment
On March 2, 1848, Samuel married Amanda M. Taylor. They became the parents of one son:
28 year old Samuel and and 22 year old Amanda are found on the United States census of 1850, living in Alabama, with their infant son. William's year of birth is estimated on this census as 1849, in Tennessee. With Samuel and Amanda, are 27 year old William Russell and 20 year old Mary A. Russell with their infant daughter, Jane. [2]
On September 6, 1854, in Sevier, Arkansas, Samuel married Sarah Ann Gilliam, a daughter of Solomon Henry Gilliam and Lucretia Thompson. [3] Children of Samuel and Sarah Ann include:
Samuel Joseph Russell died in 1884, in Waldron, Scott county, Arkansas and is buried in the Square Rock Cemetery, in Waldron. [4] His second wife headed to Texas with her children, where she died in 1912.
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