Russell Huntley (1818 - 1901)

Born 10 Jan 1818 in Exeter, Otsego County, New York, USA

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Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1901 at age 83 in Ilion, Herkimer County, New York, USA

Biography

Russell Huntley, son of James Huntley and father of Charles R. Huntley of Buffalo, was born in West Exeter, N. Y. January 10th, 1818, or 5 Jan. 1819 in, Otsego County, New York.^[1] He began life as a farm boy, taught school and later became a merchant in Durhamville, Oneida County Afterward he removed to West Winfield, Herkimer County, where for many years he kept a general store. Later he removed to Ilion, N. Y., a year afterward going to Utica, N. Y., where he engaged in a mercantile business. At the close of the Civil War he went to Newberne, North Carolina, where he carried on business until 1867, when he returned to Ilion and engaged in the hardware trade. He died January 4, 1901.

He married Clarinda Talbot, daughter of John and Almira (Adams) Talbot on 16 April 1851 at DeWitt, New York. Clarinda probably died 11 Sep. 1877.^[1] He married Harriet who died in 1899.^[1]

Sources

MEMORIAL AND FAMILY HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY NEW YORK VOLUME I BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK- BUFFALO THE GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 1906-8 THE WINTHEOP PEESS 419-421 LAFAYETTE STREET NEW YORK

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Virgil W. Huntley. John Huntley, Immigrant of Boston & Roxbury, Massachusetts and Lyme, Connecticut 1647-1977 and some of his Descendants. Author: Books I, II, III. 1978, 1993, 1996. Vol. 3. p. 130. Material from the books used with written permission of the author. Collection of Phil Smith.