Russell Errett US Rep. PA (1817 - 1891)

Born 10 Nov 1817 in New York City, New York, United States

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Died 7 Apr 1891 at age 73 in Carnegie, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Russell Errett US Rep. PA is Notable.

Biography

Russell Errett, born in 1817 in New York city, the son of Wicklow, Ireland immigrant Henry Errett and Sophia Kemmish, also of Ireland. ^[1] Russell's father died and his mother married second Robert Souter. ^[2]

R Errett 43 yrs, editor, wife Phebe 45 yrs, dau H 14 yrs born in KY, son J 12 yrs, dau E 10 yrs, son M 7 yrs, son J 5 yrs, dau H 3 yrs, R. Campbell 25 yrs resided in 1860 in ward 6, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ^[3]

Russell Errett 52 yrs Printer (US Assessor), wife Phebe 48 yrs, Harriett 24 yrs, John 22 yrs, Lizzie 19 yrs, Wm 17 yrs, Edw 1 yrs Kate 12 yrs, James R. Reeder 86 yrs resided in 1870 in Robinson, Allegheny, PA. ^[4]

Phebe S. Errett, widow died 8 May 1891 at her home near Mansfield, PA, in the 77th year of her age. ^[5]

Russell Errett US Rep. PA. ^[6]

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

He married, June 8,1882. Kate Errett, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, daughter of Russell and Phoebe (Reeder) Errett, both of her parents deceased. Russell Errett was editor of the Commercial Gazette, published in Pittsburgh, prominent in the councils of the Republican party, and held membership in both branches of the state legislature.

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Hon. Russell Errett was born in the city of New York, Nov. 10, 1817.

He had five brothers and one sister. Of these three of the brothers, . Henry, Joseph and John, are dead; the oldest, William, is still living at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, and a younger brother, Isaac, editor of the Christian standard, at Cincinnati, died last year. His sister, married to Joseph Johnson, is still living at Hazelwood. His mother died at the advanced age of eighty-three in 1877.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/bioshistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4598&body=S
2. ↑ Pittsburg dispatch. [volume], April 08, 1891, Page 2, Image 2 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1891-04-08/ed-1/seq-2/?date1=1789&index=40&date2=1963&searchType=basic&state=Pennsylvania&rows=50&proxtext=errett&y=7&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange#words=%5Bu%27Errett%27%2C+u%27ERRETT%27%5D
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSC-98XT?cc=1473181&wc=7QCB-KQZ%3A1589434177%2C1589434204%2C1589434403 : 24 March 2017), Pennsylvania > Allegheny > 6th Ward Pittsburgh > image 71 of 192; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTV3-7HY?cc=1438024&wc=92K5-VZZ%3A518666601%2C519584101%2C518889601 : 15 June 2019), Pennsylvania > Allegheny > Robinson > image 13 of 60; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Pittsburg dispatch. [volume], May 10, 1891, Page 5, Image 5 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024546/1891-05-10/ed-1/seq-5/?date1=1789&index=49&date2=1963&searchType=basic&state=Pennsylvania&rows=50&proxtext=errett&y=7&x=19&dateFilterType=yearRange#words=%5Bu%27Errett%27%2C+u%27ERRETT%27%5D
6. ↑ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Errett

• Find A Grave: Memorial #12749002
• Wikipedia: Russell Errett
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 2, p. 1073-1076)
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 244-245)