Michael
V. Russell
(Russell)
Gowdey
Born about in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Gowdey
and Magdalena Van Buren (Russell) Gowdey
Brother of
Sarah (Gowdey) Leech, James Henry Gowdey, John Blair Gowdey, Jane Ann Gowdey and Mary M Gowdey
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 25
in Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2021
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Biography
RUssell was born about 1839. He was the son of James Gowdey and Catherine Swart. He passed away in 1864.
Russell enlisted in the Union Army and was a private in Company H, 20th Illinois Infantry. He was killed in action in Atlanta, Georgia on 21 July 1864.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, Illinois State Archives, Compiled by Fred Delap in cooperation with the Illinois State Archives. http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilmustersrch.jsp Accessed online 24 Jul 2021.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6MF-DK8 : 23 December 2020), Michael N A Gowdy in household of John Gaudy, Livingston, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHD-85V : 18 February 2021), Russel Goudy in entry for John Goudy, 1860.
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 July 2021), memorial page for Corp Russell Gowdey (1839–21 Jul 1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #3949903, citing Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Janet (contributor 46573654) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Russell by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Russell:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Russell by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Russell:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Jim Angelo 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LJ5901918 [compare], yourDNAportal JIM81bb013b, Ancestry member ejangelo
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch NM5202775 [compare], yourDNAportal JIM81bb013b, FTDNA kit #620889
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XE4477427 [compare], yourDNAportal JIM81bb013b
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~1.56%
~12.50%
John Smeltzer :
23andMe, GEDmatch A903922 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A903922 [compare], Ancestry member JohnFSmeltzer
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