The Cochrane & Allied Families

Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

RUSSELL, John Jr. and STEWART, Margaret Orlena Family

m. 1808

Family Information

  • RUSSELL, John Jr. Male
    RUSSELL, John Jr.

    Birth  21 Sep 1788  Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  3 Mar 1859  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Marriage  1808  [1, 2, 3, 4 Lee County, Virginia, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  LOGAN, Eliza | F1703 
    Marriage  Oct 1853   
    Father  RUSSELL, Capt. John Sr. | F1705 Group Sheet 
    Mother  HOBBS, Rachel | F1705 Group Sheet 

    STEWART, Margaret Orlena Female
    STEWART, Margaret Orlena

    Birth  Abt 1790  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Bef 1850  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Father  STEWART, Thomas | F1704 Group Sheet 
    Mother  —?—, Sarah | F1704 Group Sheet 

    RUSSELL, Mary S. Female
    + RUSSELL, Mary S.

    Birth  13 Oct 1809  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  28 Jan 1853  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Snavley Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  GRAHAM, Henry | F1779 
    Marriage  Abt 1828   

    RUSSELL, Sarah H. Female
    + RUSSELL, Sarah H.

    Birth  30 Oct 1811  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  26 Apr 1872  Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Kyle Cemetery, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  KYLE, Thomas Jefferson | F1781 
    Marriage  1837   

    RUSSELL, John Debo Sharp Male
    + RUSSELL, John Debo Sharp

    Birth  16 Feb 1813  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  8 Aug 1886  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  PENNINGTON, Elizabeth H. | F1784 
    Marriage  26 Mar 1835  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  BISHOP, Rebecca L. | F1787 
    Marriage  16 Nov 1880  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Nancy S. Female
    + RUSSELL, Nancy S.

    Birth  6 Sep 1816  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  10 Aug 1872  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Cecil-Fry Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Lee, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  BURK, John E. | F1780 
    Marriage  9 Aug 1838   

    RUSSELL, Dr. James Sr. Male
    + RUSSELL, Dr. James Sr.

    Birth  21 Jan 1821  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  12 Mar 1896  Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  STUBBLEFIELD, Alice M. | F1695 
    Marriage  Abt 1848   

    RUSSELL, Elizabeth Female
    + RUSSELL, Elizabeth

    Birth  1822  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  28 Sep 1892  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  MYERS, Joseph | F1782 
    Marriage  Abt 1845   

    RUSSELL, Eliza T. Female
    + RUSSELL, Eliza T.

    Birth  16 Jun 1825  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  23 Jan 1910  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Edds-Chance Cemetery, Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  ELY, David | F1783 
    Marriage  1845   

    RUSSELL, Ervin H. Male
    + RUSSELL, Ervin H.

    Birth  9 Apr 1829  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  27 Dec 1893   
    Burial    Milan-Hobbs Cemetery, Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  GRABEEL, Lucinda Jane | F1789 
    Marriage  17 Mar 1851  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    RUSSELL, Lorenzo Dow Male
    + RUSSELL, Lorenzo Dow

    Birth  1833  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  15 Nov 1863  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  GRABEEL, Nancy E. | F1791 
    Marriage  19 Oct 1854  Lee County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources 
    1. [S1048] Edmund West, complier, Marriage Records - Family Data Collection (Ancestry), ((http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5774 : 2001)), 10 Sep 2017, accessed 10 September 2017), John Ruppell Russell and Margaret Orlena Stewart, 1808.
      Marriage Record - John Russell, Jr. and Margaret Orlena Stewart
      Marriage Record - John Russell, Jr. and Margaret Orlena Stewart


    2. [S985] Hattie Byrd Muncy Bales, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. II, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 2 Aug 2016, p 690-95.
      Citing:  Lee County, VA Deed Book 7, p 45, 2 October 1825.

    3. [S986] Anne Wynn Laningham, Book - Lee County, VA Settlers - Vol. I, (Greensboro, NC: Media, Inc., 1977.), 4 Aug 2016, p 315-320.

    4. [S1645] Virginia. Lee County., Land Deeds - VA - Lee County (FamilySearch), (FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/ : 12 October 1953), 25 Dec 2025, p 45-46, Land of Thomas Stewart, deceased, 14 October 1834, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/ : accessed 25 December 2025).
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Thomas Stewart, deceased
      Deed - Lee Co., VA - Thomas Stewart, deceased



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