LEWIS, Nellie

1890 - 1953  (63 years)   Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

RUSSELL, Guy

1890 - 1962  (72 years)

Birth	2 Feb 1890	Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA
Died	10 Sep 1962
Buried	Holton Cemetery, Holton, Jackson, Kansas, USA
	Address: Holton Cemetery Holton, Kansas USA
Father	RUSSELL, John Wesley,   b. 31 Aug 1855, Jonesville, Lee, Virginia, USA
Mother	WOLFE, Martha Jane,   b. 12 Dec 1863, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Family 1	—?—, Birdie
Family 2	—?—, Ruth
Family 3	LEWIS, Nellie,   b. 1890, Kansas, USA
Married	1915

• Name	LEWIS, Nellie  [1]
  Birth	1890	Kansas, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	126917070
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126917070
  Death	1953  [2]
  Age	63 years
  Burial	Holton Cemetery, Holton, Jackson, Kansas, USA   [2]
  	Address: Holton Cemetery Holton, Kansas USA
  	Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #126917070.
  Person ID	I4124	Cochrane Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2025

  
  

  Family	RUSSELL, Guy,   b. 2 Feb 1890, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA d. 10 Sep 1962 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1915  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 25 years - He : ~ 24 years and 10 months.
  Marriage Status	Ended with Wife's death
  Residence	From 1915 to 1920	Miami County, Kansas, USA   [1, 4, 9]
  	on a rented farm in Richland Township
  Family Event	May 1917	Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA   [10, 11, 12]
  	Walter RUSSELL, Guy's brother, purchased a new Ford Model T Touring car
  	"Mr. and Mrs. Guy Russell and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Russell and Ella Marie motored to Lawrence Sunday and visited Mr. Russell's parents [John and Martha Russell]. They had to abandon the car on the return trip on account of the mud." - Osawatomie (Kansas) Graphic, 24 May 1917, p. 6, col. 3.
  		1917 Ford Model T Touring Car
  Family Event	30 Sep 1917	Belleview (Eudora Township), Douglas, Kansas, USA   [8]
  	The family of John Wesley and Martha Jane RUSSELL, 3 generations of 26 people, had their picture taken at their home on their farm
  	Included were their 12 living children, 5 daughters-in-law, a son-in-law and 6 grandchildren. At the time, a son, a son-in-law and a grandchild were deceased. John was 62 and Martha was 53. "The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell very pleasently surprised them by coming Sunday with well filled baskets and spent the day with them. Twenty-six were present for the day. In the afternoon A. Lawrence, the photographer of Lawrence came out and took a family group picture. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Russell and family [sons Cecil and Bert, Jr.] of Paola; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Russell and baby [son Roy]; and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Russell of Wellsville; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Russell and baby [daughter Marie] of Osawatomie; Miss Katie Russell of Kansas City [MO]; Mrs. Lillie Bryan and daughters [Helen and Bessie] of Lawrence; and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Russell; Myrtle, Ernest, Ray and Grace Russell; and Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, all of this place [community of Belleview in Eudora Township, Douglas County, KS]." - Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Journal-World, 5 October 1917, p. 6, col. 4. Included in the picture, but not mentioned in the newspaper article, were Mr. and Mrs. William Brecheisen of Johnson County, KS. Mrs. Brecheisen was John and Martha Russell's daughter, Mabel Russell.
  		John & Martha Russell Family
  Residence	From 1925 to 1930	Horton, Brown, Kansas, USA   [6, 13]
  	in a home on Central Avenue
  Residence	1940	Holton, Jackson, Kansas, USA   [5]
  	in a home at 606 Ohio Street
  Family ID	F1677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1890 - Kansas, USA Residence - on a rented farm in Richland Township - From 1915 to 1920 - Miami County, Kansas, USA Family Event - Walter RUSSELL, Guy's brother, purchased a new Ford Model T Touring car - May 1917 - Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA Family Event - The family of John Wesley and Martha Jane RUSSELL, 3 generations of 26 people, had their picture taken at their home on their farm - 30 Sep 1917 - Belleview (Eudora Township), Douglas, Kansas, USA Residence - in a home on Central Avenue - From 1925 to 1930 - Horton, Brown, Kansas, USA Residence - in a home at 606 Ohio Street - 1940 - Holton, Jackson, Kansas, USA Burial - Address: Holton Cemetery Holton, Kansas USA - - Holton Cemetery, Holton, Jackson, Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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