Biographical Sketch of

Samuel Russell

Transcribed by Sandy Boudrou



Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin, 
published 1890 by Acme Publishing Co., Chicago, Pages 550 - 551 


Samuel Russell is a leading farmer and one of the extensive land owners of Marquette County, Wis.  His home 
is situated on section 22, in the town of Westfield, and stands as a monument of the thrift and enterprise of 
the owner, who justly ranks among the prominent agriculturalists of Central Wisconsin.  He is of Irish birth, 
and is a son of Hugh and Isabel (Johnson) Russell, who were also natives of the Emerald Isle, but with their 
family became residents of Marquette County.
 
Our subject was born in 1829, and has passed his entire life since attaining his majority, in Marquette County.  
He led to the marriage altar Miss Sarah Jane Hamilton, daughter of James and Jane (Bennett) Hamilton, who were 
worthy citizens of this county, and are represented elsewhere in this Album.  Seven children were born of the 
union of Mr. and Mrs. Russell, but two are now deceased, Mary Jane, the third child, who died at the age of 
twenty-six years, and Isabel, the fourth in order of birth, whose death occurred when sixteen years of age.  
The three sons and two daughters who are now living are Hugh, Samuel, Francis, Agnes and Grace.
 
Throughout his entire business career, Mr. Russell has followed the occupation of farming, and has been very 
successful in his efforts.  He settled upon a wild and unimproved tract of land, but with characteristic energy 
turned his attention to its development, and as the result of the labor and care bestowed upon it, is today 
the owner of one of the finest farms of Marquette County.  It comprises 500 acres of land, and is stocked with 
a good grade of horses and cattle, furnished with all the necessary improvements, and provided with good buildings 
and machinery.  His home is a beautiful residence where the comforts and blessings of life abound, and where a 
generous hospitality and sociability sit enthroned.  During the many years of his residence in this community the 
life of Mr. Russell has ever been such as to win him the confidence and well wishes of all with whom business or 
pleasure have brought him in contact.  His public and private life are alike above reproach, and those who have 
known him the longest are his staunchest friends.  A prominent farmer, a loyal and faithful citizen and an honored 
pioneer, he certainly deserves to be represented in the history of his adopted county, which has so long been his 
home and his pride.






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