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Clara <I>Shields</I> Russell

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Clara Shields Russell

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
3 Dec 1919 (aged 50)
Cherokee County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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THE GALENA (KS) EVENING TIMES, Friday, December 5, 1919, pg. 1C4:
SERVICES FOR RUSSELL
Funeral services for Clara Russell, who died at her home near Union District, Wednesday, will be held from the residence, one mile north of the Union School house, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Burial will be made in the Union Cemetery.
Mrs. Russell is survived by three daughters and three sons.
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Clara was the daughter of Jonathan & Lela Olive (Greer) Shields. She was probably born in Blount County, Tennessee where her parents were married May 20, 1866. The 1900 Barry County, MO census gives her birth as April 1869. She was a granddaughter of Andrew V. & Catharine (Gregory) Greer and Frederick "Fed" & Mary Polly (Oliver) Shields. Clara moved with her parents and Greer grandparents to Missouri in the early 1870s. She married Henry Russell (1849-1915) in Sept 1882 in Barry County, MO. Henry & Clara had the following children: Effie; Phoebe; Elmer; Andrew; Nettie; Bessie & Brittain Russell.
THE GALENA (KS) EVENING TIMES, Friday, December 5, 1919, pg. 1C4:
SERVICES FOR RUSSELL
Funeral services for Clara Russell, who died at her home near Union District, Wednesday, will be held from the residence, one mile north of the Union School house, Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Burial will be made in the Union Cemetery.
Mrs. Russell is survived by three daughters and three sons.
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Clara was the daughter of Jonathan & Lela Olive (Greer) Shields. She was probably born in Blount County, Tennessee where her parents were married May 20, 1866. The 1900 Barry County, MO census gives her birth as April 1869. She was a granddaughter of Andrew V. & Catharine (Gregory) Greer and Frederick "Fed" & Mary Polly (Oliver) Shields. Clara moved with her parents and Greer grandparents to Missouri in the early 1870s. She married Henry Russell (1849-1915) in Sept 1882 in Barry County, MO. Henry & Clara had the following children: Effie; Phoebe; Elmer; Andrew; Nettie; Bessie & Brittain Russell.


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  • Maintained by: Debbie
  • Originally Created by: PattyMac
  • Added: Aug 18, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15408733/clara-russell: accessed ), memorial page for Clara Shields Russell (Apr 1869–3 Dec 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15408733, citing Union Cemetery, Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Debbie (contributor 46911311).