Russel L. Titus's father, John Titus, who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, was awarded a land warrant which John Titus signed over to Russel. Russel dictated that this event "drew me to Illinois in 1821 where I took an inflamation in my eyes which ended in total blindness in the year of 1824, since which time I have no more vision from either eye than from my hand. I returned from the west to Ohio with a team and from there to Vermont on horseback, having just enough sense of vision to guide me, and went immediately to the New York eye infirmary and there learned that I must live in blackness the rest of my days, my sight gone, my parents poor, and my pockets empty. I commenced peddling with $9.00 worth of tinware. I followed peddling six years and had made enough money and with my father's pension (as I had a home with him) I bought a small stock of Yankee notions and tinware and settled in Moriah Centre where I got together enough to build me a house and buy land. Afterwards I built a store and two other dwellings and have been so prospered as to make a good deal of money and to lose a good deal with others in business."
Russel also stated, "I was married in 1830 to Mary Parmenter in Moriah, New York, who was from Springfield, Vermont, to whose faithfulness I owe much under God---"
When Russel's wife, Mary, died in 1852, they still had 3 sons living at home. Sometime before the 1855 census (taken June 4), Russel married Lucy Giddings, a widow who had 2 daughters at home.
Russel's occupation listed in various censuses:
1850 & 1855 - Merchant
1880 - Repairs Clocks
Russel also stated, "I was married in 1830 to Mary Parmenter in Moriah, New York, who was from Springfield, Vermont, to whose faithfulness I owe much under God---"
When Russel's wife, Mary, died in 1852, they still had 3 sons living at home. Sometime before the 1855 census (taken June 4), Russel married Lucy Giddings, a widow who had 2 daughters at home.
Russel's occupation listed in various censuses:
1850 & 1855 - Merchant
1880 - Repairs Clocks
Russel L. Titus's father, John Titus, who served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, was awarded a land warrant which John Titus signed over to Russel. Russel dictated that this event "drew me to Illinois in 1821 where I took an inflamation in my eyes which ended in total blindness in the year of 1824, since which time I have no more vision from either eye than from my hand. I returned from the west to Ohio with a team and from there to Vermont on horseback, having just enough sense of vision to guide me, and went immediately to the New York eye infirmary and there learned that I must live in blackness the rest of my days, my sight gone, my parents poor, and my pockets empty. I commenced peddling with $9.00 worth of tinware. I followed peddling six years and had made enough money and with my father's pension (as I had a home with him) I bought a small stock of Yankee notions and tinware and settled in Moriah Centre where I got together enough to build me a house and buy land. Afterwards I built a store and two other dwellings and have been so prospered as to make a good deal of money and to lose a good deal with others in business."
Russel also stated, "I was married in 1830 to Mary Parmenter in Moriah, New York, who was from Springfield, Vermont, to whose faithfulness I owe much under God---"
When Russel's wife, Mary, died in 1852, they still had 3 sons living at home. Sometime before the 1855 census (taken June 4), Russel married Lucy Giddings, a widow who had 2 daughters at home.
Russel's occupation listed in various censuses:
1850 & 1855 - Merchant
1880 - Repairs Clocks
Russel also stated, "I was married in 1830 to Mary Parmenter in Moriah, New York, who was from Springfield, Vermont, to whose faithfulness I owe much under God---"
When Russel's wife, Mary, died in 1852, they still had 3 sons living at home. Sometime before the 1855 census (taken June 4), Russel married Lucy Giddings, a widow who had 2 daughters at home.
Russel's occupation listed in various censuses:
1850 & 1855 - Merchant
1880 - Repairs Clocks
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Russel L. Titus
Born
In Elizabethtown, N.Y.
Feb. 16, 1800
Died in Moriah
Oct. 23, 1884
Blind 61 Yrs
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