Married William Russell on June 5, 1839, in London. They had one child during their marriage, Rebecca Elizabeth Russell, b. July 12, 1842; however William Russell also had young children from his earlier marriage to Elizabeth Mary Clarke who died in 1838. The family emigrated from England on the ship Wellington and arrived in New York on Aug 28, 1845 where they were met by their friend Rev. William Rutladge who had preceded them to the U.S. When they first arrived in New York they found shelter in a house in Macdougal Street, house owned by Trinity Church. This was really a tenement house which years later was thankfully destroyed through the efforts of their journalist grandson and NAACP founder, Charles Edward Russell. The family moved to Iowa and both the Russell's and the Rutledge's served as "Conductors" on the Underground Railroad, at considerable personal risk as there was a considerable body of slavery proponents in the area. Another of her grandson's became a famous Chief of Scouts in Africa and Scouting founder, Frederick Russell Burnham. Sources: Russell, Charles Edward, A Pioneer Editor in Early Iowa: A Sketch of the Life of Edward Russell. Washington, DC: Randsdell, 1941. Kemper, Steve, A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Married William Russell on June 5, 1839, in London. They had one child during their marriage, Rebecca Elizabeth Russell, b. July 12, 1842; however William Russell also had young children from his earlier marriage to Elizabeth Mary Clarke who died in 1838. The family emigrated from England on the ship Wellington and arrived in New York on Aug 28, 1845 where they were met by their friend Rev. William Rutladge who had preceded them to the U.S. When they first arrived in New York they found shelter in a house in Macdougal Street, house owned by Trinity Church. This was really a tenement house which years later was thankfully destroyed through the efforts of their journalist grandson and NAACP founder, Charles Edward Russell. The family moved to Iowa and both the Russell's and the Rutledge's served as "Conductors" on the Underground Railroad, at considerable personal risk as there was a considerable body of slavery proponents in the area. Another of her grandson's became a famous Chief of Scouts in Africa and Scouting founder, Frederick Russell Burnham. Sources: Russell, Charles Edward, A Pioneer Editor in Early Iowa: A Sketch of the Life of Edward Russell. Washington, DC: Randsdell, 1941. Kemper, Steve, A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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