Son of Ambrose C. & Mary Catherine *Thornton* Russell.
Bitten by rattlesnake while plowing and died.
H/O Mary Hughes
Did not see this when we cleared the cemetery. Found in the archives at Courthouse in Selmer.
The inscription of John Russell's monument reads as follows:
"Remember friends
As you are now, so once was I,
As I am now, so you must be.
Prepare for death and follow me."
Copied 1979 by Virginia Pierce Howell
Bitten by rattlesnake while plowing and died.
H/O Mary Hughes
Did not see this when we cleared the cemetery. Found in the archives at Courthouse in Selmer.
The inscription of John Russell's monument reads as follows:
"Remember friends
As you are now, so once was I,
As I am now, so you must be.
Prepare for death and follow me."
Copied 1979 by Virginia Pierce Howell
Son of Ambrose C. & Mary Catherine *Thornton* Russell.
Bitten by rattlesnake while plowing and died.
H/O Mary Hughes
Did not see this when we cleared the cemetery. Found in the archives at Courthouse in Selmer.
The inscription of John Russell's monument reads as follows:
"Remember friends
As you are now, so once was I,
As I am now, so you must be.
Prepare for death and follow me."
Copied 1979 by Virginia Pierce Howell
Bitten by rattlesnake while plowing and died.
H/O Mary Hughes
Did not see this when we cleared the cemetery. Found in the archives at Courthouse in Selmer.
The inscription of John Russell's monument reads as follows:
"Remember friends
As you are now, so once was I,
As I am now, so you must be.
Prepare for death and follow me."
Copied 1979 by Virginia Pierce Howell
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