Russell Elliott Stanford
#M10 STANFORD, Russell Elliott
Born: 11 Oct 1842 Lowell, LaSalle, Illinois
Died: Unknown
Father: #M20 Emery STANFORD (19 Feb 1812-16 Dec 1885)
Mother: #M21 Mary Lydia ELLIOTT (2 Aug 1819-12 Feb 1856)
Married: #M11 Mary HUTCHINSON 11 Jan 1872
Children:
*1. Bertha Elsie STANFORD #M5 (22 Jun1873-22 Feb
1905), m George Daniel McNabb #M4 1 Feb 1900.
2. Mary Eva STANFORD (2 Sep 1874-21 Sep 1952), m Lloyd BARRASS 6 Jun
1900.
3. Florence Ella STANFORD (1877-4 Nov 1886)
*Direct line to Frances Mildred McNabb Gray
Biography. (The following copied by Frances McNabb Gray several years ago from a book in a library in Los Angeles. The book is probably from a history of La Salle County, Illinois.)
Russell E. Stanford is well and favorably known thoughout La Salle County,
and is a worthy representative of two of the families of this county.
Russell Stanford was born in Lowell, La Salle county and stayed there until February 1898.
He dwelt in Vermillion township all but six or seven of these years were spent on his
father's homestead. When a man he rented a quarter-section of this property of his father
and the first land owned by him was he undivided half of a tract of eighty acres adjoining
the old home place. He later added about forty acres to this land which he cultivated in
connection with the land owned by his father. After the death of his father he took over
the farm. Everything affecting the welfare of this community has received the earnest
attention of Russell Stanford. For three years he was supervisor of Vermillion township,
for seven years or more he was a road commissioner, and for many years he served as a
school director. In his political belief he was a Republican.
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