Name |
Russell THRALL [1] |
Alt. Birth |
4 Oct 1825 |
Ellington, Tolland, Connecticut, USA [1] |
Birth |
20 Nov 1825 |
Ellington, Tolland, Connecticut, USA [2] |
Gender |
Male |
Education |
District School [2] |
- Russell attended the District School during two and a half months during the winter and woked on the farm during the busy season until he was 17 years old.
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Election |
1879 [2] |
State Legislature, Committee on Insurance |
Note |
- Russell was a Democrat. He served as assessor for two years, was a Member of the Board of Selectmen three years, being chairman for two years. He was on the Board of Relief and for several years on the School Committee.
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Occupation |
Farmer [2] |
- After leaving school, he assisted his father on the home farm for a number of years, at the end of which time his accumulated savings amounted to $1,300, the result of most careful and painstaking economy. This was the foundation on which he was to make a start in life, but reverses attended himat the very begining of his career. His money was lost and his home which he had intended for his young bride was imperiled. In five years however, Russell, was able to buy out his brother Norman and the farm which had thus come into his possession as a result of pluck and hard work, was subsequently increased until at one time he owned 200 acres. He followed farming, in 1888 he purchased a home in Ellington Center, Conn. and left the farm in charge of his son, Judson H. When his son died, he sold the farm.
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Death |
4 Jun 1906 [1] |
Person ID |
I1815 |
US Thrall family |
Last Modified |
11 Jul 2004 |