Hello Folks, 

Time for an update.  No reunion this year, not enough interest, maybe next year!   We’ll tentatively plan for next fall in Bentonville.  Start saving your pennies…maybe some nickels and dimes as well. 

I do have some exciting news.  We have a new “lost” relative, Bob Russell who lives in Texas and he has some of our missing names! 

Samuel Russell b. 1780 married NANCY SWOPE not Josephine Jackson.  Bob has census records that show Samuel in Tennessee in 1830, near a Todd family.  This is wonderful news!  He also has widow Nancy Russell (swope) in 1850 with sons James and Robert in Dallas County (Polk Co) Missouri.  New children and a new wife, what an exciting find!!!  He has graciously given me the information as where to find the muster rolls for the 1836 campaign of the Seminole war, maybe there are some other Russell boys we can identify.  This is a wonderful clue on our search and I want to thank Bob for contacting us and sharing his hard work.  

I’ll write more when there’s news. 

Later Folks 

Diana

707-290-8879 (cell)