Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Russell and Dorcas Miller




Husband Joseph Russell 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
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         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Dorcas Miller 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Capt. Samuel Miller (      -1778) 2
         Mother: Jane [Unk] (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M Samuel Miller Russell 4 5

           Born: Abt 1794 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1875 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary "Polly" Elder (1799/1800-      ) 4 5
           Marr: 1829 1


2 F Margaret Russell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: David Allsworth (      -Bef 1880) 1


3 F Jane Russell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James McFarland (      -      ) 1


4 M Joseph Russell 1

            AKA: [Unk] Russel,6 [Unk] Russell 7
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lavinia Marchand (      -1880) 1 7


5 M Joshua Russell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 



6 F Dorcas Russell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 



7 M William Russell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Joseph Russell


He and his wife were the ancestors of the Russell family of Hempfield and Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.


General Notes: Wife - Dorcas Miller


She and brother Samuel, were captured by the Indians at the "burning of Hannastown." He was killed on the march, and Dorcas was absent for two years before returning to her friends.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 439.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 640.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 456.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 439, 503.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 359.

7 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 523.


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