David Matthew Russell

Abt 1833 - 1863  (30 years)

• Name	David Matthew Russell
  Birth	Abt 1833	AL
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4D432CB18D1C114BB07CAE10E5F20CEA29F3
  Death	May 1863	Sycamore, Ozark Co, MO
  Person ID	I42013	sorrells
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Uriah Wiley Russell,   b. 8 Jan 1801, Franklin Co., GA d. 20 Sep 1895, Red Oak, OK (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Lucinda Crow,   b. 1807, SC d. 19 Feb 1899, Dora, Ozark Co., MO (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	15 Feb 1823	Pendleton, Anderson Co., SC
  Family ID	F15487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Octavia Russell,   b. Jan 1854, Sycamore Co, MO d. 6 Oct 1926, Bristow, Creek, OK (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F15486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  David Matthew Russell served for the Union during the Civil War and was killed on his farm while working a field upstream from Hodgson Mill. He was shot by rebels and managed to live for 9 days in a cave along Bryant Creek nearby. David Russell died during the Civil War in Ozark County, Missouri. He is buried at Alcorn Cemetery, Ozark, Missouri. David Matthew and Talitha Owens had six children, the youngest of which was Sarah Louisa Russell who was born near the time of her father's death and named for her Aunt Sarah Louisa. David's sister was also killed during the Civil War while on her way to see her mortally wounded husband. She was only 17 years old at the time of her death and left a little boy. Her husbands name was Sanders. 1860 United States Federal Census Name: David M Rusell [David M Russell] Age in 1860: 27 Birth Year: abt 1833 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Ozark, Missouri Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Falling Spring David M Rusell 27 Teletha Rusell 25 Octavo Rusell 6 William C Rusell 4 Emily C Rusell 3 Larkin Rusell 2 Alvira Rusell 6/12 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 Name: David M Russell Birth Date: abt 1833 Age: 28 Enlistment Date: 1861 Military unit: Phelps' Regiment, Infantry, A-R U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 Name: David M Russel Residence: Boon, Missouri Class: 1 Congressional District: 4th Age on 1 July 1863: 29 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834 Race: White Marital Status: Married Place of Birth: Alabama Note 1: In 1900 Census Sarah Louisa Russell lists her parents as being born in Missouri. Note 2: David killed by Bushwhackers (see History of Ozark County Missouri) Note 3: David served in Company E, Phelps Regimen, Missouri Infantry, Union Army