Ancestry of
Rand Paul

U.S. Senator from Kentucky

James W. Russell

View famous kin of James W. Russell

• • 4th Great-grandfather of Rand Paul — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 118 
  • Father:
  • Mother:
  •  
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Apr 1784 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 
  • Christening Date:
  •  
  • Christening Location:
  •  
  • Death Date:
  • 15 Dec 1869 
  • Death Location:
  • Paulding County, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Jane Ann Wolfcale
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 or 28 JUN 1810 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Trumbull County, Ohio 
  • Child:

  Caroline Russell (Ahnentafel No:59 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources list James W. Russell's birth date as 24 APR 1785 and his death date as 15 DEC 1870. I have not been able to find him in the 1870 census so the 1869 death year seems to be correct.

• Sources for James W. Russell

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A130262.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Mahoning County, 1860, Austintown, p. 44, Image 11 of 38.
  • ³ Federal Census, OH, Mahoning County, 1850, Austintown, Image 5 of 29.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/19/2014).
  • ⁵ History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, Vol. II, Cleveland: H. Z. Williams and Bro. (1882), 128-129.
  • ⁶ Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, Marriage record for James W Russell and Jane Ann Wolfcale.