RUSSELL, Lilla

1880 - 1962  (82 years)   Has 55 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.

RUSSELL, John Wesley

1855 - 1947  (91 years)

Birth	31 Aug 1855	Jonesville, Lee, Virginia, USA
Died	21 Jan 1947	Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA
Buried	Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA
	Address: Orient Cemetery Harrisonville, Missouri USA
Father	RUSSELL, Dr. James Sr.,   b. 21 Jan 1821, Lee County, Virginia, USA
Mother	STUBBLEFIELD, Alice M.,   b. 26 Jan 1828, Lee County, Virginia, USA
Family	WOLFE, Martha Jane,   b. 12 Dec 1863, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Married	14 Dec 1877	Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Children	1. RUSSELL, Frank,   b. 9 Dec 1878, Tennessee, USA + 2. RUSSELL, Lilla,   b. 3 Jun 1880, Missouri, USA + 3. RUSSELL, Claude,   b. 22 Jan 1882, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA + 4. RUSSELL, Walter Scott,   b. 14 Feb 1884, Cass County, Missouri, USA + 5. RUSSELL, Bert J. Sr.,   b. 11 Apr 1886, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA + 6. RUSSELL, Fred R.,   b. 13 Feb 1888, Missouri, USA + 7. RUSSELL, Guy,   b. 2 Feb 1890, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA   8. RUSSELL, Katherine D.,   b. 25 Aug 1891, Missouri, USA + 9. RUSSELL, Mabel Nellie,   b. 1 May 1892, Cass County, Missouri, USA + 10. RUSSELL, Myrtle Lee,   b. 2 Apr 1895, Missouri, USA + 11. RUSSELL, Ernest Dewey,   b. 23 Jan 1898, Missouri, USA + 12. RUSSELL, Ray R.,   b. 25 Sep 1900, Kansas, USA + 13. RUSSELL, Grace,   b. 23 Oct 1904, Kansas, USA

WOLFE, Martha Jane

1863 - 1942  (79 years)

Birth	12 Dec 1863	Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Died	16 Dec 1942	Overland Park, Johnson, Kansas, USA
Buried	Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA
	Address: Olathe Memorial Cemetery 738 N. Chestnut Olathe, Kansas USA 913-397-5226 http://cemetery.olatheks.org/
Father	WOLFE, Woodson Taylor,   b. 8 Oct 1833, Tennessee, USA
Mother	MILLS, Katherine,   b. 13 Dec 1838, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Family	RUSSELL, John Wesley,   b. 31 Aug 1855, Jonesville, Lee, Virginia, USA
Married	14 Dec 1877	Rogersville, Hawkins, Tennessee, USA
Children	1. RUSSELL, Frank,   b. 9 Dec 1878, Tennessee, USA + 2. RUSSELL, Lilla,   b. 3 Jun 1880, Missouri, USA + 3. RUSSELL, Claude,   b. 22 Jan 1882, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA + 4. RUSSELL, Walter Scott,   b. 14 Feb 1884, Cass County, Missouri, USA + 5. RUSSELL, Bert J. Sr.,   b. 11 Apr 1886, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA + 6. RUSSELL, Fred R.,   b. 13 Feb 1888, Missouri, USA + 7. RUSSELL, Guy,   b. 2 Feb 1890, Harrisonville, Cass, Missouri, USA   8. RUSSELL, Katherine D.,   b. 25 Aug 1891, Missouri, USA + 9. RUSSELL, Mabel Nellie,   b. 1 May 1892, Cass County, Missouri, USA + 10. RUSSELL, Myrtle Lee,   b. 2 Apr 1895, Missouri, USA + 11. RUSSELL, Ernest Dewey,   b. 23 Jan 1898, Missouri, USA + 12. RUSSELL, Ray R.,   b. 25 Sep 1900, Kansas, USA + 13. RUSSELL, Grace,   b. 23 Oct 1904, Kansas, USA

BRYAN, Louis Clifford

1877 - 1912  (35 years)

Birth	25 Feb 1877	Kansas, USA
Died	13 Mar 1912	Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA
Buried	Paola Cemetery, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA
	Address: Paola Cemetery Paola, Kansas USA
Family	RUSSELL, Lilla,   b. 3 Jun 1880, Missouri, USA
Married	Feb 1902
Children	+ 1. BRYAN, Helen Bernadine,   b. 2 Feb 1903, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA + 2. BRYAN, Bessie Evelyn,   b. 13 Jan 1907, Kansas, USA

BRYAN, Helen Bernadine

1903 - 1993  (90 years)

Birth	2 Feb 1903	Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA
Died	17 May 1993	Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, USA
Buried	Green Hill Cemetery, Rock Port, Atchison, Missouri, USA
	Address: Green Hill Cemetery Rock Port, Missouri USA
Father	BRYAN, Louis Clifford,   b. 25 Feb 1877, Kansas, USA
Mother	RUSSELL, Lilla,   b. 3 Jun 1880, Missouri, USA
Family	MCELHINEY, Max Otis,   b. 29 Sep 1901, Rantoul, Franklin, Kansas, USA
Married	5 Jun 1930	Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA
Children	1. MCELHINEY, William Bryan,   b. 12 Oct 1931 + 2.

BRYAN, Bessie Evelyn

1907 - 2000  (93 years)

Birth	13 Jan 1907	Kansas, USA
Died	4 Apr 2000
Buried	Paola Cemetery, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA
	Address: Paola Cemetery Paola, Kansas USA
Father	BRYAN, Louis Clifford,   b. 25 Feb 1877, Kansas, USA
Mother	RUSSELL, Lilla,   b. 3 Jun 1880, Missouri, USA
Family	HAYES, E. Emmett,   b. 21 Aug 1903, Kansas, USA
Married	1929

REED, William A.

1867 - 1926  (59 years)

Birth	1867	Missouri, USA
Died	1926
Buried	Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA
Family 1	—?—, Leonore,   b. 1865
Family 2	RUSSELL, Lilla,   b. 3 Jun 1880, Missouri, USA
Married	Abt 1923	Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA

BENDER, Martin A.

1871 - 1946  (74 years)

Birth	10 Jan 1871	Kansas, USA
Died	3 Jan 1946
Buried	Holton, Jackson, Kansas, USA
Family	RUSSELL, Lilla,   b. 3 Jun 1880, Missouri, USA
Married	Aft 1940

• Name	RUSSELL, Lilla  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	3 Jun 1880	Missouri, USA   [3, 4, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1915	Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA   [7]
  	with her daughters at 1204 Rhode Island Street
  Family Event	30 Sep 1917	Belleview (Eudora Township), Douglas, Kansas, USA   [8]
  	The family of John Wesley and Martha Jane RUSSELL, 3 generations of 26 people, had their picture taken at their home on their farm
  	Included were their 12 living children, 5 daughters-in-law, a son-in-law and 6 grandchildren. At the time, a son, a son-in-law and a grandchild were deceased. John was 62 and Martha was 53. "The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell very pleasently surprised them by coming Sunday with well filled baskets and spent the day with them. Twenty-six were present for the day. In the afternoon A. Lawrence, the photographer of Lawrence came out and took a family group picture. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Bert Russell and family [sons Cecil and Bert, Jr.] of Paola; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Russell and baby [son Roy]; and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Russell of Wellsville; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Russell and baby [daughter Marie] of Osawatomie; Miss Katie Russell of Kansas City [MO]; Mrs. Lillie Bryan and daughters [Helen and Bessie] of Lawrence; and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Russell; Myrtle, Ernest, Ray and Grace Russell; and Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, all of this place [community of Belleview in Eudora Township, Douglas County, KS]." - Lawrence (Kansas) Daily Journal-World, 5 October 1917, p. 6, col. 4. Included in the picture, but not mentioned in the newspaper article, were Mr. and Mrs. William Brecheisen of Johnson County, KS. Mrs. Brecheisen was John and Martha Russell's daughter, Mabel Russell.
  		John & Martha Russell Family
  Residence	20 Jan 1920	Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA   [9]
  	on 6th Street
  Business	1921	Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA   [2, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  	the Russell Variety store
  	She purchased it from her brother, Walter. She ran this store until circa 1930 until after her two daughters had graduated from the University of Kansas.
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	51451676
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51451676
  Residence	1930	Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA
  	at 115 Main Street
  	Role: Owner and an Occupant They lived with Bessie's mother, Lilla Russell Reed.
  Residence	From 1935 to 1940	Troy, Doniphan, Kansas, USA
  Death	28 Dec 1962	Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, USA   [2, 3, 6]
  Age	82 years
  Burial	Paola Cemetery, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA   [13, 14]
  	Address: Paola Cemetery Paola, Kansas USA
  	Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #51451676.
  		Gravestone - Louis Clifford & Lilla Russell Bryan
  Person ID	I4103	Cochrane Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	RUSSELL, John Wesley,   b. 31 Aug 1855, Jonesville, Lee, Virginia, USA d. 21 Jan 1947, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA (Age 91 years)
  Mother	WOLFE, Martha Jane,   b. 12 Dec 1863, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA d. 16 Dec 1942, Overland Park, Johnson, Kansas, USA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	BRYAN, Louis Clifford,   b. 25 Feb 1877, Kansas, USA d. 13 Mar 1912, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	Feb 1902  [3, 5, 6, 11, 15, 16]
  Age at Marriage	She : 21 years and 8 months - He : 25 years.
  Residence	22 Apr 1910	Miami County, Kansas, USA   [5]
  Marriage Status	1912
  	Ended with Husband's death
  Children	+   1. BRYAN, Helen Bernadine,   b. 2 Feb 1903, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA d. 17 May 1993, Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, USA (Age 90 years) >   2. BRYAN, Bessie Evelyn,   b. 13 Jan 1907, Kansas, USA d. 4 Apr 2000 (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F1668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 2	REED, William A.,   b. 1867, Missouri, USA d. 1926 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1923	Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA   [11, 13, 17, 18]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 42 years and 6 months - He : ~ 56 years.
  Marriage Status	Ended with Husband's death
  Residence	1925	Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA   [17]
  	at 115 Main St.
  Family ID	F1709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2016

  
  

  Family 3	BENDER, Martin A.,   b. 10 Jan 1871, Kansas, USA d. 3 Jan 1946 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1940  [2, 3, 11, 19, 20]
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 60 years and 6 months - He : ~ 69 years and 11 months.
  Marriage Status	Ended with Husband's death
  Residence	Aft 1940	Holton, Jackson, Kansas, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F1667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Jun 1880 - Missouri, USA Residence - 22 Apr 1910 - Miami County, Kansas, USA Residence - with her daughters at 1204 Rhode Island Street - 1915 - Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, USA Family Event - The family of John Wesley and Martha Jane RUSSELL, 3 generations of 26 people, had their picture taken at their home on their farm - 30 Sep 1917 - Belleview (Eudora Township), Douglas, Kansas, USA Residence - on 6th Street - 20 Jan 1920 - Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA Business - the Russell Variety store - 1921 - Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA Marriage - Abt 1923 - Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA Residence - at 115 Main St. - 1925 - Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA Residence - at 115 Main Street - 1930 - Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA Residence - From 1935 to 1940 - Troy, Doniphan, Kansas, USA Residence - Aft 1940 - Holton, Jackson, Kansas, USA Death - 28 Dec 1962 - Aurora, Lawrence, Missouri, USA Burial - Address: Paola Cemetery Paola, Kansas USA - - Paola Cemetery, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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