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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Calvin P. and Orissa A. Russell, 9 South 51 West


In 1860 Stillwater, Minnesota, Jos. A. Russell is 37, Sarah E. Russell 30, Howard H. Russell 4, Calvin P. Russell, Grenville W. Russell 1, and Calvin C. Parker 24.

In 1880 Lincoln, Nebraska, W.D. Swisher is 54, Francies Swisher 45 Wife, Dora Swisher 17 Daughter, Olissa Swisher 14 Daughter, and Ursa Swisher 8 Son.

September 1, 1887, Sherman Center, Kansas

1887 Banking Directory Kansas

Voltaire was about eight miles north-northwest of Goodland.

1887 Banking Directory



February 1890 Goodland, Kansas "C. P. Russell returned Sunday from Chevennc Wells. Colorado."

Calvin P. Russell claimed a tract in 7S 39W, Sherman County, Kansas in 1890, and one in 5S 35W. Rawlins County, in 1888. At one time the present Cheyenne County was included in Rawlins County.


"Orisa" A. Russell claimed a tract in township 14S 45W, Cheyenne County, Colorado in 1890.

January 1892

Orissa A. Russell, formerly Orissa A. Swisher, claimed a tract in section 2, 9 South, 51W in 1899.


In 1910 Lincoln, Calvin P. Russell is cashier at a telephone company, 53, born in Minnesota, Orissa S. Russell 44 Wife born in Ohio, married 23 years. She's had four kids, two living. Edgar A. is 20 born in Kansas, Ralph S. 10 in Mexico.
Edgar A Russell 20 Son Ralph S Russell 10 Son.

June 1910 Steamboat Springs

August 1912 Steamboat Springs notices of Articles of Incorporation "The Bear River Lumber Company, by John C. F. McKesson, George C. Junkin and Calvin P. Russell. Object, dealing in real estate, timber, lumber, etc.; capital stock 400,000; principal office in Lincoln, Neb.; operate in Colorado and other states."

"Orissa's sister Isadora Julletta Swisher was born on 4 July 1862, in Ohio, to William Baker Swisher, 36 and Frances F. Hahn, 27. She married John Charles Freemont McKesson on 25 December 1881, in Lancaster County, Nebraska. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Middle Creek Election Precinct, Lancaster County, Nebraska, in 1900 and Lincoln, Nebrasska, for about 20 years. She died on 15 April 1946, in Lincoln, at the age of 83, and was buried in Lincoln."



September 1914 Steamboat Springs "Mrs. F. H. Swisher of Los Angeles and Mrs. C. P. Russell of Lincoln, Neb., mother and sister of U. S. Swisher, arrived in Steamboat Monday night for a visit of a week at the Swisher home."

May 1915 "U. S. Swisher received a telegram Saturday conveying the sad news of the death of his mother, Mrs. F. H. Swisher, at Los Angeles, of acute indigestion. She was 87 years of age on April 18, and last year visited here with her daughter, Mrs. Russell, of Lincoln, Neb. Her husband died a year ago at the age of 93 years. Mrs. Swisher was arranging to come here and make her home with her son, and the news of her death was a great shock."

August 1917 Steamboat Springs " Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Russell of Lincoln, Neb., who had been spending a fortnight's vacation in Steamboat, left Monday morning. On this trip Mr. Russell had his first try at trout fishing and succeeded so well that he surely will return next summer."

1920

1921 Cheyenne Wells, Colorado "Last Thursday evening the C. S. Woodrow family enjoyed a pleasant visit from Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Russell and son, from Lincoln, Nebr., who were on their return trip home after having spent several weeks in the mountains. Mr. Russell in the year 1887 built the first lumber yard in Cheyenne Wells, also he started the first bank in the town. The bank building then, is now known as the Mrs. Joe Robinson residence."

July 31, 1925 Estes Park "Mr. and Mrs. J. C. F. McKesson and Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Russell of Lincoln, Nebraska, who have been occupying the Dr. R. G. Clapp cottage in the Fort Morgan Colony, are leaving Saturday, to spend a few days in Denver."

Calvin Parker Russell BIRTH 18 Apr 1857 Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota, DEATH 15 Jan 1944 Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, BURIAL Wyuka Cemetery Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, MEMORIAL ID 8252375.
"Calvin P. Russell, 86, 2125 South, for 35 years secretary-treasurer and later president of the Lincoln Telephone company, died in Lincoin Saturday night. In 1887, Mr. Russell worked in the lumber and banking business in Goodland, Kansas. Later he went to Mexico, where he worked on a cattle and coffee ranch for six years. He had been a resident of Lincoln for 40 years and retired from business here in 1935. Surviving are his wife, Oressia A.; two sons, Lt. Com. Edgar A. and Dr. Ralph S., San Diego, and a brother, Rev. Howard Russell, Westerville, O."

Orissa Anna Swisher Russell BIRTH 31 Aug 1865 Ohio, DEATH 3 Jul 1945 San Diego, San Diego County, California, BURIAL Wyuka Cemetery Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, PLOT Sec-12 Lot-150 Sp-10 MEMORIAL ID 8252357.

Mrs. Orissa Russell died Thursday in San Diego, with funeral services at Roberts Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Russell was a vigorous, ambitious, active woman all her life, both mentally and physically. She created a beautiful home and without complaint, devotedly cared for her husband during his long illness with self-forgetting love, She was a brave, loyal, beauty-loving, truth-loving Christian woman, Rev. Mr. McConnell said. Born Aug. 31, 1865 at Little York, O., Mrs. Russell entered the University of Nebraska at 15, the youngest girl on the campus, later taught in the Nebraska City high school and at 21 was homesteading for herself in Kansas. She was married Aug. 31, 1887 to Calvin P. Russell who died in January, 1944. “Since 1903 Mr. and Mrs. Russell made their home in Lincoln where they made friends of many. Mrs. Russell was a member of Thursday Morning Lecture circle, the Diggers Garden club and several other organizations. She was a member of First-Plymouth church for 37 years, active in all its life, loved by all who knew her” Rev. Mr. McConnell asserted."

Ralph Swisher Russell BIRTH 22 Mar 1900 Metlaltoyuca, Francisco Z. Mena Municipality, Puebla, Mexico DEATH 10 Dec 1959 San Diego, San Diego County, California, BURIAL Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory San Diego, San Diego County, California, MEMORIAL ID 178709589.

December 1959 "Dr. Ralph Russell, 58, a former Lincolnite, died Dec. 9 in .San Diego. Services were held there. The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Russell of Lincoln. he was a brother-in-law of Mrs. J. Lee Rankin of Washington, D.C., also formerly of Lincoln. Survivors include his wife, two sons, Bruce, a University of »Nebraska Medical College student in Omaha, and Ralph Jr., with United .Air Lines, and a daughter, Ann, at home. His wife, the former Ruth Carpenter of Lincoln, is the daughter of Mrs. Arch Carpenter of San Diego and the late .Arch Carpenter of Lincoln. Dr. Russell was graduated from the University of Nebraska’s College of Medicine and practiced in Sutherland before moving to California in 1940.

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