The following 31 biographies were extracted from the History of the State of Kansas, 1883 and pertain specifically to Russell County. To view the entire history of Russell County visit Russell County, Kansas History and Genealogy
Russell County is one of the central counties of Kansas, it being two hundred and forty-four miles from the Missouri River to the east line of the county, and one hundred and ninty-two (sic) miles from the east line of the county to the west line of the State. A line drawn through the center of the State, from east to west, would pass about three miles south of the south line of the county. The county is bounded on the north by Osborne County, on the south by Barton, on the east by Ellsworth and Lincoln counties, and on the west by Ellis County. The county contains 576,000 acres, or 900 square miles, and is divided into eight civil, or municipal, townships, those of Paradise and Fairview embracing nearly the northern half of the county, the other portion being divided into six townships of very unequal size. The county is governed by a Board of three Commissioners, who are elected for three years, and is so arranged that one is elected each year. That all portions of the county may be fairly represented on the Board, the county is divided into three Commissioner Districts, and the election of each Commissioner is confined to the Electors of the District in which he resides.
Biographies of Russell County Kansas
- Ackerman, Theodore
- Banker, Louis
- Banks, W. E.
- Beemer, D. S.
- Bradbury, J. M.
- Bradshaw, George T.
- Chadbourne, J. S.
- Copeland, Charles P.
- Dixon, James J. A. T.
- Eastland, W. G.
- Fleck, Ira S.
- Giddings, R. S.
- Gross, Daniel
- Harshbarger, C. M.
- Hart, Q. A.
- Hibbard, H. C.
- Kinney, Asa Hon.
- Mann, Stillman
- McKeen, D. W.
- Moore, O. S.
- Moses, W. H.
- Oliver, J. W.
- Parker, F. L.
- Perce, William
- Robb, J. W.
- Smyser, George W.
- Sutter, Edward
- Sutter, Emile
- Tusten, H. W.
- Walker, Joseph H.
- Yoxall, Albert