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354 Nov., 1690; d. then'. 1 June. ITlil. was graduated at Yale in 1709, studied theology under bis father, was a tutor in Yale, and from 1713 until his death H'i'ved as pastor of the church in Middletown. He declined the presidency of Y'ale college, was one of its trustees, and published a sermon entitled " The Decay of Love to God in Churches " (New London, Conn., 1731).

RUSSELL, Peter, Canadian administrator, b. in England about 1755; d. there about 1825. In 1791 he accompanied Gen. John G. Simcoe, first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, to that prov- ince a-~ injector-general, and became a member of its first parliament and of the executive council. After Gen. Simcoe's resignation, in 1796, Gen. Rus- sell administered the government of the province until the arrival of Gen. Hunter in 1799. During Gen. Russell's administration, among other a_cts passed by the legislature were the act incorporating the legal profession, and that for establishing trade with the United States.

RUSSELL, Richard, colonist, b. in Hereford- shire, England, in 1612; d. in Charlestown. .Max. 14 May, 1674. He came to this country in 1640, was a representative in 1646, speaker of the house in 1648-"9, 1654, 1656, and 1658, assistant in 16r>9-'76, mid treasurer of Massachusetts from 1644 until his death. His son, James, jurist, b. in Charlestown, Ma-s., 1 Oct., 1640: d. there. 28 April. 1709. was a representative in 1679, an assistant in 1680-'fi, and one of Gov. Joseph Dudley's council. He was a member of the council of safety in 1689, a leader in the Revolutionary movement of that day, a councillor under the new charter in Hilrj. a ml was a judge and treasurer nf Massachusetts in 1680-'6. " He discharged all his duties with fidelity, was a liberal friend to the poor, and respected the insti- tutions of religion." James's great grandson, Chambers, jurist, b. in Boston, 4 July, 1713; d. in Guilford, England, 24 Nov., 1 7li7, was graduated at Harvard in 1731. became executive councillor, representative, and subsequently judge of the su- perior court and of the admiralty. C'hambers's descendant, David, congressman, b. in Massachu- setts in ixoo; d. in Salem, N. Y., 24 Nov., 1861, received a common-school education, removed to Salem, N. Y., was admitted to the bar there, and established a practice. He was in the legislature in 1816 and in 1830. subsequently U. S. district attorney for northern New York, and in 1835-'41 was a member of congress, having been elected as a Whig. He afterward resumed his profession, in which he continued until his death. His son, David Allan, soldier, b. in Salem, N. Y., 10 Dec., 1820; d. near Winchester, Va., 19 Sept.. lsii4. was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1845, served in the Mexican war, and received the brevet of 1st lieutenant in August, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the several affairs with guerillas at Paso Ovejas, National Bridge, and Cerro Gordo. He became captain in 1854, was en- gaged in the defences of Washington, D. C., from November, 1861, till January, 1862, when lie was appointed colonel of the 7th Massachusetts volun- teers, served with the Army of the Potomac in the Virginia peninsular campaign, and was engaged at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, and the seven days' battles around Richmond. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, U. S. army, 1 July. 1 s !'-. I'm 1 these services, became major of the 8th U. S. in- fantry on 9 Aug. of the same year, and participated in the battles of C'rampton's Gap and Ant [Ham. In November, 1862, he became briiradier-gcneral f volunteers. He commanded a brigade <>!' tin- liili corps in the Rappahannock campaign, was in d at Fredericksburg, Salem, and Beverly Ford, and at Gettysburg, for which battle he was brevetted colonel. 1 July, 1863. During the Rapidan cam- paign he participated in the capture of the Con- federate works at Rappahannock station, com- manded a division in the 6th corps in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and North Anna, was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. army, 6 May, 1864. and participated in the actions at Cold Harbor and the siege and battles around Peters- burg. He was then engaged in the defence of Washington, D. C.. ami in August and September, 1864, served in the Shenandoah campaign in com- mand of his former division. He was killed at the head of his column in the battle of Opequan. Ya. He was brevetted major-general in the United States army, 19 Sept., 1864!

'''RUSSELL. William,''' soldier, b. in Culpeper county, Va., in 1758; d. in Fayette county. Ky., 3 July, 1825. He removed with his father to the Virginia frontier in early boyhood, joined 1 Knurl Boone's Indian expedition when he was fifteen year< i if age. and was appointed lieutenant in the Revolutionary army the next year, in which capa- city he served at King's Mountain. In that battle he was the first to reach the summit of the moun- tain, and to receive a sword from the enemy. He was then promoted captain, served against the Cherokee Indians, and negotiated a treaty of peace with that tribe. He subsequently fought at the battle of Whitsell's Mills and at 'Guilford Court- House. He removed to Kentucky at the end of the war, and bore an active part in almost every general expedition against the Indians until the settlement of the country, commanding the ad- vance under Gen. John Hardin, Gen. Charles Scott, and Gen. James Wilkinson. In the expedition under Gen. Anthony Wayne he led a regiment of Kentucky volunteers. He was a delegate to the Virginia' legislature in 1789 that passed the act that separated Kentucky from that state, and on the organization of the Kentucky government was annually returned to the legislature till 180s. At that date he was appointed by President Madison colonel of the 7th U. S. infantry. He succeeded (Jen. William H. Harrison in command of the frontier of Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in 1811, and planned and commanded the expedition that was sent against the Peoria Indians in 1812. He served again in the legislature in 1823, and de- clined a nomination for governor. Russell county, Ky., is named in his honor.

RUSSELL, William, elocutionist, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, 28 April, 1798; d. in Lancaster, Mass., 17 May, 1873. He was educated in the Latin-school and the university of his native city, and came to this country in 1819, in which year he took charge of Chatham academy, Savannah, Ga. He removed to New Haven a few years later, and taught in the New Township academy and Hopkins grammar-school. He then devoted himself to the instruction of classes in elocution in Andover, Harvard, and Boston, edited the &ldquo;American Journal of Education&rdquo; in 1826-'9, and subsequently taught in a girls' school in Germantown, Pa. He resumed his elocution classes in Boston and Andover in 1838, and lectured extensively in New England and New York. He established a teachers' institute in New Hampshire in 1849, which he removed to Lancaster, Mass., in 1853. His subsequent life was devoted to lecturing, for the most part before the Massachusetts teachers' institutes, under the care of the state board of education. He published &ldquo;Grammar of Composition&rdquo; (New Haven, 1823); &ldquo;Lessons in Enunciation&rdquo; (Boston, 1830);