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Russell CountyTable of Contents maintained by:
Debra Crosby
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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.1Organized in 1872. County Seat, Russell. In memory of Avrah P. Russell, Captain, Company K, Second Kansas Cavalry, who died December 12, 1862 in field hospital near Prairie Grove, Ark., of wounds received in battle December 7, 1862 at Prairie Grove. 2
- 1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.- 2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)
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| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | |
| Gerhards, Christopher 1869 - | 2K | Mar 2007 | Joy Fisher
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| Harsh, Sylvester 1828 - | 3K | Mar 2007 | Joy Fisher
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| Cemeteries | ||||
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| 1930 Census Records | ||||
| Surname Indexes: AAA to QUI | RAB to ZWE | Jan 2008 | Janet Laubhan Flickinger | ||
| History - Directories | ||||
| Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | Russell County Medical Directory 1920 | 3K | Feb 2009 | Joy Fisher
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| Military Records | ||||
| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | |
| 1883 Pension Roll | 10 kb | Dec 1997 | Diane Goldhammer | |
| Waldon, George (Mexican War Pension Application) | 1 kb | Aug 2002 | Carl L. Glover | |
| Newspaper Articles | ||||
| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | |
| Arrest Of Henry Bauer, Alias "Dutch Henry" June 21, 1876 | 3K | Nov 2007 | Cic. Stetter | |
| Obituaries | ||||
| File Description | File Size | Date | Submitter | |
| Deines, Benjamin April 12, 2004 | 1K | Aug 2007 | Oz | |
| Leonard, Frances M. September 27, 2003 | 1K | Aug 2007 | Oz | |
| Stafford, Mary Jane October 1, 2005 | 1K | Aug 2007 | Oz . | |
| Weld, Ray April 8, 1915 | 2K | Sep 2007 | Jim Laird | |
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