RUSSELL, Joseph (1843 - 1899)

RUSSELL, FOBAIR

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Date: 1/11/2025 at 16:48:27

OBITUARY

Joseph Russell
The funeral of Joseph Russell, whose death was announced in Tuesday’s issue, took place from the Presbyterian church on Wednesday afternoon, the services being conducted by O. S. Thompson.

Delegations of Modern Woodmen and the A.O.U.W., of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body.

Deceased was born near Montreal, Canada, Oct. 12, 1843. In 1848 he moved to Fort Covington, N. Y., where he resided until the breaking out of the civil war. He enlisted in Co. H, 98th New York volunteers Nov. 25, 1861, and was discharged June 12, 1865. He was twice severely wounded in the left arm, first at Fair Oaks in 1861 and again in the campaign against Richmond. In later years his wound caused him a great deal of trouble, finally unbalancing his mind, and for two years and four months has been an inmate of the Independence asylum. He leaves a wife and eight children- four sons and four daughters-to mourn. He was married Oct. 29, 1865, to Miss Margaret Fobair.

Among the floral tributes presented on his burial day were a G.A.R. design from the old soldiers, a broken wheel from the M.W. of A., shield and anchor from the A.O.U.W., pillow from the Royal Neighbors of America, anchor from the Maccabees and a potted easter lily from the neighbors.

To Mrs. Margaret Russel, member of the R.N.A. Woodbine Camp No. 1134: The painful news of the removal of your husband having reached us, we hasten to express affectionate sympathy with you in your sad hour of bereavement. All that was mortal is changed now, but how great is your comfort in the well-grounded assurance that the Good Shepherd who careth for his flock has taken the dear one to the fold.

Your husband and father has gone to the one who said, “Come unto me and I will give you rest,” and we know not how soon our hour may come. Oh, that we m ay all meet in that brighter and happier world where sin and sorrow and suffering alike is unknown.

That a higher than human power may console and support you under this heavy strain is the earnest prayer of the members of Woodbine Camp No. 1134, Cherokee, Iowa. Harriett Campbell, Nellie M. Vandever, Recorder. (Source: The Cherokee Democrat Semi-Weekly, Fri., March 10, 1899, pg. 4)