F. M. RUSSELL was born February 23, 1846, in Henderson County, Ky. He is a son of Elisha and Nancy (Duncan) Russell, of North Carolina. Our subject, at the age of eighteen, commenced farming on rented land; there he remained two or three years, after which he bought seventy-six acres, which he has since occupied. In 1882 he built a comfortable residence, at a cost of about $500. Mr. Russell was married, in 1864, to Harriet Duncan, who was born in Henderson County. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are members of the General Baptist Church, and he of the Masonic fraternity.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1048.