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Archibald Russell

Philanthropist/Civic Affairs

Centurion, 1855–1850s

Born 24 December 1811 in Edinburgh, Scotland

Died 17 April 1871 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

Proposed by Lewis M. Rutherfurd

Elected 6 January 1855 at age forty-three

Archivist’s Note: He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1855 and 1857.