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Charles W. Russell

Merchant/Horseshoe Manufacturer

Centurion, 1872–1877

Full Name Charles Witmer Russell

Born 20 November 1836 in Greenfield, Massachusetts

Died 24 March 1903 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Maple Grove Cemetery, Kew Gardens, New York

Proposed by Peter Starr and William P. Chambers

Elected 5 October 1872 at age thirty-five

Archivist’s Note: Brother of John E. Russell