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Albert Jonathan Russell

Albert Jonathan Russell

Male 1831 - 1896  (65 years)

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  • Name Albert Jonathan Russell 
    Birth 15 Jan 1831  Petersburg, Fauquier, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Jan 1896  Jacksonville, Duval, FL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Old Jacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16123  Family Tree
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2017 

    Father William Hathaway Russell 
    Mother Sarah Ann Iseman 
    Family ID F6147  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abbie Maria Baker,   b. 13 Mar 1853, Phillipston, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Sep 1904, Jacksonville, Duval, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 22 Oct 1895 
    Family ID F6146  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2017 

  • Photos
    Albert J Russell Photo
    Albert J Russell Photo

    Headstones
    Albert and Abbie (Baker) Russell Gravestone
    Albert and Abbie (Baker) Russell Gravestone
    ALBERT J. RUSSELL / GRAND MASTER F.A.M. FLORIDA / 1873-18741875
    ABBIE M. BAKER / WIFE OF / A. J. RUSSELL / MAR. 13. 1853 / SEPT. 5. 1907
    [located at Old Jacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, FL]

  • Notes 
    • from biography by Angela Tooley of findagrave.com, 3 Jul 2003
      Civil War Confederate Army Officer. He was educated at Anderson Seminary, Petersburg, Virginia, and moved to Lake City, Florida in 1859. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in Jacksonville as Second Lieutenant of the 2nd Florida Infantry Regiment, Company G ("St. Johns Grays). He accompanied the regiment to Virginia and took part in their baptism of fire in the Battle of Williamsburg. In 1862 he returned to Florida on a new commission to 1st Lieutenant and Drill Master of the Florida Volunteers Camp of Instruction. He was transferred to the Columbus, Georgia Navy Yard in 1863. During the invasion of Atlanta by Union Maj. General William T. Sherman's troops in 1864, he returned to active duty, and followed the stars and bars to the 1865 surrender of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's troops to Sherman at Durham's Station, North Carolina. Major Russell returned home after the war to raise the standard for the promotion of public education in Florida. In 1874, he was elected to the Jacksonville City Council. In 1877, he was elected Duval County's Superintendent of Public Instruction, and between 1884 and 1893, he served as Florida's State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Five years a Grand Master of his Masonic Lodge, he was instrumental in raising several schools, colleges, court houses, fire departments, and homes for ex-Confederate soldiers throughout Florida. One year after his death, "The Life and Labors of Albert J. Russell," a 368-page illustrated memorial volume, was published in Jacksonville.