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History of Manistee, Mason & Oceana Counties, Michigan
H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1882

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           THE RUSSELL BROTHERS have for several years occupied a
	 prominent place in Manistee. In 1869 the five brothers, 
	 ANDREW J., JAMES H., PERRY, CHARLES H., and EDWIN RUSSELL 
	 came to Manistee from Chautauqua County, N.Y., their native 
	 place. PERRY RUSSELL had come here a little in advance of 
	 the others. They embarked in the grocery and hardware busi-
	 ness, and also dealt extensively in pine lands, under the 
	 firm name of RUSSELL Bros. They continued in business to-
	 gether until the accidental death of PERRY, which occurred 
	 in November. The circumstances of his death were as follows: 
	 He went up the river, in company with R. G. PETERS and H. S. 
	 UDELL, in the interest of the Improvement Company. While 
	 coming down in a skiff, an obstruction at a point where the 
	 current was very rapid overturned the skiff, and PERRY was 
	 drowned. He was a good swimmer, but in the darkness, weighed 
	 down with a heavy rubber coat, and plunged so suddenly into 
	 the swift current, he was overcome and drowned. He was a
	 man universally popular, and his death was lamented by the 
	 entire community. He was in the prime of life, his age being 
	 thirty-eight years, and had long been a valuable member of 
	 society. His family consisted of a wife and four children, 
	 who are still living in the city. The remaining brothers 
	 continued the business until 1880, when ANDREW and JAMES 
	 withdrew. JAMES went into the meat and canned fruit busi-
	 ness, and ANDREW has a dairy farm on the lake shore, near 
	 the city limits. CHARLES and EDWIN continue the grocery busi-
	 ness and shingle mill. The latter was purchased in 1876 and
	 is located on Lake Manistee, in Filertown. CHARLES attends 
	 to  the store and EDWIN the mill. The latter has been promi-
	 nently identified with the city schools for several years. 
	 He was superintendent for three years, and has been one of 
	 the directors four years. These gentlemen are all enter-
	 prising and excellent business men and prominent citizens 
	 of the city.
	
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