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SGT Marshall Foreman Russell

30 May 1894 – 4 Aug 1977

Birth	30 May 1894
Death	4 Aug 1977
Cemetery	Mount Tabor Cemetery Sandusky , Grayson County , Texas , USA
Added by	Larry Simmons on 22 Jan 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35101984

Bio

Marshall Foreman Russell was born May 30, 1894 at Princeton, Texas near McKinney, to W. J .S Russell and Julia Frances Elmore Russell. In 1906 at the age of 12 he moved to Sherman with his parents. They purchased a large 17 room house at 1103 E. College. He attended school in Sherman, one of which was Washington School. He was active in football and sports. In 1917 Marshall enlisted in the U.S. Cavalry and in a short time he was sent to France. He was a chauffeur for General John J. Pershing until 1919 and held the rank of sergeant. He was discharged in 1919 and returned to Gordonville. He soon met Corine Shires and on September 26, 1920 they were married in the home of her parents, John S. and Annie Shires at Hagerman, Texas. They had 8 children. Seven were born in Grayson County and one in Vero Beach, Florida. David; Juanita; Thelma; Frances; Betty; Nolan; Gloria and Linda. Marshall and Corine were members of the Church of Christ at Gordonville, Sadler and Central in Denison. He was a Bible class teacher for many years. He died August 4, 1977 and was buried at Mt. Tabor cemetery, north of Whitesboro near Gordonville.

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Family

Parents

• William James Sims Russell 1863–1935
• Julia Frances Elmore Russell 1871–1953

Spouse

• Jessie Corine Shires Russell 1903–1992 FaG

Siblings

• Georgia Lena Russell Brown 1889–1977
• Ivy Russell 1892–1974
• Beecher Elmore Russell 1896–1924
• William Clifton Sims Russell 1900–1906
• Alice Anelle Russell Womack 1901–1985
• Julia Frances Russell Anderson 1903–1953
• Ruth Russell Mueller 1911–1999
• Paul Wallace Russell 1913–1998

Children

• David James Russell 1921–1988 FaG
• Ivy Juanita Russell Samford 1923–2019 FaG
• Thelma Irene Russell Welch 1926–2017 FaG
• Mary Frances Russell Medlin 1928–2005 FaG
• Betty Sue Russell Elliott 1930–2015 FaG
• Gloria Russell Simmons 1935–2018 FaG

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