Nov., 1690; d. then'. 1 June. ITlil. was graduated at Yale in 1709, studied theology under bis father, was a tutor in Yale, and from 1713 until his death H'i'ved as pastor of the church in Middletown. He declined the presidency of Y'ale college, was one of its trustees, and published a sermon entitled " The Decay of Love to God in Churches " (New London, Conn., 1731).
RUSSELL, Peter, Canadian administrator, b.
in England about 1755; d. there about 1825. In
1791 he accompanied Gen. John G. Simcoe, first
lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, to that prov-
ince a-~ injector-general, and became a member of
its first parliament and of the executive council.
After Gen. Simcoe's resignation, in 1796, Gen. Rus-
sell administered the government of the province
until the arrival of Gen. Hunter in 1799. During
Gen. Russell's administration, among other a_cts
passed by the legislature were the act incorporating
the legal profession, and that for establishing trade
with the United States.
RUSSELL, Richard, colonist, b. in Hereford-
shire, England, in 1612; d. in Charlestown. .Max.
14 May, 1674. He came to this country in 1640,
was a representative in 1646, speaker of the house in
1648-"9, 1654, 1656, and 1658, assistant in 16r>9-'76,
mid treasurer of Massachusetts from 1644 until his
death. His son, James, jurist, b. in Charlestown,
Ma-s., 1 Oct., 1640: d. there. 28 April. 1709. was a
representative in 1679, an assistant in 1680-'fi, and
one of Gov. Joseph Dudley's council. He was a
member of the council of safety in 1689, a leader
in the Revolutionary movement of that day, a
councillor under the new charter in Hilrj. a ml was
a judge and treasurer nf Massachusetts in 1680-'6.
" He discharged all his duties with fidelity, was a
liberal friend to the poor, and respected the insti-
tutions of religion." James's great grandson,
Chambers, jurist, b. in Boston, 4 July, 1713; d.
in Guilford, England, 24 Nov., 1 7li7, was graduated
at Harvard in 1731. became executive councillor,
representative, and subsequently judge of the su-
perior court and of the admiralty. C'hambers's
descendant, David, congressman, b. in Massachu-
setts in ixoo; d. in Salem, N. Y., 24 Nov., 1861,
received a common-school education, removed to
Salem, N. Y., was admitted to the bar there, and
established a practice. He was in the legislature
in 1816 and in 1830. subsequently U. S. district
attorney for northern New York, and in 1835-'41
was a member of congress, having been elected as
a Whig. He afterward resumed his profession, in
which he continued until his death. His son,
David Allan, soldier, b. in Salem, N. Y., 10 Dec.,
1820; d. near Winchester, Va., 19 Sept.. lsii4. was
graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1845,
served in the Mexican war, and received the brevet
of 1st lieutenant in August, 1847, for gallant and
meritorious conduct in the several affairs with
guerillas at Paso Ovejas, National Bridge, and
Cerro Gordo. He became captain in 1854, was en-
gaged in the defences of Washington, D. C., from
November, 1861, till January, 1862, when lie was
appointed colonel of the 7th Massachusetts volun-
teers, served with the Army of the Potomac in the
Virginia peninsular campaign, and was engaged at
Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, and the seven
days' battles around Richmond. He was brevetted
lieutenant-colonel, U. S. army, 1 July. 1 s !'-. I'm 1
these services, became major of the 8th U. S. in-
fantry on 9 Aug. of the same year, and participated
in the battles of C'rampton's Gap and Ant [Ham.
In November, 1862, he became briiradier-gcneral f
volunteers. He commanded a brigade <>!' tin- liili
corps in the Rappahannock campaign, was in d
at Fredericksburg, Salem, and Beverly Ford, and
at Gettysburg, for which battle he was brevetted
colonel. 1 July, 1863. During the Rapidan cam-
paign he participated in the capture of the Con-
federate works at Rappahannock station, com-
manded a division in the 6th corps in the battles
of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and North Anna,
was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. army, 6
May, 1864. and participated in the actions at Cold
Harbor and the siege and battles around Peters-
burg. He was then engaged in the defence of
Washington, D. C.. ami in August and September,
1864, served in the Shenandoah campaign in com-
mand of his former division. He was killed at the
head of his column in the battle of Opequan. Ya.
He was brevetted major-general in the United
States army, 19 Sept., 1864!
RUSSELL. William, soldier, b. in Culpeper
county, Va., in 1758; d. in Fayette county. Ky.,
3 July, 1825. He removed with his father to the
Virginia frontier in early boyhood, joined 1 Knurl
Boone's Indian expedition when he was fifteen
year< i if age. and was appointed lieutenant in the
Revolutionary army the next year, in which capa-
city he served at King's Mountain. In that battle
he was the first to reach the summit of the moun-
tain, and to receive a sword from the enemy. He
was then promoted captain, served against the
Cherokee Indians, and negotiated a treaty of peace
with that tribe. He subsequently fought at the
battle of Whitsell's Mills and at 'Guilford Court-
House. He removed to Kentucky at the end of
the war, and bore an active part in almost every
general expedition against the Indians until the
settlement of the country, commanding the ad-
vance under Gen. John Hardin, Gen. Charles Scott,
and Gen. James Wilkinson. In the expedition
under Gen. Anthony Wayne he led a regiment of
Kentucky volunteers. He was a delegate to the
Virginia' legislature in 1789 that passed the act
that separated Kentucky from that state, and on
the organization of the Kentucky government was
annually returned to the legislature till 180s. At
that date he was appointed by President Madison
colonel of the 7th U. S. infantry. He succeeded (Jen.
William H. Harrison in command of the frontier
of Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri in 1811, and
planned and commanded the expedition that was
sent against the Peoria Indians in 1812. He
served again in the legislature in 1823, and de-
clined a nomination for governor. Russell county,
Ky., is named in his honor.
RUSSELL, William, elocutionist, b. in Glasgow,
Scotland, 28 April, 1798; d. in Lancaster,
Mass., 17 May, 1873. He was educated in the Latin-school
and the university of his native city, and
came to this country in 1819, in which year he took
charge of Chatham academy, Savannah, Ga. He
removed to New Haven a few years later, and
taught in the New Township academy and Hopkins
grammar-school. He then devoted himself
to the instruction of classes in elocution in
Andover, Harvard, and Boston, edited the “American
Journal of Education” in 1826-'9, and subsequently
taught in a girls' school in Germantown, Pa. He
resumed his elocution classes in Boston and
Andover in 1838, and lectured extensively in New
England and New York. He established a teachers'
institute in New Hampshire in 1849, which he
removed to Lancaster, Mass., in 1853. His subsequent
life was devoted to lecturing, for the most
part before the Massachusetts teachers' institutes,
under the care of the state board of education. He
published “Grammar of Composition” (New Haven,
1823); “Lessons in Enunciation” (Boston, 1830);
