Addison 
 
RUSSELL, George Samuel 
 
Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the  
Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a  
Nation. Carleton, ed. Chicago: Lewis, 1903, pp 407-409 
 
George Samuel RUSSELL, who for many years was identified with the  
agricultural interests of Addison County [Vermont] and now makes his home in 
Middlebury  
[Addison County], Vermont, was born 21 February 1846 in Shelburne [Chittenden  
County], Vermont, a son of Harry RUSSELL, who was born in September 1812 in  
that place [Shelburne, Vermont].  The paternal grandfather, Thomas RUSSELL, was  
born in Hinesburg, [Chittenden County, Vermont], and his father, Charles  
RUSSELL, came to Vermont from Connecticut, being one of the first settlers of  
Hinesburg.  In compensation for the service which he [Charles RUSSELL] rendered in  
surveying the town [Hinesburg], he was given a tract and land, and finally  
became the owner of six hundred acres.  Thomas RUSSELL also followed the tilling  
of the soil as a life occupation, and in Shelburne, Vermont, he owned one  
hundred acres, which he continued to cultivate until he [Thomas RUSSELL] died in  
1816.  His wife bore the maiden name of Azuba ROGERS, and was a native of  
Connecticut; she bore her husband [Charles RUSSELL] four children; and she [Azuba  
(ROGERS) RUSSELL] died in Malone [Franklin County], New York, at the age of  
eighty years, passing away in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church, of  
which she was long a faithful member. 
 
Harry RUSSELL spent his entire life in the place of his nativity  
[Shelburne, Vermont], where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits; he [Harry  
RUSSELL] died at the age of eighty-three years, occasioned by his being thrown from a  
wagon.  He held many of the town offices and was a man of much influence in  
his community.  He [Harry RUSSELL] married Maroa REED, who left two children at  
her death:  (1)  Joshua C., the elder, born in 1836, who died in 1878 in  
Shelburne [Chittenden County, Vermont]; and (2)  Imogene Maroa, who married Egbert  
B. WILMOT, and died [submitter assumes she died as "Imogene Maroa WILMOT"] in  
May 1898 in Orange [Essex County], New Jersey.  For his second wife, Mr.  
[Harry] RUSSELL chose Sarah MINER, a native of Shelburne [Chittenden County],  
Vermont, where her father, Samuel MINER, was numbered among the early settlers, the  
latter's [Samuel MINER's] father, Roswell MINER, having come to Vermont from  
Connecticut in 1794.  The MINER family was planted in America by Thomas MINER,  
who came from England in 1630 with Governor John WINTHROP.  Landing at Salem  
[Essex County, Massachusetts], he [Thomas MINER] settled in Charlestown  
[Suffolk County], Massachusetts, removing later to Stonington [New London County],  
Connecticut, where he [Thomas MINER] died in 1690 at the age of eighty-three  
years.  Roswell MINER, who settled in Shelburne, was his grandson.  The line has  
been traced to Sir Henry MINER, of Mindippi Hills, Somersetshire, England, who  
died there in 1359. 
 
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel MINER became the parents of a number of children, but  
only one is now living, Mrs. Ira RUSSELL, of Burlington [Chittenden County],  
Vermont.  Samuel MINER's widow drew a pension for his services in the war of 1812.  
 Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry RUSSELL, four are now  
living:  (1)  George S., of this review; (2)  Henry W., of Hinesburg [Chittenden  
County, Vermont]; (3)  Noble M., a resident of Red Rock [Lassen County],  
California; and (4)  Edmund A., on the old home farm in Shelburne [Chittenden County,  
Vermont].  The mother [Sarah (MINER) RUSSELL] died in January 1869 at the age  
of fifty-two years. 
 
George S. RUSSELL was reared and received his elementary education in the  
schools of Shelburne, afterward pursuing his studies at Essex Center, and  
subsequently entered Shelburne Academy.  At the age of twenty-three years he located  
on the farm which he still owns, in the town of New Haven [Addison County,  
Vermont], which consists of two hundred and eighty acres of fertile land, and he  
also owns a tract of one hundred and forty-seven acres.  Until 1901 he engaged  
in general farming and raising stock, and is recognized as one of the leading  
agriculturalists of this part of the county.  At the present time he makes  
his home in Middlebury [Addison County] a part of the time, but retains a place  
of abode on the farm, which is located on the main road from Vergennes to  
Middlebury, six miles from Middlebury. 
 
In 1869 Mr. [George S.] RUSSELL married [Miss] Amanda C. CARTER, who was born  
in Monkton [Addison County, Vermont], in which place her father, Harry W.  
CARTER, was also born.  He was the son of Solomon CARTER [Jr.], who was born in  
October 1785 in Connecticut.  The last named [Solomon CARTER, Jr.] was a son of  
Solomon CARTER [Sr.], with whom he came from Connecticut to Vermont before  
1800.  Solomon CARTER, Jr., died 10 July 1868 at the age of eighty-two years.   
His [Solomon CARTER, Jr.'s] wife, who bore the maiden name of [Miss] Laura  
PECK, was born in New Haven [Addison County], Vermont, and was a daughter of  
William PECK [see the Vermont biography of Warren PECK].  Mr. and Mrs. Solomon  
CARTER [Solomon and Laura (PECK) CARTER] became the parents of six children, 
four  
of whom grew to maturity, but all are now [1903] deceased, and the mother's  
[Laura (PECK) CARTER's] death occurred at the age of forty years. 
 
Harry W. CARTER, the father of Mrs. RUSSELL [Amanda C.], was reared on a farm  
in New Haven [Vermont], and after reaching his twenty-first year, returned to  
Monkton, where he continued to reside for the succeeding twenty-five years.   
His last days were spent in his home in New Haven [Addison County, Vermont],  
where he [Harry W. CARTER] died at the age of seventy-five years.  He [Harry W.  
CARTER] was married to [Miss] Eliza BEERS, a native of Ferrisburg [Addison  
County, Vermont], where her [Eliza's] father, Elnathan BEERS, was a prominent  
farmer, he [Elnathan] having come to Vermont from Connecticut.  He [Elnathan  
BEERS] died at the age of eighty-seven years.  Her [Eliza's] mother, whose maiden  
name was Sally CAPRON, was a native of Rhode Island, and she [Sally CAPRON,  
wife of Elnathan BEERS] became the mother of five children, but of this number  
Mrs. Caroline COLLINS is the only survivor, and she [Caroline] resides in  
Monkton, having reached the age of ninety-six years.  Her mother [Sally (CAPRON)  
BEERS, the wife or widow of Elnathan] died at the age of eighty-seven years.   
Mr. and Mrs. CARTER [Harry W. and Eliza (BEERS) CARTER] had one child, Mrs.  
[George S.] RUSSELL [Amanda C. (CARTER) RUSSELL], and the mother [Eliza 
(BEERS)  
CARTER] died 08 March 1888, at the age of sixty-eight years. 
 
The union of Mr. and Mrs. RUSSELL [George S. and Amanda C. (CARTER) 
RUSSELL]  
has been blessed with one son, Leroy C., who was born 23 May 1874.  He is a  
graduate of the Middlebury College, taught school three years in New York towns,  
pursued the study of law in Burlington [Chittenden County, Vermont], and is  
now engaged in practice at Middlebury [Addison County, Vermont].  He [Leroy C.  
RUSSELL] married [Miss?] May ROCKWELL, of Ashtabula [Ashtabula County], Ohio,  
and they [Leroy C. and May RUSSELL] have one child, George L.  Mr. George S.  
RUSSELL gives his political support to the Republican party, and has served as  
chairman of the board of selectmen, as justice of the peace, and in 1894 was  
called upon to represent his town in the legislature.  He [George S. RUSSELL]  
is a member of the Congregational church, of which his wife [Amanda C.] and son  
[George L.] are also members. 
 
Submitted by Cathy Kubly