| decade | event | confirmation |
| 1870 | 13 January 1870 born in Jackson County, Illinois. Father Edmund Russell. Mother: Lucretia McMullen | My Family Tree* |
| 1880 | 10-year-old in household of his father Edmon Russel (Edmund Russell) Ora Township, Jackson County, Illinois | 1880 US census. Roll: T9-214 Page: 24D; Image: 617. Enumeration District: 34; July 3, 1880. dwelling #437, family #437 |
| 1890 | 31 December 1893 marries Calpurna Jay in Jackson County, Illinois | My Family Tree* |
| 18 August 1896 birth of son William Edmund Russell | My Family Tree* | |
| 04 November 1898 birth of daughter Stella Blanche Russell | My Family Tree* | |
| 1900 | buys and moves to home place of Calpurna in Jackson County, Illinois | My Family Tree* |
| 27 October 1905 birth of daughter Beulah Grace Russell | My Family Tree* | |
| 1910 | George W Russell is farming in Ora Township, Jackson County, Illinois, with Calpurna and the three children | 1910 US census. Series: T624 , Roll: 293, Page: 5A. Image: 453, ED: 63, April 22, 1910. dwelling #76, family #76 |
| 1920 | 28 December 1925 Calpurna dies | My Family Tree* |
| 1930 | lives on the farm he owns in Ora Township, Jackson County, Illinois. Daughter Stella and her six children comprise the household. | Roll: T626_520; Page: 6A; ED 33; Image: 1046. dwelling 150; family 151. |
| 1940 | 18 July 1945 dies. Buried at Ava Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson County, Illinois | My Family Tree* |
| 1950 | ||
| * My Family Tree by Beulah Russell Nisbet, unpublished manuscript, 1952. | ||
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