Russell - Raymond
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Friday, 30 October 1891
The 10 year old daughter of Mart Russell of Linden died yesterday from diphtheria. On Wednesday, his 7 year old daughter was buried, having died from the same reason.
Note: The 10-year-old is Ella in Death Record Book 4, p 16; I did not see a 7-year-old daughter in the Death Records; however there is a George (Bk 4 p 16 - listed as a male in the WPA Deaths but note what was found below) also died at Linden on the 26th, age 5 and a Raymond age 2 at Linden 14 Nov 1891 (Bk 4 p 16)
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Monday 16 Nov 1891
Martin Russell and wife live several miles north of this city in the vicinity of Linden. They are childless now but on October 28 had three bright and pretty children of an interesting age. It was a happy family and everything seemed bright and happy. Suddenly one day the children took colds and in a few hours the little five-year-old daughter, Georgie, died of a pronounced case of diphtheria. It was a terrible blow to the parents but their attention was occupied in attending to their other daughter, Ella, aged nine, who was also taken down with the same disease. For a week they fought death only to be vanquished in the end. The grief of the parents was terrible and the poor mother was unconscious the greater part of the time during the funeral. They had scarcely returned from burying little Ella, when their third and last child, Raymond, a bright three-year-old boy was also seized by the terrible disease. With sickened hearts the parents awaited the final and inevitable end. Death came Saturday afternoon and the burial occurred yesterday. The scene at the cemetery is said to have been harrowing in the extreme. Mrs. Russell was wild with distraction and fainted three times during the short ceremonies at the grave. The last time she could not be brought to her senses and was taken home in the hack as one dead. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are completely prostrated and take apparently no interest in their surroundings. Mr. Russell had been peculiarly unfortunate in his children; by a former marriage he had eight. Seven of these and his wife died within a short time of each other and now all that is left to him of eleven children is one son, a young man grown.