STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1903, page 1, column 6

PETER W. RUSSELL, 20 Jul 1829 - 28 Jan 1903

   Peter W. Russell was born in Manchester, Ontario county, New York, July 
20, 1829, and died at his home in Angola, Ind., Jan. 28, 1903, aged 73 
years, 6 months and 8 days.
   Deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Russell, and was one of 
five children, his mother dying when he was only seven years of age.  
August 24, 1854, he was joined in marriage with Susan M. Isenhour, at 
Hopewell, Ontario county, New York, a noble woman whose memory is held 
very sacred by those who knew her best.  To the union were born two 
children, a son who died in infancy and a daughter, now Mrs. M. D. Teal, 
of Toledo, Ohio.  Mrs. Russell died June 9, 1897.
   Mr. and Mrs. Russell came to Steuben county, Indiana, in 1856, first 
settling on a farm near Orland, and in 1859, they came to Angola taking 
charge of the Eureka hotel, located on the corner where W. C. Patterson's 
store now stands.  Being courteous and obliging, they were especially 
adapted to this work and they were greatly prospered.  After a few years 
he sold the hotel, and in 1866 it was destroyed by fire.  Soon after this 
he bought what was known as the Eldorado, which thereafter was known as 
the Russell house, and in which he continued the hotel business until 
about 1880, when they moved to the beautiful home on South Wayne street.
   In 1871, Mr. Russell, in company with Charles F. and John J. Kinney, 
Wm. G. Croxton and J. A. Woodhull, established the banking house of Kinney 
& Co., the pioneer bank of the county.
   In the death of Mr. Russell, Angola loses one of its most prominent 
characters in business and social circles.  For over forty years he had 
been the liveliest man in every associaion of which he formed a part.  He 
was shrewd in business matters and accumulated a fortune estimated at 
about $150,000.  Among his good offices was the aid he rendered the Tri-
State Normal college, his last subscription amounting to $1,000.  Mr. 
Russell will be missed in this community of which he has formed so 
prominent a part.  Of late years his health had been failing, but young 
and strong in spirit, he fought the dread disease, paralysis, knowing all 
the time that the end of life for him was not very distant.
   Funeral services were held at his late home on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 
31.  Elder C. S. Medbury, of the Angola Christian church, officiating.  
Burial in Circle Hill cemetery.
(Picture included with obituary)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Peter W. Russell, 20 Jul 1829 - 28 Jan 1903, married Susan M. 
(Isenhour) Russell, 07 Nov 1830 - 09 Jun 1897.  They are buried at Circle 
Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Son-Clarence Russell died at age eighteen months.
   Daughter-Maud E. (Russell) Teal, 25 Apr 1869 - 26 Jul 1953, on 23 Feb 
1895, married Morton D. Teal, 09 Nov 1864 - 09 Mar 1932.  They are buried 
at Circle Hill Cemetery.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel Lewis, 
Vol. 2, pages 1574, 1806.
Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net