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All My Kin
by Lester LeMay

ROSA EMMA RUSSELL¹ ²

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Birth:	20 FEB 1870 in CLIFTON TWP., GRANT CO., WI ³ ⁴ ⁷
Death:	15 JUL 1946 in PRESCOTT, YAVAPAI CO., AZ ⁴
Sex:	F
Father:	CALVIN WESLEY RUSSELL b. 1 FEB 1832 in CATTARAUGUS CO., NY
Mother:	LYDIA ESTHER SPARGO b. 25 AUG 1834 in TRUMBULL CO., OH

Burial: 18 JUL 1946 in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cem., Phoenix, AZ ⁵⁶
Religion: a member of the Christian Church

Spouses & Children

JOEL JACKSON (Husband) b. 8 JAN 1853 in FREEDOM, FRANKLIN TWP., OWEN CO., IN
Marriage: 23 DEC 1886 in GERING, SCOTTSBLUFF CO., NE
Children:
AGNES JACKSON b. 21 DEC 1898 in CALDWELL, SCOTTSBLUFF CO., NE ELVIN RUSSELL JACKSON b. 6 JUN 1900 in CALDWELL, SCOTTSBLUFF CO., NE SAMUEL CALVIN JACKSON b. 11 AUG 1902 in CALDWELL, SCOTTSBLUFF CO., NE ESTHER MYRTLE JACKSON b. 9 OCT 1897 in GERING, SCOTTSBLUFF CO., NE

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Notes

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Published article: "It was a bitterly cold day of 1896, just two days before Christmas, when Joel Jackson brightened the eyes of Rosa Emma Russell by placing the golden circle on her finger. The wedding took place at the home of a friend and, in spite of the winter storm that had been raging for two days, the hardy souls who loved this bride eagerly made their way through snowdrifts to attend. Rosa was 26 years of age, a well-seasoned young pioneer woman who had grown up in the land of hardships, which included not only severe storms, but prairie fires and fear of Indians on the warpath. Joel had filed on a homestead on the Nebraska-Wyoming border, a few miles from the North Platte River, and had labored under trying circumstances to establish a cattle ranch. He needed a companion and helpmeet and found it in Rosa, who eagerly looked forward to having a part in his growing spread. Immediately after the Christmas festivities, they started on their journey 30 miles due west. They found no mansion, but a dugout. It was cut three-quarters into the hillside, with narrow windows at ground level, reinforced with squares of sod. The original rooms were made in the same way, but the last one one, some time later, was of logs. All were lined with muslin which kept the dirt, twigs, and bugs from falling on them. Later, in 1910, they were able to build a better place, this time with concrete and rocks, called a grout house. They did prosper, both in livestock and in family. The following fall the first child was born, a girl names Esther, at the same home in Gering where the wedding had taken place and where the only doctor in the country was located. In the next year, 1898, an epidemic of measles swept the sparsely-settled countryside. This bride, who was no longer a bride but a matured settler's wife and mother, was a victim of the disease while carrying her second child. Only her husband and a neighborly midwife were present to help her through the ordeal of losing her premature baby, another daughter. Two years later they were all made happy by the birth of a son, Elvin, followed in another two years by Sam. Rosa obtained an incubator and raised her own chickens, using the older ones for meat and acquiring a little cash by selling the eggs. There were hogs to be killed, bacon, sausage and hams to be smoked and the occasional cow to be butchered. After such trying periods of hyperactivity, Rosa invariably was brought to bed with a migraine headache, those horrible, painful attacks which bothered her for years. Their spiritual life was not neglected either. There was Sunday school each week in the local schoolhouse and, when a minister was available, services were held following the classes. Eventually, when the new house had been build, there was room to keep the school teacher, which also improved the Jackson finances. Esther wanted to have piano lessons and worked all day for her aunt for each lesson." [Condensed from Prescott Courier article by Jane S. Meyer "Pioneer Wedding Band", June 20, 1980.] Esther's diary tells about their move from Nebraska to Arizona on the LeMay Home Page (http://www.surnames.com/lemayll/default.htm In 1918, Joel decided to escape the severe Nebraska winters, sold his ranch and auctioned his stock and moved to Arizona. Their first summer was in Gilbert and Mesa, but it was too hot and they moved to Chino Valley, near Prescott. They bought 61 acres on Oct 27, 1919. This pleasant location met their needs for 15 years, but their older children married and in 1932 Sam was tragically electrocuted in an accident as he worked as a lineman with the Power Company. The couple moved to Phoenix, but on March 15th, 1934, Joel died, and is buried in Phoenix. Rosa continued in her house at 1902 E Palm Lane, letting the city grow around her. She kept up a lively correspondence with her daughter and with a cousin, Elizabeth Wilkinson, who shared her genealogical interests. Her brother, Lawrence Russell, and her brother-in-law, Henry Jackson, shared the home and farm responsibilities. She delighted in her grandchildren and was active in the Christian Church. In 1946, not feeling well, she came to Prescott to stay with her daughter. She was thin, had back pain and couldn't breathe very well. Her grandson, Lester, rubbed her back with liniment the evening of July 14th, but when he awoke the next morning, his grandmother had died. She was buried with her husband, son Sam, and brother-in-law Henry Jackson, who had died in 1938, in a shady spot in Greenwood Cemetery, Phoenix."

Sources

Title: Woodman of the World life insurance application
Author: Russell, Lawrence
Publisher: 21 Dec 1900
Title: Prescott Courier Newspaper
Title: Correspondence saved by Rosa Russell Jackson and Esther Jackson LeMay and Lester LeMay and filed by date by Lester LeMay.
Publisher: 1864-1990's
Repository Name: LeMay Genealogical Files & Library
Repository Address: P O Box 25886
Tempe,AZ,85285

Title: Jackson-LeMay, Esther, Birthday Book
Author: Jackson-LeMay, Esther
Publisher: NY; A L Burt, 1906
Text From Source:
Title: Tombstone Inscription
Title: Death Certificate
Title: Woodman of the World life insurance application
Author: Russell, Lawrence
Publisher: 21 Dec 1900
Page: Lawrence Russell in 1900

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Rosa Emma Russell	of Hunter - McCutcheon
Rosa Emma Russell	of Gibaud/Maples Family Tree
Rosa Emma Russell	of Gibaud & Maples Family Tree
Rosa Emma Russell	of Don & Joyce Fleming Kelley Lines
Rosa Emma Russell	of Pitt-Senn Family
Rosa Emma Russell	of Pitt-Senn Family

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