William Henry Russell was a pioneer of Liberty township and a veteran of the Civil War. He was born in Perrysburg, Ohio, and at the time of his death had just passed his 79th year. When Henry was a small boy he moved with his parents from Perrysburg to Texas, Ohio, where his father engaged in business as the junior partner of Smith and Russell, this was in 1849. He was married to Miss Alleta Crawford on October 25, 1876. Another veteran gone. That leaves 14 of the original 115 of this community.

Reprinted in the Liberty Press in 1933