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Class of 1848

Vol. II
p358 1390

(Born Ten.)

Robert M. Russell

(Ap'd Ten.)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1844, to July 1, 1848, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, July 1, 1848.

Served: in garrison at East Pascagoula, Mis., 1848; on frontier duty

(Second Lieut., 2d Infantry, Jan. 1, 1849)

at Ft. Towson, I. T., 1848‑49; and on frontier duty at Benicia, Cal., 1850.

Resigned, Aug. 31, 1850.

Civil History. — Merchant and Miner, near Mariposa, Cal., 1850‑53. Farmer, Austin, Tex., 1853‑55. History since 1855, unknown.

[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Vol. IV
p74 Died May 6, 1894, near Visalia, Cal.: Aged 67.

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