Minerva Russell

Minerva was born about 1804 in Killiningsley, Connecticut.  Minerva's father was Abraham Russell and her mother was Hannah Ormsby. She has two brothers and a sister, named Abijah, Anson and Hannah.  She is the oldest of the four children. She had four half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Isaac, Abraham, Ezra, Azariah, Sarah, Mary Ann, Hulda and Nancy.