James Russell Anderson 
James Russell was born on October 14th, 1913 in Jackson, Michigan. James Russell's father was Plimer Anderson and his mother was FNU Lucinda LNU. He had two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Son, Son, Polly, Daughter and Daughter. He died due to Cardiac Arrest, Atherosclerotic Heart Disease at the age of 70 on July 25th, 1984 in Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana. He was buried on July 27th, 1984 in Beech Grove Cemetery, Muncie, Delaware, Indiana.1 General Notes
James had a couple of half-brothers, one of whom went to California. The brothers were the sons of Jame's father and his second wife, a Blackfoot woman. Names are unknown. They also had a daughter named Polly.
Jame's father is thought to be 1/2 Swede and 1/2 Sioux.
His mother's middle name is thought to be Lucinda and she was possibly of Irish descent. Lucinda had 2 daughters by a prior marriage. When she was younger she drove a logging wagon pulled by a team of mules. Apparently she was a "rip-snorter"! She had several husbands and boyfriends and is said to have shot one of them in the foot. She sewed another one up in a sheet while he was sleeping off a drunk and then proceeded to beat him. It's also said that she pistol-whipped Jame's 5th grade school-teacher for spanking him. (They say James never went further than the 5th grade.)
One of his friends was Delbert Drannon. They were in the Army together.
He worked in a steel mill at some point and was injured when a bolt fell and hit him in the head..he had a permanent indentation in his skull from that accident.
Drove tanks in South Africa in WWII (near the end of the war). He also told a story about the soldiers having to wear their dog tags outside their shirts in plain view so the headhunters would not kill them.
His paternal grandmother was kidnapped by the Sioux. The US Calvary rescued her and when they brought her back she had a son fathered by an Indian warrior. A man named Anderson later married her and raised the son, who was James' grandfather.
When Jame's died there was some confusion before they could bury him. The Army already had him listed as dead.
James Russell and Josephine Louella were married in a religious ceremony in 1944. They were divorced in Missouri. They had six sons and four daughters, named Jerry George, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living, Living and Living.
1 Social Security Death Index
Further sources/citations:
Interviews with Family Members, SS5 Application for Social Security Number, US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Further sources/citations:
Interviews with Family Members, SS5 Application for Social Security Number, US World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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