Abijah Russell

Abijah was born on March 7th, 1805 in Foster, Rhode Island.  Abijah's father was Abraham Russell and his mother was Hannah Ormsby. He has a brother and two sisters, named Anson, Minerva and Hannah.  He is the second oldest of the four children. He had four half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Isaac, Abraham, Ezra, Azariah, Sarah, Mary Ann, Hulda and Nancy.