the earliest i can find my line of the RUSSELL family is in 1569 in england and with symon russell who married ann russell and had a son Lord alexander russell who married mary thornton and margaret wheeler and had a son lord john russell who married mary overy and had a son lord perceval russell who married mary cornish and had a son lord william sr russell who married hannah witherden and had a son charles russell who was born in england and immigrated to america and died in virginia. charles married ? and had a son barnabas charles russell sr..born in north carolina and married mary catherine McCloud and had a son barnabas charles jr born in kentucky who had a son samuel who was born i believe in indianawho married elizabeth shelton and had a son erastus thomas russell who was born in indiana and married sophia ellen campbell and had 5 children one of who was my grandmother lou forest russell who married loris henry sanford and they had 2 daughters one of which was my mother avonelle ann sanford before marrying my dad william everette walker. i s