Russell, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1861-1945

Russell was born in Hallowell, Maine in 1861, the son of Joseph and Mary (Haskell) Russell. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1879 and worked on the Portland, Maine Advertiser. In 1885 he came to Minneapolis and was employed as a proofreader for the Minneapolis Journal. From that time until his retirement in the 1940s, he was associated with the Journal and the Minnetonka Record as a columnist and in other capacities. He married Mary Warner in 1908. He died in 1945.

From the description of Arthur J. Russell papers, undated and 1917-1918, 1943, 1945. (Minnesota Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 313843716