Russell, Ann Haseltine Hill, 1838-1930

Ann Haseltine Hill Russell was born in Sweetwater, Tennesse. She came to Oregon in 1853 with her parents Isaac William Hill and Elizabeth (Fine) Hill. She married James Russell on 9 May 1854. They lived briefly in Yreka, Phoenix, and Idaho before settling in Ashland on 14 April 1865. There they built a water powered marble mill on Ashland Creek. Ann learned the marble trade from her husband and when he died she continued the business. Ann Hill Russell lived over ninety years, and still took orders for stonecutting when she was ninety. She was the first president of the local Women's Christiam Temperance Union chapter, and cast the first women's vote in Ashland. She was the mother of eleven children: James Buchanon Russell (1856-1952),Grace Russell Fountain (1858-1942), Fannie Nellie Russell (1859-1945), Mary (Mollie) Russell Eubanks (1862-1890), Martha Russell Boyd (1863-1953), Hortense Russell Vining (1866-1943), Theodosia Russell Vining (1869-1955), Bertha Elizabeth Russell Winter (1871-1946), Mabel Edna Russell Lowthers (1874-1959), Carl Marvin Russell (1878-1950), and Pearl Haseltine Russell Potter Wiley (1880-1965).

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From the description of Ann Haseltine Hill Russell papers and information about her business, Ashland Marble Works, 1856-1922. (Library of Congress / Nucmc). WorldCat record id: 780522409