1880s+ autograph album kept by Annie Marshall of West Grove, Iowa, while she was a student at Southern Iowa Normal School and after her marriage to William J. Russell.
Annie wrote her name on a page inscribed on December 28, 1883; she may have received the album as a Christmas present.
The album measures approximately 7" by 4-1/4" and contains the sentiments of about 80 of Annie's relatives, schoolmates, friends and teachers. An alphabetical list of the inscribers, together with any personal information they offered, appears at the end of this post.
Surnames in the Album
From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:
Anna Marshall, "Annie", was born about December 1866, possibly December 28, 1866, in Lee County, Iowa, the daughter of James Marshall and Elizabeth Archer (Hervey) Marshall. Annie's maternal grandfather, James Hervey, who indicated he was 78 years old, inscribed a page.
Annie had several siblings, at least two of whom inscribed pages in her album, sisters Lizzie (twice, from before and after her marriage to Flavius J. Bowman) and Ella Dissa Jane Marshall.
On September 12, 1888 in Davis County, Iowa, Annie Marshall married William J. Russell, son of Henry and Mary Russell. Several people with the surname Russell inscribed pages in Annie's album; refer to the list of inscribers at the end of this post.
Annie and William had, I think, 3 children, all of whom inscribed pages in Annie's album when it apparently came to light in a later era when the family was farming at Payette, Idaho. These were, in page order, Lewis Henry Russell; Esther L. Russell; and Herbert Ray Russell.
William died in 1931 and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery at Payette, Idaho. Annie may be the Annie Marshall Russell who died on January 19, 1948 and is buried in the Modesto Pioneer Cemetery at Modesto, California.
Sources
U.S. Federal Censuses
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950
FindaGrave.com
If you have corrections and/or additions to the information above, please leave a comment or contact me directly.
Inscribers in the Album - [The Drakeville mentioned by several inscribers might be the Drakesville of today]
- Sherman; inscribed on January 31, 1885 at West Grove, Iowa
- L. R. B. or S. R. B.; inscribed at Warrensberg, Missouri
- Unsigned by an Iowan
- Angie; inscribed on May 23, 1884. Annie's schoolmate
- R.; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on January 29, 1889. Mentions Abram and Elizabeth
- Ettie; inscribed on March 28, 1884 at West Grove, Iowa
- Ryle P.; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on 1/8 1884. Possibly Ryle Potter
- L. E. R___l; inscribed at Bloomfield, Iowa, on June 3, 1885. Could the surname be Russell?
- Nettie; inscribed on August 29, 1886
- Olive Baldridge; inscribed at Drakeville, Iowa, on June 22, 1885 at Southern Iowa Normal School
- J. T. Barnett. "Remember the slay [sleigh] ride on January the 1st 1884"
- Lizzie Bowman of Byers, Michigan; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on March 12, 1888. Annie's sister Elizabeth (Marshall) Bowman, "Lizzie", Annie's sister. Lizzie was the wife of Flavius J. Bowman
- J. F. G. Cary; inscribed on January 10, 1889 to Mrs. Annie Russell
- Fannie Clayton of Bloomfield, Iowa; "P.E.O."
- Lina Collins; inscribed on May 23, 1884. Annie's "playmate", presumably at West Grove, Iowa. Perhaps Isolina Collins.
- Mattie Coons of West Grove, Iowa; inscribed on August 18, 1885; mentions N.I. or N. J.
- Laura Dabney; inscribed at Bloomfield, Iowa, on June 11, 1885 at I.N.I.S., possibly Southern Iowa Normal School written backwards
- T. H. Dabney or F. H. Dabney; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa. Annie's teacher. The teacher's name and residence are done with pointillism, so hard to decipher the initials. Perhaps Thomas H. Dabney, who was listed on an 1885 Iowa State Census of Wyacondah as a teacher.
- Lizzie Davies of Steuben, Iowa; inscribed at Southern Iowa Normal School. Annie's schoolmate
- Annie Dickson; inscribed on May 23, 1884. Annie's classmate
- ? J. Foster; inscribed on November 22, 1885 at West Grove, Iowa. First initial might be I or T or S or ?
- Ira Foster; inscribed on November 25, 1885 at West Grove, Iowa
- Katie Foster; inscribed on December 3, 1885 at West Grove, Iowa
- L. J. Foster; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, Perhaps Louisa Jane (Hopkins) Foster, wife of William Laird Foster
- W. L. Foster, or W. T. Foster or W. ? Foster; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on December 5, 1885. Perhaps William Laird Foster
- Hattie Glason; not sure of surname
- Fannie Hayden; inscribed at Monterey, Iowa
- H. C. Heady; inscribed on May 16, 1885 at Bloomfield, Iowa
- James Hervey. "I am 78 years old". Presumably Annie's maternal grandfather, born in Pennsylvania in 1809 and died in 1888; buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery at West Grove, Iowa.
- John Howie; presumably the J. E. Howie mentioned as an 1885 graduate of Southern Iowa Normal School
- Agnes Humphreys; inscribed at Drakeville, Iowa, on August 18, 1885
- W. Jennings, or H. Jennings, with middle initial possibly S or L; of Drakeville, Iowa; inscribed on April 29, 1885 at Southern Iowa Normal School
- Belle Jones of Unionville, Iowa; inscribed at Bloomfield, Iowa, on May 28, 1885
- Maggie Jones; inscribed on August 20, 1885 at Ash Grove, Iowa
- Anna Lange; not sure of surname; inscribed on September 20, 1884
- J. F. Lang; inscribed on April 1, 1887. sketched a sunflower and what might be a sailboat
- Jno. F. Lang; presumably either John F. Lang or Jonathan F. Lang; inscribed on February 9, 1884 at Bloomfield, Iowa
- Mary S. Lang; inscribed on August 11, 1884 at Bloomfield, Iowa
- Rhoda Lester; inscribed at Bloomfield, Iowa, on October 7, 1888
- Mary E. Maize; inscribed on May 27, 1885. Annie's schoolmate
- Annie Marshall of West Grove, Iowa; album owner. She wrote her name on December 28, 1883; perhaps the album was gift at Christmas in 1883. The album goes on after Annie's marriage to William J. Russell in 1888.
- Disia; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on May 21, 1884. Annie's sister Ella Dissa Jane Marshall
- Emily Marshall of Milan, Kansas; inscribed on June 22, 1887. Possibly Emily Frances (Lange) Marshall, wife of Anna's brother James Samuel Marshall
- Lizzie; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on February 1, 1885. Annie's sister Elizabeth Marshall, "Lizzie"
- Fernando McConnell; inscribed at Belknap, Iowa, on August 21, 1885. Perhaps Samuel Fernando McConnell
- Jennie McFadden; inscribed on May 25, 1885
- Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McFadden; inscribed at Bloomfield, Iowa, on May 24, 1885. Presumably Daniel Morton McFadden and Martha Jane (Shook) McFadden
- Rosa McFadden; inscribed at Bloomfield, Iowa, on May 24, 188x [hard to read last digit, but possibly 1885]
- Andrew Morris; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa
- Lula Myers of West Grove, Iowa; inscribed on May 2, 1884. Annie's schoolmate
- Rosa Parker; inscribed in 1884
- Ella Pirtle; not sure of surname; inscribed on May 25, 1884; written upside down on the page.
- Jule Potter; inscribed on June 27, 1884; perhaps Julia Potter
- Mollie Potter; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on August 20, 1885
- Ryle P.; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on 1/8 1884. Possibly Ryle Potter
- Becca Redenbough. Possibly Rebecca Jane Redenbough of West Grove, Iowa
- Esther Russell; inscribed at Payette, Idaho, on July 6, 1903. Annie's daughter with husband William J. Russell, whom Annie had married at Davis, Iowa, on September 12, 1888.
- Henry Russell; inscribed on March 10, 1907 at Payette, Idaho. Annie's son with husband William J. Russell, whom Annie had married at Davis, Iowa, on September 12, 1888.
- I. T. Russell; inscribed on May 23, 1886. Presumably Ira Tucker Russell, 1885 graduate of Southern Iowa Normal School. He mentions Will's love for Annie; presumably referring to William J. Russell, whom Annie married in 1888.
- Loura E. Russell, or Laura E. Russell; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on January 7, 1884
- Loura E. Russell, or Laura E. Russell; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on July 3, 1885 [not sure of last digit]
- Mollie S. Russell; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on October 24, 1884
- Ray Russell, "Five Years Old". Herbert Ray Russell, son of Annie and her husband William J. Russell. He was born in 1889.
- William Russell, Jr.; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on December 30, 1883. Annie married a William J. Russell at Davis, Iowa, on September 12, 1888, but that William's father was Henry L. Russell, so this William was presumably someone else.
- Fannie Short; not sure of surname; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on October 22, 1884
- I. N. Short or J. N. Short; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on January 2, 1884. The I in Iowa looks more like the first initial than the J in January does.
- J. T. Short; inscribed on January 1, 1884 at West Grove, Iowa
- Joseph W. Short; inscribed on January 2, 1884
- Dena Sloan; inscribed on May 24, 1885 at Floris, Iowa
- Mattie Sloan; inscribed at Bloomfield, Iowa, on May 27, 1885
- Louisa Smith; not sure of given name; inscribed on October 5, 1887 at Wahoo, Nebraska
- S. S. Smith; inscribed on March 11, 1884 at West Grove, Iowa. Written upside down on the page.
- Albert Strawberry, or Albert Strausberry; inscribed on June 3, 1885
- Hattie Swift; inscribed on May 25, 1885 at Southern Iowa Normal School
- Hattie Watson; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, in 1888
- Jessie Watson; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on May 27, 1884
- Kate Watson; inscribed on May 24, 1884 at West Grove, Iowa. Annie's schoolmate.
- Carrie Weidman
- Mary Weidman; inscribed at South Iowa Normal School
- Mattie White, or Nettie White; inscribed at West Grove, Iowa, on April 6, 188x, can't decipher last digit
- Charles Wilson; inscribed on May 23, 1884 at West Grove, Iowa
- Maud Wonn; inscribed on August 16, 1885 at Drakeville, possibly Drakesville, Iowa. Mentions "schooldays at the Normal", so Maud and Annie were presumably schoolmates at Normal School.
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