Hello, my cousins and I have been researching their father, Russell Thompson. He was adopted and according to 1920 census his name is George Russell living with the Thompson family and in the 1930 census his name has become Russell Thompson adopted. While searching for his birth parents we ran across a death certificate for a George Russell who was shot and killed in 1916 in Dunklin, Missouri, 3 months after my Uncle Russ was born. It lists his parents as Martin Russell and Harriet Gidcomb.
We are trying to find any information we can on Martin and Harriet’s son George, who may be the father of my Uncle. Do you have any information on George, who died 1916? It says that he was married and the informant was a Myrtle Russell of Kennett MO. Was this his wife?
One of the reasons I got all excited about your post is that my cousins had been told that their father was Indian. I hope this gets to you. Please email me at
cathycadd@msn.comThank you. Cathy