Biography

1804 - 1844


RUSSELL, Joseph, a Representative from Westmoreland County; born, 1804; editor (1830-1844) and publisher (1842-1844), Westmoreland Republican; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1843 and 1844 terms; died, 1844 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.


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