So, here I am. Just four moths earlier I was born in Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio. That wasn't anything new on my maternal side of the family. In fact I am the eighth generation who was born or lived in this area. My mother wasn't born in this county but she moved here when she was in the 3rd grade and lived here until she was married. When my grandparents moved back to the area there was a passel full of relatives waiting for them; grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Below is my long line of ancestors in the Urbana area: Miles Wilson John Wilson James Russell John D. Wilson William T. Russell Walter Wilson John C. Russell Emma Marie Wilson George Russell Ruth Russell Wavalene Holsinger Ed Adams My Mother was born in 1938, that same year photographers from the Farm Security Administration panned out across America to see how the country was faring through the Great Depression. A photographer stopped in Urbana and took the following pictures of the community during the year my mother was born. My great-grandparents and great-great grandparents resided in the area when these pictures were taken.
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Russell FamilyAuthor: Ed Adams Archives
August 2014
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