. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . YorkInstitution for the Blind, and in that position introduced many devices andmethods of teaching which have been permanently useful. In the midst ofthese labors his health failed, and he was compelled to resign and seek restora-tion by a long absence in Europe. After his retm-n, he engaged in numerousother philanthiopic schemes; served from 1846 to 1854 as the correspondingsecretarj of the Prison Association of New York. He originated measiu-es, in1849, which led to the incorporation of the New York Juvenile Asy
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . YorkInstitution for the Blind, and in that position introduced many devices andmethods of teaching which have been permanently useful. In the midst ofthese labors his health failed, and he was compelled to resign and seek restora-tion by a long absence in Europe. After his retm-n, he engaged in numerousother philanthiopic schemes; served from 1846 to 1854 as the correspondingsecretarj of the Prison Association of New York. He originated measiu-es, in1849, which led to the incorporation of the New York Juvenile Asylum in was the superintendent of this asylum, resigning in 1858. He was also amember of the Board of Education of the city of New York from 1848 to his old age, he resided in Pompton, N. J., making further improvementsin methods of printing for the blind, and interesting himself in other generalstudies. He was married in 1830, to Eliza P. Jenkins, daughter of a captain in theEnglish nav3\ She survived him, with one grandaughter. WAT>TER WEBSTER Walter Webster RusseU. Walter W. Russell, son of Moorand Betsej^ (Webster) Russell, wasborn in Plymouth, N. H., March 5,1806, and died unmarried, in Gains-ville, Ala., June 17, 1878. He prepared for college at theacademies in Plj-mouth and Haver-hill, N. H., and entered the Acad-emy in 1821, graduating in 1824. He was a clerk for D. SI. & W.\y. Russell, general merchants, Ply-mouth, N. H., from 1825, until 1837,when he removed to GainsviUe,Sumpter Co., Ala., where he engagedin mercantile business for many met with marked success in hisbusiness ventmes and acquired avaluable property. He was a man of excellent busi-ness capacity; was prominent in socialand business Ufe in Gainslle. Hewas an active member of the Pres-byterian Church. SKETCHES OF ACADEMY CADETS. 211 GEORGE OSBORN RUSSELL. George O. Russell, son of Samuel and Mary (Osborn) Russell, was born inMiddletown, Conn., in 1815, and died ther
Size: 1566px × 1596px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidnorwichunive, bookyear1911
