Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . BERKSHIRE COUNTY 171 Parley A. Russell was born in Great Barrington, June i8, 1838,son of the late John Cone Russell and Jeanette Eloise (Wilcox) Rus-sell, both natives of Connecticut, the former of Westford, the latter ofCanaan. John Cone Russell located in Great Barrington in 1824 andentered the employ of an uncle. Alvenus Cone, proprietor of the gen-eral store at that place. Industry, thrift and business capacity com-bined to enable his purchase in a comparati\ely short time of this es
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . BERKSHIRE COUNTY 171 Parley A. Russell was born in Great Barrington, June i8, 1838,son of the late John Cone Russell and Jeanette Eloise (Wilcox) Rus-sell, both natives of Connecticut, the former of Westford, the latter ofCanaan. John Cone Russell located in Great Barrington in 1824 andentered the employ of an uncle. Alvenus Cone, proprietor of the gen-eral store at that place. Industry, thrift and business capacity com-bined to enable his purchase in a comparati\ely short time of this estab-lishment, which he continued to successfully conduct in partnershipassociation with his brother. Asa C. Russell, for many years. Duringthis period these gentlemen, with others, formed a corporation knownas the Berkshire Woolen Company, of which John Cone Russell waspresident and general manager up to the time of his decease. Thisplant, installed in a very modest way in 1836. steadily developed untilit became the leading industry of its kind in southern Berkshire, em-ploying three hundred operative
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