History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . impson. Nothing has been heard from him for sometime. Russell Errett, , O, The subject of this sketch wasl>orn at Xew Lisbon, O., Septem-ber 6. 1845. His father, IsaacErrett. was a minister and residedat various times, at Xew Lisbon,Bloomfield, Warren, Clevelandand Alliance, in the State ofOhio; Muir and Detroit inMichigan, and finally located])ermanently at Cincinnati aseditor and publisher of the Chris-tian Standard. Russell acquiredhis early instruction in theseseveral places. He attendedDetroit H
History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . impson. Nothing has been heard from him for sometime. Russell Errett, , O, The subject of this sketch wasl>orn at Xew Lisbon, O., Septem-ber 6. 1845. His father, IsaacErrett. was a minister and residedat various times, at Xew Lisbon,Bloomfield, Warren, Clevelandand Alliance, in the State ofOhio; Muir and Detroit inMichigan, and finally located])ermanently at Cincinnati aseditor and publisher of the Chris-tian Standard. Russell acquiredhis early instruction in theseseveral places. He attendedDetroit High School one year andBethany College, West Mrginia, three years. His connection withthe class of 70 dates from September, 1868, when he entered theUniversity of Michigan, and at once took high standing in theclass, being 6 feet 3, which he valorously maintained to the joined no college organization, except Ye Parlez \ous—aboarding club. Immediately after Commencement in June, 70, he applied forthe position of superintendent of a select school at Crittenden. Ky.,. 98 Class of 70, University of jMichigan. but, as he wrote a few years later, Ijy the blessings of Providencefailed to get it. He had found a more congenial occupation inassisting his father, editor and publisher of the Christian weekly paper, and other Christian literature and books of variouskinds. He succeeded his father as editor and manager of thevarious issues of the Standard Publishing Co. and has been veryactive and successful in the business for many years. He is mar-ried and has a pleasant family. He takes life philosophically andapparently is getting his full share of enjoyment out of it. Hecomplains because he does not oftener see his old classmates, butperhaps the fault is partly his own. His presence at the nextclass re-union will I)e anxiously looked for. His pristine modestystill abides with him. It was only by urgent and repeated solicita-tion that he was induced to furnish a pict
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