Franklin P. Russell, M.D.
Franklin P. Russell, M. D., P. O. Suffield, was born October 29, 1852, in Valparaiso, Ind., son of Newell Russell, a native of Aurora, this county, who married Miss Paulina Blakeslee, of Porter County, Ind. They removed to Iowa and remained until 1860, when they located at Quincy, Ill. Mr. Russell served three years in the army, after which he engaged in mining in the Western Territories and died at Denver, Colo., November 5, 1874. His wife died at Quincy, Ill., July 29, 1867, leaving the following children: F. P.; Chester N., in Streetsboro, this county, Ohio; Agnes V. (Mrs. Seaton), Omaha; Lola L. (Mrs. Folger), of Akron, Ohio, and Charles Henry, of Streetsboro, Ohio. Our subject came to this county when fifteen years of age, and in 1877 began the study of medicine under Dr. Belden, of Ravenna, taking the degree of M. D. at the University of Wooster, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1880. After practicing nearly two years in Streetsboro, this county, he, in December, 1881, located at Suffield, this county, where he has built up for himself a large and influential practice. On May 13, 1880, the Doctor married Miss Lillie E. Tucker, of Streetsboro, this county, and is the father of one daughter—Cora Leona.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885