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 William Edward Russell Posted by:  linkys
N 30° 18.503 W 104° 02.357
13R E 592373 N 3353348
Russell became a prominent Presidio County landowner, rancher, merchant, farmer and silver miner.
Waymark Code: WM7K85
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2009
Views: 9
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Russell, William Edward
City: Marfa
County: Presidio
Subject Codes: pioneers
Year Marker Erected: 2002
Marker Marfa Cemetery
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 12622
Marker Text:
Kentucky native William Edward Russell (1839-1890) came to Texas in the 1850s and worked his way to the Big Bend region, where he traded along the Chihuahua Trail and had a store at the Horsehead Crossing of the Pecos River. Russell became a prominent landowner, rancher, merchant, farmer and silver miner in the Presidio County/Northern Mexico region. He acquired property along the Old River Road between Candelaria and Presidio and founded the settlement of Ruidoso, where he constructed irrigation ditches and set up a mill. He held several county political offices, including commissioner and sheriff. He and his wife, Marla Tomasita Rodriguez, had seven children, four of whom lived past young childhood. (2002)
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