Word came to THE NEWS office last night announcing the sad fact that Fred Russell had died at his residence at the Stansbury-Russell coal shaft, west of the city. His death was not unexpected, but no matter how long looked for, the death of one whom we respect and have known as we have Fred Russell, it come at last like a shock from unexpected tidings. His death resulted from an accident which occurred in November last, occasioned by the falling of a portion of the roof of the mine in which he was working, injuring him to such an extent that for ten weeks he has been confined to his bed suffering nearly all this time the most intense agony. The most careful nursing was given him by his faithful wife, who scarce ever left his bedside in all these ten weeks. Every attention was shown him by his brothers in the different orders to which he belonged, and the most skillful medical aid was employed and yet with all the preparation for resistance, at 5 o'clock last night death came. Fred Russell was born in Middleport, Ohio, and came to this state twenty years ago and afterward removed to Danville, and of late years had been engaged in the coal mining interests, and was a partner at the time of his death in the coal mine known as the Russell-Stansbury coal shaft, or mine. His business career is well known by most of our citizens. He was industrious and possessed of good business qualifications. He was temperate and honest, and in his social relations he possessed many friends. His death will fall heavy upon those who knew him best, and especially those who enjoyed his love and affection and who enjoyed his domestic worth as husband and father.
He was 48 years of age at the time of his death and leaves a wife and ten children, four of whom are married. He was a member in good standing in the Masonic, Foresters and Odd Fellow orders, who have attended him with untiring devotion all through his sickness. In the last hours of his sickness his attention was turned to spiritual affairs and he was prepared for the change he knew was coming.
The NEWS extends deep sympathy to the heart broken wife and sorrowing children who mourn the loss of a kind husband and father.
The funeral services will take place from the family residence at Stansbury & Russell's coal shaft Thursday at 10 o'clock a.m. The remains will then be taken to Catlin where the body will be interred in Oak Ridge cemetery.
