Text from Haynes, Nathaniel S. History of the Disciples of Christ in
Illinois 1819-1914, Cincinnati:  Standard Publishing Company, 1915. Page
524.  This online editiion (c) 1997, James L. McMillan. Used by
permission. Unknown county.

Biographical Sketch of W. W. Happy
Born:  Kentucky, 1806.
Died:  Illinois, 1875.

At the age of eighteen, Mr. Happy united with the Baptist Church. He came
to Jacksonville in 1830, and soon thereafter became a member of the church
of Christ there.  In the thirties he was twice elected to the lower House
of the Illinois Legislature from the Jacksonville district as a Whig.  He
served his constituents with fidelity and efficiency.

When about thirty years of age, he was urged by his brethren to give his
life to the Christian ministry, and shortly thereafter entered upon this
work.  He traveled through the State with Mr. Campbell in 1853 in the
interest of Bethel College, and frequently preached for the churches they
visited.  Later, the great reformer said of Mr. Happy that in intellectual
endowments he was the equal of any man in the West, and that his grasp of
the scheme of redemption was quite suprior.  He was a great thinker and
had the courage of his convictions.  His affiliation with the Russell
defection grew out of his deep spiritual desires and his longing to be
right with God.  His return to the church in later years was evidence of
his Christlike humility.  He was a Christian pioneer of noble character,
who gave his life in unselfish devotion to the gospel's advocacy.  He died
in humble circumstances.

Happy Campbell Russell
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