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Jacob Russell

Shaker Heights, Ohio
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Jacob Russell, a Revolutionary soldier, was born in 1746 in Windsor, Connecticut, and died in 1821 in Warrensville, Ohio. He enlisted on May 12 and was discharged on October 11, 1775, serving in the 8th Company of the Connecticut Continental Regiment in 1775. In 1812 he settled in the Township of Warrensville, now Shaker Heights Village, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Shaker Heights, Ohio · United States

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