Russell EDSILL (1909-1983)
1 Russell EDSILL1,2,3,4 (1909-1983) [9657]. Born 30 Aug 1909.2,3,5 Marr Margaret KLEIN 7 Aug 1937.4 Died Jul 1983.5
Excerpt from Iowa Labor History Oral Project.
Russell Edsill held the office of Financial Secretary and Treasurer, UPWA Local 46.
Excerpt from the Iowa Labor Collection, State Historical Society of Iowa.
"Local 46 participated in international UPWA strikes in 1946 and 1948. During the strike in 1948 the governor called in the Iowa National Guard after a union member was killed while picketing and the picketers rioted. After the strike in 1948, 24 union members were indicted for complicity in the strike violence. Wilbert Warren, one of the indicted, demanded a separate trial and received it. Warren was charged with conspiring to destroy property. Warren was found guilty of conspiracy in connection with the violence at the plant, and was sentenced to three years in prison. In 1949, he appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court, but was denied in 1952. Only three others union members' cases made it to trial. Raymond and Russell Edsill were both found guilty and sentenced to three years apeace, and Everett Hopper was acquitted in his trial. Russell Edsill and Wilbert Warren went to prison for two months in 1952, and were then paroled (Raymond Edsill had already been paroled). Both men returned to Rath's and UPWA, Local 46, and received full pardons from Governor Hershell Loveless in 1960."
2 Audrey EDSILL1,2,3,6 (1882-1971) [9651]. Born 6 Sep 1882, IA.3,5,6 Marr Birdie Adel SIMMONS c. 1906.2 Died Nov 1971.5
4 Vinson EDSILL6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 (1835- ) [9627]. Born May 1835, OH.8,12 Marr Malissa ? bef 1857.14 Marr Elmina Jenette WORTHEN c. 1880.14 Buried Westview Cemetery, Big Creek IA.15
From American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Vinson H. Edsil
Residence: La Porte City, Iowa
Enlistment Date: 23 July 1862
Distinguished
Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Sode Served: Union
State Served: Iowa
Unit Numbers: 206 206
Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 23 July 1862 at the age of 26
Enlisted in on 26 September 1862
Promoted to Full Corporal on 14 February 1863
Mustered out on 27 June 1865 in Louisville, KY.
8 Miller EDSILL7,8,9,12 (1808-1883) [9625]. Born 1808, PA.8,16 Died 30 Oct 1883.16 Buried Westview Cemetery, Big Creek, IA.16
9 Mary C. BAILEY7,8,9,12 (1816-1881) [9623]. Born 16 Aug 1816, Cuyahoga Falls, OH.7 Died 9 May 1881.7,16 Buried Westview Cemetery, Big Creek, IA.16
5 Elmina Jenette WORTHEN1,6,17,18 (c. 1856- ) [9650]. Born c. 1856, IL.1,6
10 Ezra WORTHEN17 ( -1895) [9656]. Died 30 Jun 1895, IA.17
3 Birdie Adel SIMMONS2,3,19 (c. 1882- ) [9861]. Born c. 1882, PA.2,3
6 Wyram SIMMONS ( - ) [9868].
7 Anna ?20 ( - ) [9866].
Sources
| 1 | "Article on the 86th birthday of Mrs. Edsill in the Progress Review (La Porte City, IA), September 10, 1942". |
| 2 | "1910 IA, Benton, Cedar census". |
| 3 | "1930 IA, Blackhawk, Waterloo census". |
| 4 | "Upcoming wedding announcement of Margaret Klein and Russell Edsill in the Progress Review, July 29, 1937". |
| 5 | "Social Security Death Index". |
| 6 | "1900 IA, Black Hawk, La Porte City census". |
| 7 | "Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1549-1908 by Lucy Abigail Brainard, 1908". |
| 8 | "1850 OH, Summitt, Stow census". |
| 9 | "1880 IA, Black Hawk, La Porte City census". |
| 10 | "1895 Iowa State Census, 1895". |
| 11 | "1860 IA, Benton, Bruce census". |
| 12 | "1870 IA, Black Hawk, Big Creek census". |
| 13 | "American Civil War Soldiers". |
| 14 | "Estimated based on related dates and information". |
| 15 | "Iowa Civil War Soldier Burial Records". |
| 16 | "Cemeteries Black Hawk County, Iowa". |
| 17 | "Article on the death of Ezra Worthing in the Progress Review (La Porte City, IA), July 6, 1895". |
| 18 | "Rootsweb groupsheet submitted by Tammy Edsill Norton". |
| 19 | "Obituary of Mildred P. Armstrong in the Eastern Central Minnesota Post Review (North Branch, MN), February 11, 2005". |
| 20 | "Obituary of Araminta Belle Simmons in the Progress Review, May 1, 1947". |
