EZRA R. RUSSELL
GRAVESTONE
PHOTO
William G. Cutler's History of the State
of Kansas
ALLEN COUNTY, Part 6
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (MCELROY - YOUNG).
EZRA R. RUSSELL, physician, was born at Galesburg, Ill.,
January 30, 1840. He began the study of medicine in 1869, at Ellisville, Ill.,
with Drs. Morris and Hull. On August 11, 1862, he enlisted in Company I,
Eighty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving in the ranks until December,
1863, when he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Twelfth United States
Colored Infantry, by the Secretary of War, which position he retained until
October, 1865. He afterward attended Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia,
graduating March 10, 1866, and in June following, immigrated to Lawrence, Kas.,
where he followed his profession. In 1869, he was appointed Assistant Surgeon
Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, serving six months. The Doctor came to
Humboldt in January, 1870, and has since followed his profession at this place,
in connection with which he also conducts a drug business. The Doctor has been a
member of the Town Council of Humboldt for the past four years.
