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Dr. Charles Montgomery Russell featured at Silent City Richard Phelps portrayed Dr. Charles Montgomery Russell in the annual tour of the Columbia Cemetery for Silent City 2023. Notes from his presentation follow: Welcome To The Resting Place Of Me, Dr. Charles Montgomery Russell. I Have Been Resting Here In This Quieter Part Of Town Since 1945, The Silent City. I Want To Tell You About My Life And Some Of The Things Accomplished During My Time Among You, The Living. I Hope That Their Are Those Who Still Remember Me. Because Friends You Are Never Really Dead Until You Are Forgotten By Everyone Who Ever Knew You!! I, Charles Montgomery Russell, Was Born June 21, 1870 In Louisville, Ky. My Parents Were Joseph And Sue Frisby Russell. My Parents Were Both Members Of Prominent Families: My Father Was A Disabled Veteran Of The Civil War, Dad Was Badly Wounded In His Right Shoulder In The Battle Of Chicamgua And Then Wounded Again In The Same Shoulder At Kenesaw Mountain In Georgia. My Mothers Father Was Dr. J. B.S. Frisby Who Was Professor Of Languages At Harvard University. My Parent's Portraits Hang Today In The Trabue-Russell House Overlooking The Town Of Columbia. I Received My Education In Louisville, Ky And I Choose Medicine As My Career. I Graduated From The Rugby College, The Kentucky School Of Medicine And The University Of Louisville School Of Medicine. After My Graduation I Practiced In Madison County, Kentucky For A Short Time. Then I Moved To Missouri To Continue My Practice But I Did Not Stay Long. It Was About 1895 That I Felt That Calling To Return To The Place Of My Families Deep Roots, The Montgomerys And The Russells, And That Was Columbia And Adair County. So I Returned Here To Practice Medicine, To Raise My Family And To Serve This Community As Best I Could. Along With My Partner Dr. Robert Y. Hindman, We Established A Wide Medical Practice Here In Adair County. I Was First And Foremost A Loyal Member Of The Presbyterian Church And That Was My Greatest Calling And What Matters The Most When Mortal Life Ends And Eternity Begins. I Served As President Of The Adair County Medical Association And Was A Member Of The Adair County Board Of Health, The American And The Kentucky Medical Society. For Many Years I Was Secretary Of The Board Of Examiners For Civil War Pensioners. It Would Be In 1902 That I Placed My Name Upon The Ballot As A Candidate For Adair County Coroner. I Won That Office In 1902 And I Won Again In 1909, 1913, 1917, 21, 25, 29 And 1933. Then I Took A Four Year Break But I Was Elected Again In November 1937 So All Together I Served As Adair County Coroner For Nearly 40 Years. And Yes, Sadly To Say, There Were Tragic Deaths 100 Years Ago Just As I Am Sure There Are Still In Your Times. Why There Were These New Things Called Automobiles - People Would Wreck Those Cars And Would Get Killed. I Would Go And Investigate The Accident. There Would Be Accidents On The Farms, There Were Drownings, There Were Regularly Murders. And The Ones I Dreaded The Most, The Suicidal Deaths And The Little Babies. But That Was My Duty And I Performed It To The Best Of My Knowledge And My Ability With Both Dignity And Respect. Now About My Personal Life - Most Of Who Are Resting Here With Me: I First Married Miss Mary Nell And We Had One Daughter Regina Rowe. Later I Married A Fine Woman From Bowling Green, Miss Angeline Clark. We Had Two Daughters, Frances Russell Who Never Married But Was A Long Time Teacher And Muscian In The Adair School System, And Catherine Miller Who Married Owen Miller. Catherine Was Well Known. She Worked As The Farmers Home Adminstration Secretary To John Shelley. She Rests Over There With The Millers In Their Section Of The Cemetery. I Also Had A Brother Named Joe Russell Above Me. Now The End Of My Life Came For Me, Doctor Russell, At My Home Just Out Greensburg Street In The First Sharp Curve Across From Herb Taylor, That 2 Story House On The Right Was Where On Thursday Afternoon December 6, 1945 That At The Age Of 75 Years Death Came To Me Dr. Charles Montgomery Russell. My Body Was Reposed In My Home And After A Prayer Service On Sunday Morning Took To The Stotts & Cheatham Funeral Parlor For A Grand Funeral At 2:30 Sunday Afternoon December 9, 1945. I Was Carried Here By My Friends & Pallbearers: Ray Montgomery, Ray Flowers, Charles Wethington, George Staples, Tom Brown And David Heskamp. Also Gathering Here Around My Open Grave To Lay The Old Doctor To Rest Were Members Of The Adair County Medical Society Who Were My Honorary Pallbearers, My Medical Collegues - Dr. Todd Jeffries, Dr. Allan Mercer, Dr. B J Bolin, Dr. W. J. Flowers And Dr. O.P. Miller. The Mass Of Beautiful Floral Offerings Which Marked This Resting Place Spoke Words To My Family Of The Love And The Respect Of This Community Of Columbia For Me Dr. Russell One Who Served It Faithfully And Well. Until You Join Me Here! And There! Farewell, Farewell!!! This story was posted on 2023-10-18 23:19:12
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