LEWIS RUSSELL, proprietor of the shingle mill on sec. 4, Hinton Tp., is a son of Morris and Calista Russell, and was born at Glens Falls, Waren Co., N. Y., March 27, 1849. His parents are natives of Canada, where they now reside. At the age of 13 Mr. Russell went to work on a farm, and was in the employ of one man three years. His next employment was in a cotton mill in Massachusetts, where he remained nearly two years, and a part of the time officiated as second forman of the mill. He went back to the Empire State, where he pased a year working on a farm, and spent the following year on a farm in Vemront. In 1868 he went to Wisconsin, where he commenced his career as a manufacturer of shingles, which has since been his vocation. After operating four years in the Badger State, in the summer of 1872 he came to Montcalm County and there remained nine years. In the summer of 1881 he came to this county and located in the township of Martiny, where he bought and ran a shingle mill one year. He removed his works to Hinton Tp., in the fall of 1882, where he is now operating and employs 13 men. The daily product of the mill is 40,000 shingles.
Mr. Russell was married May 28, 1872, in Greenville, Montcalm Co., to Isabella, third daughter of Colin and Elizabeth (McCarthy) McIntyre. Her parents were natives of Scotland and settled in Canada, where the daughter was born Sept. 23, 1854. They came to Michigan about 1867, and have since died. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have had four children: Howard H., born March 3, 1873; Winnie L., born Aug. 12, 1875; Harry H., March 20, 1879, and Bessie L., Sept. 27, 1882. Mr. Russell is a member of the Order of Masonry and in politics is a Republican.
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