Floretta A. Russell

     Floretta A. Russell was born on 24 March 1840 at Sangerfield, Oneida County, New York.¹ She was the daughter of George H. Russell and Minerva Ann ______. Floretta A. Russell went by the nick-name of Flora. Sheappeared on the US Census of 1850 in the household of George H. Russell and Minerva Ann ______ at Sangerfield, Oneida County, New York.² Floretta A. Russell, age 38 years, appeared on the US Census of 1855 in the household of George H. Russell and Minerva Ann ______ at Sangerfield, Oneida County, New York.³

Floretta A. Russell married John Weir Copeland, son of William Copeland and Nancy Agnes Morrison. Floretta A. Russellappeared on the US Census of 1860 in the household of George H. Russell and Narcissa S. Cole at Sangerfield, Oneida County, New York.⁴ Floretta, age 29 years, and John appeared on the US Census of 1870 at Wolcott, Wayne County, New York.⁵ Floretta, age 39 years, appeared on the US Census of 1880 at Main Street, Wolcott, Wayne County, New York.⁶ According to the Federal Census in 1880, Floretta was a dressmaker.⁶ According to the 1891 Cleveland, Ohio, City Directory, she was a dress maker, living at 907 Oakdale, Street.⁷ Sheappeared on the US Census of 1900 in the household of George Thomas Griffith and Grace Estelle Copeland at 76 Olive Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.¹ Floretta was a widow in 1900.¹ She died on 16 December 1901 at Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at age 61 from carcinoma of the uterus.⁸ She was buried at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.