Portrait of John Russel Landon
Abraham Tuthill (1776-1843)
Abraham Tuthill (1776-1843)
John Russel Landon
Other Name:
John Russell Landon, John R. Landon
Gender:
Male
Born:
September 11, 1765
Died:
February 27, 1851
Home Town:
Salisbury, CT
Later Residences:
Litchfield, CT
Castleton, VT
Castleton, VT
Marriage(s):
Anna Champion Landon (January 10, 1796)
Biographical Notes:
John Russel Landon was born in 1765 in Salisbury, Connecticut. He served as High Sheriff of Litchfield County from 1801-1818. He and his wife had five children, including four daughters who attended the Litchfield Female Academy. The couple moved to Castleton, Vermont, where they remained until their deaths.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Other
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Charlotte Landon Livingston
Daughter
LFA (c.1811) - Caroline Landon Langdon
Daughter
LFA (1816) - Anna Landon Langdon
Daughter
LFA (1814-1819) - Mary Landon Hallock
Daughter
LFA (1816-1822) - Anna Champion Landon
Wife
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
Secondary Sources:
Trowbridge, Francis Bacon The Champion genealogy : a history of the descendants of Henry Champion, of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut, together with some account of other families of the name, Printed for the author : Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1891 accessible online at https://archive.org/stream/championgenealog01trow#page/n3/mode/2up
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