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HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND AI^IANCE. 



Rome, Georgia, April 27, 1852. His parents moved from 

 North Carolina to Georgia in 1851; moved back to North 

 Carolina in 1859, and in 1860 moved to Alabama. At 



the close of the war, 

 having lost all of his 

 slave property, his 

 father moved to How- 

 ard county, West 

 Tennesse, and from 

 there, in 1869, moved 

 to White county, Ar- 

 kansas, where the 

 subject of our sketch 

 has since resided. 

 Mr. Russ joined the 

 Agricultural Wheel 

 in 1883, while it was 

 yet in its infancy. 

 He was at once elected 

 John P. H. Russ. Lecturer, a position 



he has held ever since with the exception of one term that 

 he served his subordinate Wheel as President. He has 

 been a delegate to every State Wheel since its organization 

 except two. He was present at the meeting when the 

 Wheel consolidated with the Brothers of Freedom, and 

 took an active part in effecting the union of the two 

 bodies. He has held successively the positions of Senti- 

 nel, Steward, Conductor, Lecturer, member of the 

 Executive Committee and President of the State organiza- 

 tion. He was elected President of the State Union at 

 Hot Springs in July, 1889. He was a delegate to the 

 National meeting held at Meridian, Mississippi, in 

 December, 1888, and took an active part in the work of 

 consolidating the Wheel and Alliance. He is an active 

 and consistent member of the Methodist Church. Politi- 



