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==Background==
==Background==
The son of Robert Russ and the former Sarah Gillam Hodges, Russ was born in Holmes Valley in Washington County in the [[Florida]] Panhandle. He attended school in Maury County, [[Tennessee]]. He migrated with his mother and stepfather, Sion D. Smith, to Henry County, near Dothan in southern [[Alabama]], Hinds County, [[Mississippi]], which includes the state capital of [[Jackson]] and in 1852 to Jackson Parish, south of Ruston. In 1855, he married the former Mary Elizabeth Randle, and the couple had thirteen children.<ref name=russ>{{cite web|url=
The son of Robert Russ and the former Sarah Gillam Hodges, Russ was born in Holmes Valley in Washington County in the [[Florida]] Panhandle. He attended school in Maury County, [[Tennessee]]. He migrated with his mother and stepfather, Sion D. Smith, to Henry County, near Dothan in southern [[Alabama]], then Hinds County, [[Mississippi]], which includes the state capital of [[Jackson]], and in 1852 to Jackson Parish, south of Ruston. In 1855, he married the former Mary Elizabeth Randle, and the couple had thirteen children.<ref name=russ>{{cite web|url=
https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-r/|title=Russ, Robert E. |year=2008|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|accessdate=January 10, 2022}}</ref>
https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-r/|title=Russ, Robert E. |year=2008|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|accessdate=January 10, 2022}}</ref>