From: Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History - Vol VI, Sept 1805 - Sept 1815 by Franklin Bowditch Dexter:

RUSSELL ATWATER the third son of the Hon Russell and Clarissa Chapman Atwater of Blandford Massachusetts and a grandson of Major Reuben and Mary Russell Atwater of Cheshire Connecticut was born in Blandford on January 8 1795. He was a first cousin of Augustus Russell Street Yale 1812 and was prepared for College at the Cheshire Academy by the Rev Dr Tillotson Bronson Yale 1786 . His father removed about 1805 to a tract of new land in St Lawrence County New York where a town named Russell in his honor was formed in 1807. He attended the Litchfield Law School after graduation but died of consumption on December 22, 1823 at the age of 29. AUTHORITIES Atwater Family 155 Davis Hist of Wallingford 633 518 Yale College

From: A History of St Lawrence and Franklin Counties by Franklin Benjamin Hough:

RUSSELL ATTWATER was born June 20, 1762 at Cheshire Ct and was a son of Reuben Attwater of English descent and one of the committee of safety in New Haven county during the revolution. Mr Attwater engaged in mercantile pursuits at Blanford, Mass in early life and while on business in New York in 1798 he was induced by McCormirk with whom he had dealings to purchase parts of the present towns of Russell, Pierrepont, Hopkinton &c and to become an agent for McCormick Harrison and others. An account of his labors bus been given in our history of Russell, Norfolk and Brasher. In 1808 he was appointed an Associate judge and held the office many years In the opening of the St Lawrence turnpike and the roads towards Lake George and Albany he had the principal direction and his energies were for many years devoted to the promotion of the various internal improvements of the country. In 1814 he was elected a senator and in 1816 a presidential elector and voted for Clinton. He died at the resilience of his son Phinneas Attwater in Norfolk in June 1851.

Also see History of Norfolk NY for more information on Russell Atwater:

http://history.rays-place.com/ny/norfolk-ny.htm

Land or Russell Atwater & Daniel McCormick for Sale - 1818

St. Lawrence Gazette - Published in Ogdensburg - Feb 7, 1818

New York Spectator October 1836

Russell Atwater - listed as a Revolutionary War pension list living at home of his son Phineas in Norfolk, NY. (per Rootsweb: b 1762 Wallingford Ct, d 1851 in Russell NY m Clarissa Chapman.) There was a Atwater Family Cemetery behind the Atwater house on Maple St - moved to Bixby cemetery in 1886 - Norfolk NY. Bixby Cem Rd 38, Plumbrook Rd - Cemetery Inventory no on-line so I can't check to see if he is there.)

St. Lawrence Republican June 24, 1851

Russell News, Potsdam Herald 1899

Russell Atwater Genealogy:

http://www.geocities.com/ckhansgw/atwater2.htm

92. Reuben⁶ ATWATER (Phinehas⁵, John⁴, DAVID³, JOHN², CHRISTOPHER¹) was born Oct 13, 1728 in Wallingford, CT, and died Aug 23, 1801 in Blandford, MA. He married (1) Sarah Hull Apr 29, 1752 in Cheshire, CT, daughter of Caleb Hull and Mercy Benham. He married (2) Mary Russell Dec 31, 1755 in Cheshire, CT, daughter of Timothy Russell and Mary Hull.

Child of Reuben ATWATER and Sarah Hull is:

Sarah ATWATER, born Jun 14, 1753 in Wallingford, CT. She married Stephen ROYCE Feb 27, 1777 in Wallingford, CT.

Children of Reuben ATWATER and Mary Russell are:

Merab ATWATER, born Jun 19, 1757 in Wallingford, CT. She married Stephan Rowe Bradley May 16, 1780 in Cheshire, CT.

Phinehas ATWATER, born Nov 25, 1758 in Cheshire, CT; died Mar 20, 1777 in Cheshire, CT.

Elizabeth Mary Ann ATWATER, born Sep 07, 1760 in Wallingford, CT; died Dec 25, 1838 in Cheshire, CT. She married Andrew Hull Sep 21, 1781 in Wallingford, CT.

Russell ATWATER, born Jun 20, 1762 in Wallingford, CT; died Jun 1851 in (Norfolk NY) Russell, NY. He married Clarissa Chapman Oct 24, 1790.

Abigail ATWATER, born Apr 02, 1764 in Wallingford, CT.

Amarilla ATWATER, born Apr 02, 1764 in Wallingford, CT; died Jun 19, 1812 in Cheshire, CT. She married Titus Street.

Rueben ATWATER, born May 11, 1768 in Wallingford, CT; died Feb 1831. He married (1) Eliza Willard. He married (2) Sarah Jandine.

Massena Observer 1960

Dam - De Grasse, NY

Hotel Barn - De Grasse - early 1900s

Bridge early 1900s

Foot Bridge

Foot Bridge - early 1900s

Grover Hatch Home

Ogdensburg Advance 1916

Forrest H. Gibbons Home

St. Lawrence Plaindealer Aug 4, 1897

Ogdensburg Advance 1906

St. Lawrence Plaindealer 1921 - Canton Library Scrapbooks

Note to those of you who are searching through Russell, NY history to find genealogy roots. Many of the settlers from Russell came from Stephentown NY, Russell Ma, Blandford Ma and surrounding towns so you may want to search there. Also check the 1810, 1820 census. The Russell 1830 Census is incorrectly marked as Morristown.

Here is a good site for Stephentown NY:

http://www.stephentowngenealogy.com/

Here is a link to search for some Russell, Ma info:

http://www.hampdencountyhistory.com/russell/everts/index.html

Here is a link to search for some Blandford, Ma info:

http://www.hampdencountyhistory.com/blandford/index.html

Stories from Early Russell Days:

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Seymour Knox, cousin of Frank W. Woolworth (from Rodman near Watertown) who was the son of John Hubbell and Fanny McBrier.

From Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_H._Knox_I

More on the Knox Family in Buffalo:

http://www.buffaloah.com/a/del/800/hist/index.html

Seymour H. Knox I
Seymour H. Knox I - above Grace Millard Knox - below
Born	1861 Russell, New York
Died	1915
Occupation	Businessman
Spouse(s)	Grace Millard Knox
Children	Seymour H. Knox II, Marjorie Knox Campbell, Dorothy Knox Rogers^[1], Gracia (died in infancy)
Parents	James Horace Knox and Jane E. McBrier