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Russel McCormmach is one of the well-to-do farmers of Webster County, Mo., and was born in Jackson County, Tenn., on the 9th of September, 1830. His father, Johnson McCormmach, was born in Virginia on the 6th of July, 1806, and when a young man went to Tennessee with his parents, where he was married to Miss Mercilla Brown, of that State, on the 10th of May, 1827. In January, 1856, they moved to Webster County, Mo., where a farm was made, on which they resided until 1865, when they took up their abode in Pike County, Mo. There the father died November 8, 1870. Russel McCormmach was reared in Tennessee, and was there married in April, 1854, to Mary King, of that State. He came to Missouri with his parents, and after a short residence in Webster County located in Taney County, near Forsyth, where he cleared a small farm, and resided for about three years. In 1859 he settled upon his present tract of land in Webster County, which comprises 240 acres, and is one of the best farms between Marshfield and Seymour. He has 100 acres of land under cultivation, on which are excellent buildings and plenty of good water. He and wife, who died April 28, 1871, became the parents of six children: Alfred J., William T., John C., James Russell, Sarah Ann (wife of Thomas Hale) and Mary M. (wife of William Moore). Mr. McCormmach’s present wife was Miss Lydia Julian, who was born in Knox County, Tenn., on the 12th of December, 1842, by whom he has the following children: Ollie L., wife of Nathaniel L. George; Leroy, Huldah J., Joseph P., Harriet M. and Martha L. His wife has three children by her first husband Solomon Scott. Their names are, respectively, Larken R., Mary L. (wife of Samuel Mitchler) and Stephen R. A. Mrs. McCormmach is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a stanch Democrat in his political views. In July, 1862, he enlisted in the Eighth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and served as a private until the close of the war, being a participant in the battles of Little Rock, Pilot Knob, Prairie Grove, Pumpkin Bend fight and a number of skirmishes.