John married Sarah Catherine Isham on 27 Dec 1897 in Utica, La Salle, Illinois, USA. Sarah (daughter of James A. Isham and Elizabeth Glass) was born on 6 Oct 1877 in LaSalle, Illinois, USA; died on 26 May 1941 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Cecelia Ellen Russell was born on 24 Mar 1898 in Utica, La Salle, Illinois, USA; died on 17 Nov 1948 in Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, USA; was buried in Larned Cemetery, Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, USA.
2. James Russell was born in Feb 1900 in Illinois, USA.
3. William Arthur Russell was born on 2 Sep 1902 in Utica, La Salle, Illinois, USA; died on 8 Mar 1976 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, USA; was buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, DeWitt, Clinton, Iowa, USA.