Thomas russell ybarra wife

Birth 11 Jun 1908 Modesto, Stanislaus, California, USA Death 25 Apr 1984 Santa Cruz Burial  Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, United States of America Marriage   Other Spouse Jewel TAYLOR | F7709 Marriage 1945 California, USA Other Spouse Adrian R GOODGER | F1269 Marriage 10 May 1953 Stanislaus, California, USA Father Joseph Edmund ARCHAMBEAULT | F1474 Group Sheet Mother Mariam Melissa MEDLIN | F1474 Group Sheet 
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    YOUNG MAN OF CARACAS $3.00 ByT. R. YbarraIVES WASHBURN

    PRESIDENT GRANT is responsible for this book: it was at his request that Judge Russell of Boston went as our Minister to Venezuela in 1874. With the Judge went his wife and his three bouncing daughters, and when Nelly, aged sixteen and the prettiest, took to sitting in the window she brought the Venezuelan army to a halt. The Judge had a good sense of humor (as we see by his letters back home), but Nelly had a better — and well she did have, for as the wife of General Alejandro Ybarra she had more ups and downs than she would ever have known on Pinckney Street. She referred to her beautifully uniformed soldier as ‘The Boomer,’ and with her philosophic grin and her Irish bodyguard, ‘Yessie’ Sullivan, she enjoyed whatever life had to offer. When the General was in favor, and so in command of the Venezuelan soldiery, the Ybarras lived in state, and Tom, their son, had a pony and was petted by the guard; but when he quarreled with the dictator— as he frequently did — the family stole out the back door and took refuge in the Dutch Islands or in Boston. Tom Ybarra, in describing his affectionate and tempestuous household, has given us a memoir rich in anecdote and authentic in color-a passkey that will unlock Venezuela for many a Northerner.

    E. W.

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    • Thomas Russell (Massachusetts judge)

    American jurist and government official

    Thomas Russell (September 26, 1825 – February 9, 1887) was an American jurist and government official who served as Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston, United States Minister Resident to Venezuela, and Massachusetts Commissioner of Railroads.

    Early life

    Russell was born on September 26, 1825, to Thomas and Mary Ann (Goodwin) Russell. His father served as Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts. Russell graduated from Harvard College in 1845 and studied law at Harvard Law School and in the office of Jacob H. Loud. In 1847 he moved to Boston and continued his studies in the office of Whiting & Russell. He was admitted to the bar on November 12, 1849.

    Government service

    On February 26, 1852, Russell was appointed justice of the Boston Police Court. When the Massachusetts Superior Court was created in 1859, Russell was appointed as one of its judges. Russell was known for his harsh sentences against garroters which was credited with deterring similar attacks. During the American Civil War he also served as a draft commissioner.

    In 1867, Russell left the bench to become Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston. He resigned in 1874 to become Minister Resident to Venezuela. He remained in Venezuela until 1877, when a report written by Russell stating that the United States would have to use force or bribery to collect on the claims of their citizens against the Venezuelan government was published, resulting in Venezuelan President Antonio Guzmán Blanco breaking off all official relations with Russell and forcing his recall.

    Russell was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1879. That same year he was appointed chairman of the Massachusetts railroad commission, a positi

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