Russel Farnham [SEP] place of birth
Early life.
Russel Farnham was born in Massachusetts in 1784 and left home to join one of two expeditions organized by John Jacob Astor to establish the Pacific Fur Company at the mouth of the Columbia River. Farnham, hired as a clerk, was part of the "Tonquin" party under Captain Jonathan Thorn who were to travel by sea around Cape Horn arriving on the Pacific coast. However, the party soon met with disaster with the death of Thorn and the destruction of their ship soon after their arrival.
Russel
Russel is an alternate spelling of Russell. Russel may also refer to:
People.
- Russel Arnold (born 1973), Sri Lankan cricketer
- Russel Crouse (1893–1966), American playwright
- Russel Farnham (1784–1832), American frontiersman
- Russel Honoré (born 1947), American general
- Russel Mthembu (born 1947), South African singer
- Russel Mwafulirwa (born 1983), Malawian soccer player
- Russel Norman (born 1967), New Zealand politician
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