Russell
Ellsworth
Bly
Born in Tyrone Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Roy Medford Bly, Melvin Luther Bly, Stella Irene (Bly) Howe, [private sister (1920s - unknown)], Fred Richard Bly, James Bly, [private sister (1930s - unknown)] and [private brother (1940s - unknown)]
Husband of
Virginia Gray (Heath) Bly
— married
about 1957 [location unknown]
Father of
[private son (1950s - unknown)] and [private son (1960s - unknown)]
Died
at age 82
in Gaston, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jul 2018
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Biography
Russell was born in 1932. His parents were Marion Bly and Mary Roosevelt (Hausenfluck) Bly.
In 1940 he was 7 and living with his parents and siblings in Pennsylvania. [1]
In 1950 he was 17 and living and working as a hired man in the home of Adolphus W Walker in Pennsylvania. [2]
He married Virginia Heath.
Russell served with the United States Marines, 1952-1963. After his service he lived in Cowpens, South Carolina and worked as heating and air conditioning engineer. He retired to western North Carolina and died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
He passed in 2014.
Russell was buried in Salisbury National Cemetery Annex, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQXX-L9F : 7 January 2021), Russel E Bly in household of Marion L Bly, Tyrone Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-42, sheet 12B, line 44, family 235, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3396.
- ↑ 1950 census
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139847299/russell-ellsworth-bly: accessed 06 April 2023), memorial page for Russell Ellsworth Bly (1 Nov 1932–8 Dec 2014), Find A Grave: Memorial #139847299, citing Salisbury National Cemetery Annex, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Crypt Finder (contributor 50307473).
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: G7WZ-ZMT
- Obituary, Gettysburg Times, December 10, 2014.
- News item, Daily Citizen (Asheville, NC), December 8, 2014.
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