Pinckney Warren Russell

Pinckney Warren Russell was born on April 25, 1864, in Newberry County, South Carolina, to parents Rachel (née Williams) and Madison Russell. His parents died young and he worked at a cotton factory at Pelzer, South Carolina. Russell received a 1890 B.A. degree with honors from the normal school at Biddle University (now Johnson C. Smith University), followed by a 1893 B. Th. degree, and a M.A. degree at the same university. He continued his studies at Lincoln University near Oxford, Pennsylvania and received a D.D. degree. == Career ==

He served as a Presbyterian pastor in Biddleville, an historically African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, followed by pastorate in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Russell and Hattie E. Field married on December 19, 1894. == Death ==

He died on September 24, 1941, in Charlotte, North Carolina. In April 1953, Johnson C. Smith University held a special memorial event at Biddle Memorial Chapel for seven deceased faculty, which included Russell. == See also ==