Samuel Russell

| birth_place = Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. | occupation = | known_for = Founder of Russell & Company | alma_mater = | spouse = |}} | children = | relations = William Huntington Russell (cousin) }} Samuel Russell (August 25, 1789 – May 5, 1862), was an American entrepreneur and trader, and founder of Russell & Company, the largest and most important American trading house in China from 1842 to its closing in 1891. Provided by Wikipedia