Willis Russell

Willis Russell, a Deputy US Marshal, fought against William Smoot and his Ku Klux Klan chapter in Owen County, Kentucky during the 1870s. Smoot and his boys were running amok, causing havoc and bloodshed in Franklin (Frankfort), Owen County, and Henry Counties, and Russell stopped them, even though it cost him his life.

Willis Russell

Willis Russell, a Deputy US Marshal, fought against William Smoot and his Ku Klux Klan chapter in Owen County, Kentucky during the 1870s. Smoot and his boys were running amok, causing havoc and bloodshed in Franklin (Frankfort), Owen County, and Henry Counties, and Russell stopped them, even though it cost him his life.