Biographyof Lehi and Salt Lake City, was a realist oil painter and watercolorist who became known for his landscape and flower themes on canvas and paper. Among many other things about this artist, the well-known modern dancer Shirley Russon Ririe (Ririe Woodbury Company) is a granddaughter of Joseph F. Russon. (b. April 10; d. August 13)
Olpin, Robert S., William C. Seifrit, and Vern G. Swanson. ARTISTS OF UTAH. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1999: 226.