Call me sentimental but I like these people:
In the page on Troubled Years - when Rutherford took over, it said this:
None of Pastor Russell?s nieces and nephews stayed with Rutherford: Alice Land Williamson was sister-in-law to A. Ed. Williamson, a leader in the 1909 New Covenant movement; Ada Land White, in Kansas, followed P. S. L. Johnson; May F. (?Thelma?) Land Kendall, in Florida; Joseph Russell Land, in Atascadero, California, associated with the Dawn.
Therefore, Russell would NOT have recommended Rutherford as his replacement.