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             Husband: Samuel A. Husk    
         Census name: Sam Husk 1
                Born: Aug- 8-1855          in Wetzel Co, WV  2
                Died: Jul-22-1929           3
              Buried:                      in Charles Husk Cem, Coon Rd (off Hur-to-Richardson Rd), Calhoun Co WV  3,2
              Census: 1920                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
             Resided: 1880                 in Calhoun Co, WV  4,5
              Census: 1870                 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV  
              Father: Samuel A. Husk 
              Mother: Dorcas Anne Critchfield 

                Wife: Susannah Hess 6    
       Also known as: Susan 3,1
                Born: Mar-14-1857          in Upshur Co, (W)VA  7,3
                Died: Apr-16-1925           3
              Buried:                      in Charles Husk Cem, Coon Rd (off Hur-to-Richardson Rd), Calhoun Co WV  3,2
              Census: 1920                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Calhoun Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Charles David Elias Hess 
              Mother: Mary Elizabeth Casto 

           M Child 1: John Franklin Husk      
                Born: Dec-10-1875          in Roane Co, WV  3
                Died: Feb- 8-1948          in Calhoun Co, WV  8,3

           M Child 2: Jesse William Husk      
       Also known as: Jessie Husk 2,9
                Born: Feb-25-1878          in Calhoun Co, WV  9
                Died: Feb-24-1951          in Calhoun Co, WV  10,8

           M Child 3: Samuel Clayton Husk      
       Also known as: Clay Husk 11
                Born: Jan- 2-1881          in   12,3
                Died: Apr-17-1955          in   3

           F Child 4: Dorcas M. Husk      
                Born: ca 1883              in   12

           F Child 5: Laura Husk      
                Born: Sep-  -1885          in Calhoun Co, WV  13

           M Child 6: Charles Blaine Husk      
       Also known as: Charley Husk 12,2,1,14
                Born: Sep-26-1888          in Mt. Zion, Calhoun Co, WV  9
                Died: Nov- 6-1955          in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  15

           F Child 7: Sarah Jane Husk      
                Born:        1890          in   

           M Child 8: Andrew Husk      
       Also known as: Andy Husk 2
                Born: Jan-26-1893          in Richardson, Calhoun Co, WV  16,17
                Died: Jun-24-1894          in Richardson, Calhoun Co, WV  17


Sources:
(1) 1920 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(2) Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Calhoun County West 
Virginia, Grantsville Printing Co, Grantsville WV (1985) 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Cecile Gonyea Nichols, Oklahoma  . 
(5) 1880 Census. 
(6) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 
(http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) 
(7) Gloria Jean Powers Husk, Carrabelle, FL  (Genealogy Website:  
www.gloryway.com) 
(8) William Fred Spuhler Jr. (1940-2004), Richfield, MN, a Husk descendant and genealogist. 
(9) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Jessie [sic] William Husk, 
b. Feb 25 1878, d. Feb 24 1951, son of Samuel Husk & Susie Hess.  Informant:  Lennis 
Husk. 
(11) Marriage record of daughter. 
(12) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 
26101 (Oct 1989) 
(13) Polly Walker Kreaps, Walker WV 26180, , Walker Family GEDCOM 
(http://txnetwork.net/walker/gedcoms/pkreaps/html/pkreaps.html) 
(14) The Hur Herald (Calhoun Co, WV) (www.hurherald.com) 
(15) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Charlie Blaine Husk, 67, 
married, farmer, born Sep 26 1888 at Mt. Zion, son of Samuel Husk & Susan Hess; died Nov 6 
1955 at Spencer State Hospital in Spencer, Roane Co, after a stay of 35 days.  Cause of 
death was suicide by hanging/suffocation brought on by a psychotic depressive reaction and 
arteriosclerosis.  Burial location given as Mt. Olive Cemetery, which conflicts with other 
reports of the Samuel A. Husk Family Cemetery in Calhoun Co. 
(16) Calhoun County Birth Records, Grantsville, WV, Delayed Births Bk 2, p. 22 - LDS 
Microfilm #0808282. 
(17) Calhoun County Death Records, Grantsville, WV. 

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