Notes for: Dorcas Anne Critchfield

1850 Census, Wetzel County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated Aug 23 1850:
Samuel Husk, 34; Dorcas, 24; Frederick, 10; John, 4; William, 5 months; Joel, 2.

No entry for this family has been found in the 1860 Census.

1870 Census, Roane Co, WV (Walton Twp), enumerated on Jul 5 1870:
Samuel Husk, 50, farmer; Dorcas, 42; Louisa, 17; Samuel, 14; Jesse, 12; Jane, 12; Sarah E, 9; Dorcas, 5; U S Grant, 3. All born in Virginia except for the adult Dorcas, who was born in Pennsylvania.

1880 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on Jun 26 1880:
Samuel Husk, 56, farmer; wife Darcas, 52; dau Darcas A, 14; son Grant, 13. All born in Virginia except for the adult Dorcas, who was born in Pennsylvania.

1900 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on Jun 4 1900:
Head of household Grant Husk, 33, b. May 1867 in W.Va, farmer, single; mother Dorcas, 72, b. Dec 1827 in Pa, widowed, mother of 12 children (8 still living); servant Ballard A. Craddoc, white male, 18, b. Feb 1882 in W.Va; niece Nancy Coon, 15, b. Jun 1884.