Family: Isaac HUSK / Rachel WEST (F334)
m. 15 Aug 1869-
Father | Male
Isaac HUSK
Born 13 Apr 1846 Died 1 May 1928 Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV 
Buried Samuel A. Husk Family Cemetery, Millstone, Calhoun Co, WV Married 15 Aug 1869 [1, 2] Roane Co, WV [1, 2] Father Samuel A. HUSK | F264 Group Sheet Mother Dorcas Anne CRITCHFIELD | F264 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Rachel WEST
Born 20 Mar 1850 Roane Co, WV Died 13 Sep 1929 Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Buried Samuel A. Husk Family Cemetery, Millstone, Calhoun Co, WV Father Samuel WEST | F8820 Group Sheet Mother Martha COTTRILL | F8820 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Female
Martha Ann HUSK
Born 4 Mar 1869 Spencer, Roane Co, WV Died 14 May 1945 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Buried Mt. Moriah Church Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Spouse Harrison Milroy SMITH | F5383 Married 19 Mar 1893 Calhoun Co, WV
Child 2 | Female
Dorcas Emma HUSK
Born 12 Aug 1870 Roane Co, WV Died 21 Mar 1907 Rowles Run (Cremo), Calhoun Co, WV Buried Isaac Husk Family Cem, Calhoun Co, WV Spouse Lewis Johnson CARPENTER | F341 Married 16 Apr 1900 Calhoun Co, WV
Child 4 | Male
Samuel Wesley HUSK
Born 10 Jul 1876 Roane Co, WV Died 30 Mar 1963 Calhoun Co, WV Buried Betts Cemetery, Cabot Station (Rt 5), Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Spouse Lucy Maude CARPENTER | F668 Married 1 Jan 1903 Calhoun Co, WV
Child 5 | Female
Roxelane "Lena" HUSK
Born 5 Mar 1879 Roane Co, WV Died Apr 1970 Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Buried Spouse John Thomas KERBY | F669 Married 16 Apr 1900 Calhoun Co, WV
Child 6 | Female
Sarah H. HUSK
Born 12 Dec 1880 Roane Co, WV Died Apr 1970 Buried Betts Cemetery, Cabot Station (Rt 5), Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Spouse John DAVIS | F636 Married 28 Apr 1901 Calhoun Co, WV
Child 7 | Female
Ota Matilda HUSK
Born 15 Sep 1883 Spencer District, Roane Co, WV Died 27 Jul 1919 Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Buried Mt. Zion Cemetery, Anmoore, Harrison Co, WV Spouse Elias Lee FRESHOUR | F667 Married 28 Apr 1901 Calhoun Co, WV
Child 8 | Female
Dilla HUSK
Born 28 Aug 1885 Roane Co, WV Died Bef May 1949 Buried UNMARKED GRAVE Isaac Husk Family Cem, Calhoun Co, WV Spouse James Melvin FRESHOUR | F340 Married 5 Apr 1903 Calhoun Co, WV
Child 9 | Female
Cordelia HUSK
Born 15 Apr 1888 Roane Co, WV Died 19 Mar 1938 Cremo, Calhoun Co, WV Buried Isaac Husk Family Cem, Calhoun Co, WV Spouse Gay BOGGS | F665 Married 14 Apr 1912 Calhoun Co, WV
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Notes - The second daughter of Isaac & Rachel West Husk, Dorcas Emma Husk Carpenter, died in childbirth with her fourth child, a son Boyd, who also died shortly afterwards. Her three remaining children were taken in by Isaac & Rachel, who raised their three granddaughters as their own children. This left Emma's widower, Lewis Johnson Carpenter, free to marry his wife Emma's first cousin, Eunice Ann Coon (daughter of Isaac's sister Jane), also a recent widow.
1910 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on May 5 1910:
Isaac Husk, 64, farmer, married 40 yrs; wife Rachiel (sic) Husk, 63, mother of 9 children (7 still living); dau Cordelia Husk, 12; granddau Villetta Carpenter, 8; granddau Viola Carpenter, 7; granddau Vilena Carpenter, 4.
Entries for the three oldest household members indicated that Isaac and daughter Cordelia were able to read and write, while Rachel could do neither.
1920 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on Apr 21 1920 on Richardson Road:
Isaac Husk, 73, farmer; wife Rachel Husk, 71; granddau Violena Carpenter, 13.
Again, Rachel was the only household member unable to read or write. [3, 4]
- The second daughter of Isaac & Rachel West Husk, Dorcas Emma Husk Carpenter, died in childbirth with her fourth child, a son Boyd, who also died shortly afterwards. Her three remaining children were taken in by Isaac & Rachel, who raised their three granddaughters as their own children. This left Emma's widower, Lewis Johnson Carpenter, free to marry his wife Emma's first cousin, Eunice Ann Coon (daughter of Isaac's sister Jane), also a recent widow.
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