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John Ellis HUSK

John Ellis HUSK

Male 1848 - 1864  (15 years)

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  • Name John Ellis HUSK 
    Born 14 Aug 1848  Aleppo Twp, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Co H, 4th W. Va. Cav, Civil War  [2] 
    Died 27 Feb 1864  [3] 
    Cause: measles 
    Buried 8 Aug 1867  Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I767  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2008 

    Father Isaac HUSK,   b. 12 Jan 1818, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1902, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Jane CRITCHFIELD,   b. 17 Mar 1825, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Greene Co, PA (Aleppo Twp), enumerated on Oct 17 1850:
      Isaac Hush, 33, farmer, b. Virginia; Jane, 26, b. Pennsylvania; Samuel, 5, b. Pa; John E, 3, b. Pa; Absalom, 1, b. Pa.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (South West Township), enumerated on Sep 1 1870:
      Isaac Husk, 50, farmer, b. Pennsylvania; Jane Husk, 45, housekeeper, b. Pa.; Absalom Husk, 20, farm laborer, b. Pa.; Elizabeth M. Husk, 16, b. Pa.; Isaac N. Husk, 14, b. Pa.; Samuel A. Husk, 12, b. Pa.; William L. Husk, 9, b. Virginia; George W. Husk, 6, b. West Virginia; Martha C. Husk, 4, b. W. Va.; Nancy V. Husk, 2, b. W. Va.; William Hart, 19, farm laborer, b. Virginia; Sarah J. Hart, 19, housekeeper, b. Pa.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 1 1880:
      Isac Husk, 60, b. Pa, both parents b. Pa, farmer; wife Jane, 55, b. Pa, both parents b. Pa; son Leonard, 18; son George W, 16; dau Martha C, 14; dau Nancy V, 12; granddaughter Rosa A. Hart, 1.

      In the 1900 Census of Doddridge County, Isaac Husk was listed in the household of son George and was described as 81, b. Mar 1819 in Pa, father b. in (blank), mother b. in Pa, widowed.

      The exact history of the original charcoal of the widely-distributed formal portrait of the elderly Isaac Husk has not been determined. However, it is known that it was handed down to his grandson Walter "Shiner" Husk. Per Shiner's instructions, upon his death in 1993, it was in turn passed down to Isaac's great-grandson Samuel D. Gaston. Following Sam's death in 2012, it was handed down to his nephew and Isaac's g-g-grandson, Renee L. Brown, with whom Sam had collaborated on this genealogy for so many years.
    Family ID F257  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Aug 1848 - Aleppo Twp, Greene Co, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 8 Aug 1867 - Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1531] William Fred Spuhler Jr. (1940-2004), Richfield, MN, a Husk descendant and genealogist.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S1755] http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov, Veterans Administration.

    4. [S1755] http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov, Veterans Administration.
      Date of interment: Aug 8 1867. Buried at: Section D, Site 195 (7th row right of flagpole).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S781] The Good-Will Community: A History of Holbrook, W. Va., 1814-1945, Bradford Spiker (compiled by Barr Wilson), (http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/ritchie/history/goodwill.txt).