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John HUSK

John HUSK

Male 1846 - 1925  (79 years)


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  • Name John HUSK
    Birth 20 Sep 1846  Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1870  Walton District, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 3] 
    Occupation 1920  [4] 
    hotel keeper 
    Death 28 Oct 1925  Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Burial Rogers (aka Bowers, aka Slate) Cemetery, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Person ID I811  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2023

    Father Samuel A. HUSK,   b. 8 Jun 1823, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1888 (Age 65 years)
    Mother Dorcas Anne CRITCHFIELD,   b. 11 Dec 1827, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1914, Adam, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F264  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henrietta E. SMITH,   b. 25 Nov 1849, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1930, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 16 Aug 1868  Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Roane Co, WV (town of Spencer), enumerated on Jan 10 1920:
      John Husk, 73, hotel keeper; wife Henry E, 68; dau Pearl Husk, 24, widow; granddau Eva Wilson, 20, servant; grandson Haymond West, 7; granddau Ella O, 6.
    Children 
     1. Samuel C. HUSK,   b. 1869, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1899 (Age 30 years)
    +2. Nathaniel P. HUSK,   b. Nov 1870
     3. Augustus M. HUSK,   b. 3 Apr 1873, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1876, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    +4. Virginia Helen "Jennie" HUSK,   b. 19 Jun 1877, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1914 (Age 37 years)
    >5. Carrie H. HUSK,   b. 8 Aug 1880, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1945 (Age 64 years)
     6. Ralph B. HUSK,   b. 1883, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. William Hobert HUSK,   b. 10 Jan 1886, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1970, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     8. (Unnamed male) HUSK,   b. 15 Apr 1888, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    >9. Isaac R. HUSK,   b. 11 Mar 1889, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1955, Floyd Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     10. Myrtle HUSK,   b. 27 Jul 1892, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1892, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     11. John N. HUSK,   b. 21 Aug 1893, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +12. Ulva Pearl HUSK,   b. 3 Jul 1896, Speed, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1978 (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S2183] 1900 Census, Roane County, WV.

    3. [S2250] 1880 Census, Calhoun County, WV.

    4. [S2260] 1920 Census, Roane County, WV.

    5. [S1708] Cecile Gonyea Nichols, Oklahoma .

    6. [S5] Headstone.

    7. [S5] Headstone.
      Age at death given as 81y 1m 8d.

    8. [S1200] Roane County Marriage Records, Spencer, WV, MR 1-15.

    9. [S1531] William Fred Spuhler Jr. (1940-2004), Richfield, MN, a Husk descendant and genealogist.

    10. [S1574] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900, (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm).