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John Marion HUSK

John Marion HUSK

Male 1875 - 1954  (79 years)

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  • Name John Marion HUSK 
    Born 20 Feb 1875  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Occupation 1910  [2] 
    laborer in carbon factory 
    Occupation 1918  [3] 
    tool dresser for oil wells 
    Died 7 Dec 1954  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Greenlawn Memorial Park (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • From a newspaper clipping in 1949:
      "Weather forecasts for the next two days indicate nothing to compare with the terribly cold weather in Clarksburg and its vicinity of about fifty years ago. Marion Husk, Route 3, is our authority for the fact that on February 10, 1899, the bottom practically dropped out of the thermometer to a gruesome forty-two degrees below zero. 'How is this for winter?' Mr. Husk asks in a letter. 'Just fifty years ago tonight, February 10 1899, a schoolmate of mine passed away. A few minutes before he died, he asked me to select his burial outfit. Granting his wish, I chose to walk nine miles to West Union, starting at 7 o'clock. When I left the house, the thermometer reading was thirty-eight degrees below zero, and when I arrived at West Union about the middle of the night, it was forty-two degrees below zero.' Mr. Husk recalls that on that particular errand, he did not stop to rest! He also says that with the help of a friend, he opened a grave for his schoolmate at the Powell graveyard on Buckeye, the mercury at the time sagging to thirty-eight below zero." [5]
    Person ID I827  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2017 

    Father John Wesley HUSK,   b. 18 Aug 1849, New Milton, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1925, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Elizia Victoria FOX,   b. 14 Jun 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1923, Industrial, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Family ID F268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ava Alice BEE,   b. 28 Jun 1884,   d. 19 May 1957  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 3 Oct 1903  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. (Stillborn daughter) HUSK,   b. 2 Oct 1904,   d. 2 Oct 1904  (Age 0 years)
    +2. Clarice Lillian HUSK,   b. 25 Apr 1906, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1974  (Age 68 years)
     3. Ruth Freda "Freddie" HUSK,   b. 14 Apr 1910, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1986, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +4. Paul James HUSK,   b. Jun 1913, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 2000, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
    +5. Evelyn Marie (twin) HUSK,   b. 14 Aug 1916, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 2003, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Louise (twin) HUSK,   b. 14 Aug 1916, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    827_John-Marion-Husk_PassportPhoto_Oct1918.jpg    		827_John-Marion-Husk_PassportPhoto_Oct1918.jpg

    Documents
    827_HUSK_JohnMarion_PassportApplication_18Oct1918.jpg    		827_HUSK_JohnMarion_PassportApplication_18Oct1918.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 1, p. 73.

    2. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    3. [S2543] U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 (online database), (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S142] Brenton Leon Husk (1900-1975).

    5. [S1727] Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram.
      Reprinted Feb 9 2005, p. A-7.

    6. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).