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             Husband: Samuel A. Husk    
         Census name: Sam Husk 1
                Born: Aug- 8-1855          in Wetzel Co, WV  2
                Died: Jul-22-1929           3
              Buried:                      in Charles Husk Cem, Coon Rd (off Hur-to-Richardson Rd), Calhoun Co WV  3,2
              Census: 1920                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
             Resided: 1880                 in Calhoun Co, WV  4,5
              Census: 1870                 in Walton District, Roane Co, WV  
              Father: Samuel A. Husk   (1823 - 1888) 
              Mother: Dorcas Anne Critchfield   (1827 - 1914) 
                Wife: Susannah Hess 6    
       Also known as: Susan 3,1
             Married: Dec-31-1874          in Roane Co, WV  6,7
                Born: Mar-14-1857          in Upshur Co, (W)VA  7,3
                Died: Apr-16-1925           3
              Buried:                      in Charles Husk Cem, Coon Rd (off Hur-to-Richardson Rd), Calhoun Co WV  3,2
              Census: 1920                 in Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Calhoun Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Charles David Elias Hess   (1828 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary Elizabeth Casto   (1838 -     ) 
           M Child 1: John Franklin Husk      
                Born: Dec-10-1875          in Roane Co, WV  3
                Died: Feb- 8-1948          in Calhoun Co, WV  8,3
              Buried:                      in Charles Husk Cem, Coon Rd (off Hur-to-Richardson Rd), Calhoun Co WV  3,2
                Wife: Nancy Jane Slider  b. Jan- 9-1880  d. Dec-12-1961  
             Married: May- 8-1897          in Calhoun Co, WV  6,9
           M Child 2: Jesse William Husk      
       Also known as: Jessie Husk 2,10
                Born: Feb-25-1878          in Calhoun Co, WV  10
                Died: Feb-24-1951          in Calhoun Co, WV  11,8
              Buried:                      in Hur Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV  3,10,2
             Resided:                      in Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV  10
          Occupation:                      farmer  10
                Wife: Alice Lee Craddock  b. May-16-1880  d. Dec-17-1955  
         Census name: Alis Lee Craddock 12
             Married: May-28-1898          in Calhoun Co, WV  13,6
           M Child 3: Samuel Clayton Husk      
       Also known as: Clay Husk 14
                Born: Jan- 2-1881           13,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr-17-1955           3
              Buried:                      in Charles Husk Cem, Coon Rd (off Hur-to-Richardson Rd), Calhoun Co WV  3,2
                Wife: Flora Gay Bell  b. Dec-  -1889  d. 1956  
       Also known as: Gay 14,15
             Married: Sep-3-1905           in Calhoun Co, WV  13
           F Child 4: Dorcas M. Husk      
                Born: ca 1883               13
             Husband: Charles D. Carpenter  b. ca 1878  
             Married: Jun-10-1900          in Calhoun Co, WV  13
           F Child 5: Laura Husk      
                Born: Sep-  -1885          in Calhoun Co, WV  16
             Husband: George Washington Bell  b. ca 1876  
             Married: Jul-21-1907          in Calhoun Co, WV  17
           M Child 6: Charles Blaine Husk      
       Also known as: Charley Husk 13,2,1,18,19
                Born: Sep-26-1888          in Mt. Zion, Calhoun Co, WV  10 (see note 2)
                Died: Nov- 6-1955          in Spencer, Roane Co, WV  20
              Buried:                      in Charles Husk Cem, Coon Rd (off Hur-to-Richardson Rd), Calhoun Co WV  3,2
             Resided:                      in Mt. Zion, Calhoun Co, WV  10
          Occupation:                      farmer  10,1
                Wife: Fannie Kerby  b. Feb-19-1888  d. Oct-21-1911  
             Married: Sep-13-1908          in Cremo, Calhoun Co, WV  13,8
                Wife: Harriett J. Slider  b. Apr- 4-1888  d. Oct-15-1970  
             Married: May-21-1916          in Calhoun Co, WV  21 (see note 3)
           F Child 7: Sarah Jane Husk      
                Born:        1890           
             Husband: James B. Gough  b. ca 1892  
             Married: Sep-7-1913           in Calhoun Co, WV  13
           M Child 8: Andrew Husk      
       Also known as: Andy Husk 2
                Born: Jan-26-1893          in Richardson, Calhoun Co, WV  22,23
                Died: Jun-24-1894          in Richardson, Calhoun Co, WV  23
      Cause of death:                      cholera  23
              Buried:                      in Husk Cemetery, north of Arnoldsburg (on old Grant Husk farm), Calhoun Co, WV  2

Sources:
(1) 1920 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(2) Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, Grantsville Printing Co, 
Grantsville WV (1985) 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Cecile Gonyea Nichols, Oklahoma  . 
(5) 1880 Census. 
(6) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) 
(7) Gloria Jean Powers Husk, Carrabelle, FL  (Genealogy Website:  www.gloryway.com) 
(8) William Fred Spuhler Jr. (1940-2004), Richfield, MN, a Husk descendant and genealogist. 
(9) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as 
John F. Husk, age 21, of Calhoun Co, son of Samuel & S.; and Nancy Slider, age 17, of Calhoun Co, dau of Joseph.  
Married May 8 1897. 
(10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). 
Identified as Jessie [sic] William Husk, b. Feb 25 1878, d. Feb 24 1951, son of Samuel Husk & Susie Hess.  Informant:  
Lennis Husk. 
(12) 1880 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(13) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989) 
(14) Marriage record of daughter. 
(15) Marriage record of son. 
(16) Polly Walker Kreaps, Walker WV 26180, , Walker Family GEDCOM 
(http://txnetwork.net/walker/gedcoms/pkreaps/html/pkreaps.html) 
(17) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Participants 
identified as George W. Bell, age 31, son of Spencer Bell; and Laura Husk, age 21, dau of Samuel Husk.  Ceremony held 
Jul 21 1907. 
(18) The Hur Herald (Calhoun Co, WV) (www.hurherald.com) 
(19) 1940 Census, Calhoun County, WV. 
(20) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). 
Identified as Charlie Blaine Husk, 67, married, farmer, born Sep 26 1888 at Mt. Zion, son of Samuel Husk & Susan Hess; 
died Nov 6 1955 at Spencer State Hospital in Spencer, Roane Co, after a stay of 35 days.  Cause of death was suicide by 
hanging/suffocation brought on by a psychotic depressive reaction and arteriosclerosis.  Burial location given as Mt. 
Olive Cemetery, which conflicts with other reports of the Samuel A. Husk Family Cemetery in Calhoun 
Co. 
(21) Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989), Identified as 
Charley Husk, age 27, res. Calhoun Co, son of Sam; and Harriett Slider, age 27, res. Calhoun Co, dau of Harvey.  Married 
May 21 1916. 
(22) Calhoun County Birth Records, Grantsville, WV, Delayed Births Bk 2, p. 22 - LDS Microfilm #0808282. 
(23) Calhoun County Death Records, Grantsville, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Online cemetery readings state birth date asJan 2 1887, but marriage record
in Sep 1905 gives age as 24.
Note (2) Headstone shows birth year as 1887, but death record states birth date as Sep
26 1888, age 67 at time of death on Nov 6 1955.
Note (3) Other researchers have incorrectly reported marriage location as Ritchie
County.







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