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Charles Blaine HUSK

Charles Blaine HUSK

Male 1888 - 1955  (67 years)


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  • Name Charles Blaine HUSK
    Birth 26 Sep 1888  Mt. Zion, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • 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.
    Gender Male
    Occupation farmer  [1, 2] 
    Residence Mt. Zion, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 6 Nov 1955  Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Cause: suicide by hanging 
    Burial Charles Husk Cem, Coon Rd (off Hur-to-Richardson Rd), Calhoun Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I1243  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2022

    Father Samuel A. HUSK,   b. 8 Aug 1855, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1929 (Age 73 years)
    Mother Susannah HESS,   b. 14 Mar 1857, Upshur Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1925, Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F403  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Fannie KERBY,   b. 19 Feb 1888, Joker, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1911, Cremo, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    Marriage 13 Sep 1908  Cremo, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Lennie HUSK,   b. 8 May 1908   d. 7 Jul 1909, Hur, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +2. Nellie HUSK,   b. 20 Nov 1909, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1980, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     3. Bennie HUSK,   b. 18 Sep 1911   d. 18 Sep 1911 (Age 0 years)
    Documents
    1243_Charles-B-Husk_Harriet-Slider_MarriageRecord_21May1916.jpg    		1243_Charles-B-Husk_Harriet-Slider_MarriageRecord_21May1916.jpg
    Family ID F685  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harriett Jane SLIDER,   b. 4 Apr 1888, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1970, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Marriage 21 May 1916  Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Other researchers have incorrectly reported marriage location as Ritchie County.
    Notes 
    • 1940 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on May 2 1940:
      Charley B. Husk, 52, farmer; wife Harriett J, 51; son Ernest R, 21, farmer, married; dau-in-law June, 20; grandson Robert D, 1.
    Children 
    +1. Ernest Ray HUSK,   b. 23 Feb 1919, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1999, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    1243_HUSK_CharlesBlaine_1888-1955_DeathCertificate.jpg    		1243_HUSK_CharlesBlaine_1888-1955_DeathCertificate.jpg

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

    2. [S2138] 1920 Census, Calhoun County, WV.

    3. [S1853] 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.

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S1974] Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, (Grantsville Printing Co, Grantsville WV (1985)).

    6. [S1785] Calhoun County WV Marriages 1856-1927, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Oct 1989)).

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

    8. [S1785] 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.