Samuel A. HUSK

1823 - 1888  (65 years)

• Name	Samuel A. HUSK  [1, 2]
  Born	8 Jun 1823	Monongalia Co, (W)VA   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Wetzel Co, (W)VA
  Military	Between 3 Jan 1862 and 3 Jan 1865  [7]
  	Pvt, Co O, 6th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War
  Census	1870	Walton District, Roane Co, WV
  Census	1880	Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV
  Died	23 Nov 1888  [1, 3, 7]
  Buried	Husk Cemetery, north of Arnoldsburg (on old Grant Husk farm), Calhoun Co, WV   [3]
  Person ID	I785	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Samuel HUSK,   b. 17__, Virginia ,   d. Bef 1830
  Mother	Elizabeth ___,   b. CA 1785, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft Jun 1846  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Family ID	F258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorcas Anne CRITCHFIELD,   b. 11 Dec 1827, Greene Co, PA ,   d. 16 Nov 1914, Adam, Calhoun Co, WV  (Age 86 years)
  Notes	1850 Census, Wetzel County, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated Aug 23 1850: Samuel Husk, 34; Dorcas, 24; Frederick, 10; John, 4; William, 5 months; Joel, 2. No entry for this family has been found in the 1860 Census. 1870 Census, Roane Co, WV (Walton Twp), enumerated on Jul 5 1870: Samuel Husk, 50, farmer; Dorcas, 42; Louisa, 17; Samuel, 14; Jesse, 12; Jane, 12; Sarah E, 9; Dorcas, 5; U S Grant, 3. All born in Virginia except for the adult Dorcas, who was born in Pennsylvania. 1880 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on Jun 26 1880: Samuel Husk, 56, farmer; wife Darcas, 52; dau Darcas A, 14; son Grant, 13. All born in Virginia except for the adult Dorcas, who was born in Pennsylvania. 1900 Census, Calhoun Co, WV (Lee District), enumerated on Jun 4 1900: Head of household Grant Husk, 33, b. May 1867 in W.Va, farmer, single; mother Dorcas, 72, b. Dec 1827 in Pa, widowed, mother of 12 children (8 still living); servant Ballard A. Craddoc, white male, 18, b. Feb 1882 in W.Va; niece Nancy Coon, 15, b. Jun 1884.
  Children	+ 1. John HUSK,   b. 20 Sep 1846, Greene Co, PA ,   d. 28 Oct 1925, Roane Co, WV  (Age 79 years) + 2. Isaac HUSK,   b. 13 Apr 1846,   d. 1 May 1928, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV  (Age 82 years)   3. Joel HUSK,   b. 1848, Greene Co, PA   4. William HUSK,   b. Mar 1850, Greene Co, PA ,   d. 9 Sep 1850  (Age ~ 0 years) + 5. Louisa Green HUSK,   b. 21 May 1853, Greene Co, PA ,   d. 1940  (Age 86 years) + 6. Samuel A. HUSK,   b. 8 Aug 1855, Wetzel Co, WV ,   d. 22 Jul 1929  (Age 73 years)   7. Jesse L. (twin) HUSK,   b. 19 Apr 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA + 8. Jane (twin) HUSK,   b. 19 Apr 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 29 Oct 1935, Lee District, Calhoun Co, WV  (Age 77 years) + 9. Sarah Elizabeth HUSK,   b. 24 Jun 1860, Washington, Washington Co, PA ,   d. 8 Jan 1929, Flat Fork, Roane Co, WV  (Age 68 years) + 10. Dorcas Anne HUSK,   b. 22 Nov 1865, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 1 Mar 1949  (Age 83 years) + 11. U. S. Grant HUSK,   b. 11 May 1867, Roane Co, WV ,   d. 16 Apr 1952, Altizer, Calhoun Co, WV  (Age 84 years)   12. F. N. HUSK,   b. 4 Apr 1872, Roane Co, WV ,   d. 20 Apr 1875  (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Samuel A. Husk
  		785_SamuelAHuskFamily.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1850 Census, Wetzel Co, (W)Va
  		1870 Census, Roane Co, WV
  		1880 Census, Calhoun Co, WV

  
  

• Sources

  [S1531] William Fred Spuhler Jr. (1940-2004), Richfield, MN, a Husk descendant and genealogist. [S1708] Cecile Gonyea Nichols, Oklahoma . [S1974] Cemeteries in Calhoun County West Virginia, Calhoun County Historical & Genealogical Society, (Grantsville Printing Co, Grantsville WV (1985)). [S1538] DUSKEY A, Marvin E. Waldbeser (1927-2006), Grantsville, WV, (Ancestry World Tree Project, posted at http://awt.ancestry.com). [S1540] Charlotte Snyder Clark , (a descendant of Samuel Husk & Dorcas Anne Critchfield). [S1710] 1880 Census. [S1744] Civil War Soldiers of Calhoun County, (www.rootsweb.com/~wvcalhou/soldiers.htm).