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Joseph Wade HUSK

Joseph Wade HUSK

Male 1852 - 1911  (~ 58 years)


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  • Name Joseph Wade HUSK
    Birth Feb 1852  New Milton, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Identified in 1910 as Joseph W. Husk (widowed, age 48, b. Feb 1852, farm laborer), a boarder in the household of Anjeline Ross (widowed, b. Sep 1861) and her stepdau Rosa (b. Nov 1882), stepson Benjamin (b. Jun 1886), and dau Maggie (b. Sep 1891).
    Occupation farmer  [2] 
    Death 25 Jan 1911  Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Burial O'Neal (formerly IOOF) Cemetery, Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I796  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 May 2013

    Father Frederick HUSK,   b. 7 Sep 1815, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Mother Nancy Ann BRITTON,   b. CA 1815, Virginia (now West Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)
    Family ID F260  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Jane ROSS,   b. 1 Apr 1852, Bath Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Marriage 9 Jun 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Apr 21 1910:
      Joseph Husk, 57, widowed, occupation none; son Samuel, 34, single, occup laborer at coal company; dau Bertha, 27, single; son William, 23, single, occup laborer at coal mine.
    Children 
     1. Samuel Bokter HUSK,   b. 6 Sep 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1943, Athens, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    +2. Olive Belle HUSK,   b. 6 Jan 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 May 1956, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    >3. Rosa L. HUSK,   b. 27 Apr 1877, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1961, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +4. Charles Wesley HUSK,   b. 11 Mar 1880, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1957, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. Alice Bertha HUSK,   b. 9 Oct 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1930, Athens Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    +6. Margaret Lucretia HUSK,   b. 21 Mar 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1916, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)
    +7. William Festus HUSK,   b. 14 Jan 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1975 (Age 87 years)
     8. Chester Ernest HUSK,   b. 12 May 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

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

    3. [S1670] Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, DR p. 74.
      Identified as Joseph Husk, married, farmer, died Jan 25 1911 at Wilsonburg, age 52y 3m 1d, cause of death Bright's Disease. Informant: Baxter Husk. (Note: Age at death is inconsistent with census data and is considered to be incorrect.)

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).