Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Huss, Richard B 1836 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Richard B. Huss, merchant, Gardner, was born June 24, 1836, in Hocking County, 
Ohio, son of Jacob and Ellen (Boyd) Huss, natives of Pennsylvania, he a farmer 
by occupation, dying in 1841, aged sixty-three years; she, in 1865, aged sixty-
three years; she was the mother of nine children. When our subject was five 
years old, he was taken by his mother to Wells County, Ind., where he learned 
the trade of harness-making. He first commenced business in Newark, Kendall 
Co., Ill., where he remained seven years. In 1863, he removed to Gardner and 
continued in the harness business in one year, and then enlisted in Company D, 
One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Capt. Loveday; he 
remained in the service ten months, and then resumed his former trade, which 
he followed until 1866, when he commenced dealing in butter and eggs. In 1872, 
he, with a partner, commenced general merchandising, under the firm name of 
Germain & Huss. In 1874, he purchased Mr. Germain's interest, and continued 
the business on his own account. In 1879, he sustained a loss by fire of about 
$12,000; he does a business of about $60,000 per annum. Mr. Huss has been 
twice married - first, in 1856, to Miss Rachel A. Crumley, who died in 
January, 1872, leaving six children - Ellen E., Huldah A., Harriet J., Nora 
E., Cora A. and William S. Mr. Huss was again married, in 1874, to Miss 
Frances M. Waters, born in Grundy County in 1852, and two children have been 
born to them - Howard and Maggie. Mr. Huss is a member of the M. E. Church, 
and a Republican.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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