Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Rusk, Josiah 1838 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

Josiah Rusk, farmer, Attica, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Cook) Rusk, was born in
Richland township, November 11, 1838. His mother was raised in Maryland, and his
father in Ohio. They settled in Richland township probably as early as 1830, and
lived and died there; his father, October 2, 1839. His mother married Abram
Dove, and died September 5, 1869. Mr. Rusk got his education in the common
schools of Richland township taught by Joseph Miller, Augustus Brier, Riley
Hawkins, Mr. Voliva, Moses Fowler, Pleasant Scott, and others. He was drafted in
time of the war, examined, accepted, and held at La Fayette two weeks, but none
of that draft went to the army, as the quota was filled by volunteers. So he
came home, and April 2, 1864, was married to Melinda, daughter of Jacob Brown,
who came to the Wabash with his mother in 1826. He lived near Portland three
years, and then moved to Tippecanoe county. In 1839 he returned and has lived
here till this time. His wife, to whom he was married in 1833, was Susanna
Beeker. He is a descendant of German ancestry, and a native of Cumberland
county, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1811. Mrs. Rusk was born March 21,
1842, and has had six children: Jacob B. (deceased), Sarah Susanna, John,
Albert, Ellen, and Miranda. Mr. and Mrs. Rusk belong to the United Brethren
church and .have their membership at Brown's chapel. He was converted at the age
of twelve and united with the New Lights; his wife joined the same church a year
after marriage. In 1868 they moved into Shawnee township and settled where they
at present live. The change took them out of reach of the church where they had
worshiped; and finally in 1879 they united by letter with the society of which
they are now members. Mr. Rusk owns 246 acres in Shawnee township, and 240 in
Grant township, Vermilion county, Illinois, valued at $23,000. He is a democrat. 

Additional Comments:
Shawnee Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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