Biographical Sketch of Joshua HUSBAND (1897): Harford Co., MD

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Source: "Portrait and Biographical Record of Harford and Cecil Counties,
Maryland.", New York, Chapman Publishing Co., 1897, pp. 216-7

"JOSHUA HUSBAND.  Harford County has been the home and scene of labor of
many men who have not only led lives that should serve as an example to
those who come after them, but have also been of important service to
their community through various avenues of usefulness.  Among them must be
named Mr. Husband, who passed away in 1896, after a life of industry and
rich in those rare possessions which only a high character can give.  For
many years he labored with all the strength of his great nature and all the
earnestness of a true heart for the bettering of the world around him; and
when he was called to the rest and the reward of the higher world his best
monument was found in the love and respect of the community in which he
lived for so many years.

"Mr. Husband was born near Deer Creek, in District No. 5, Harford County, in
1807, and was a son of Joshua Husband, Sr., whose birth occurred in 1764, in
Cecil County, Md.  The grandfather, also a native of Cecil County, was born
near Rising Sun, on the Actoraro Creek, while the great-grandfather, William
Husband, was born on the eastern shore prior to 1737, where he engaged in
the manufacture of iron and in milling.  His son, Herman, became one of the
leaders in the rebellion of North Carolina previous to the outbreak of the
Revolutionary War, and the British government offered a reward of one thou-
sand pounds for his capture, either dead or alive.

"His home at one time was in North Carolina.  Members of the family have
principally been engaged in the manufacture of iron and flint grinding and
have become prosperous and useful citizens in the communities where they
have lived.

"Joshua Husband, Sr., the father of the subject, married Miss Margaret
Jewett, and to them were born eight children, of whom Joshua, Jr., was the
fourth son; the only one now living, Thomas J., is engaged in the manufacture
of Husband's magnesia, in Philadelphia.  The father died in 1837, at the age
of seventy-three years.

"Throughout his entire life Joshua Husband, Jr., remained a resident of
Harford County, and early became familiar with the business in which the
other members of the family had been engaged.  Succeeding to his father's
manufactory, he successfully carried on the business until his life's labors
were ended, and was numbered among the most substantial and reliable citi-
zens of the community.

"In early manhood Mr. Husband was united in marriage to Miss Ruth W. Pennock,
of Chester County, Pa., and three children blessed their union: Hannah P.,
William P., and Joshua, deceased; the latter for some time successfully
carried on the business left by his father.  For three generations the
family has been identified with the Society of Friends, and our subject was
one of its most faithful and earnest members, doing all in his power to
promote the cause of Christianity and advance the welfare of his fellow-men.
His political support was given to the men and measures of the Republican
party.

"It is but just and merited praise to say of Mr. Husband, that as a business
man he ranked with the ablest, as a citizen he was honorable, prompt and
true to every engagement, as a man he held the honor and esteem of all
classes of people, as a husband and father was a model worthy of all imita-
tion, unassuming in his manner, sincere in his friendship, steadfast and
unswerving in his loyalty to the right."