Biography of Henry Rust, 1902, Baker Co., Oregon: Surnames: Rust, Kessler.

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An Illustrated History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties, pub. 1902
by Western Historical Pub. Co. of Chicago. page 270

Henry Rust

We have to cross the waters to that substantial land whence come so many of
our best citizens - Germany - to find the native place of our subject, his
birth having occured in Bavaria on September 25, 1835. In his native country
he received a thorough education, taking a degree from the excellent
universities of that land. After the completion of his education he entered
the commercial life and continued therein until 1858, the time of his
immigration to this land. His first occupation here was with a nursery firm in
Monroe country, New York, where he acted as commercial salesman until April
16, 1861, when he demonstrated his loyality to and love for the land of his
choice by enlisting in Company C of the New York Infantry. His company was put
in the first corps of the army of the Potomac, where he served until 1862,
when he was wounded while on a transport, the wound being inflicted while they
were taking new recruits between Baltimore and Washington. He was given his
discharge on account of this disability, but three months later he was
received in the commissary department, where he rendered excellent service
until the close of the war. He was with Sherman's army and on the staff of
General Military, with headquarters in Tennessee. In this service he was
ordered to Nashville then sent on the sea, to Georgia to meet Sherman, which
he accomplished by steamer from New York, and then he was dispatched to
Morehead, North Carolina, where he was at the time of Lee's surrender. From
here he went to Washington and continued until the main part of winding up the
commissary affairs was completed, when he went to Montana in company with two
other army officers and took up mining. In this enterprise he was sometimes
successful and sometimes otherwise. The following year, 1866,he came to Oregon
and bought the brewery at Clarksville and operated it for nearly two years and
then went to Peru, Chile, and Bolivia, spending nearly a year in this trip. It
was in 1874 that he established the brewery in Baker City, and he has devoted
his energies to the successful operation of this since. He has a plant with a
capacity of ten thousand barrels, and enjoys a excellent patronage. He also
owns a fine estate in the country, which is leased. In the political field he
has been an active participant and has served as president of the city council
and also in other official capacities. He is director of the Soldiers' Home at
Roseburg, and commander of the Grand Post at Huntington, while he is a member
of the G.A.R. in Baker City. He affiliates with the Elks and is a very popular
member of their ranks. In view of the excellent services that he rendered for
the government and the wounds that he sustained in that service, he draws a
pension from the public bounty.

In 1872 he was married to Miss Liza Kessler, a native of Germany, the nuptials
occuring in Baker City. Mr. Rust is one of the most popular and esteemed
citizens of the county and his stanch principles and unswerving intergrity
have won for him the confidence of all, which is richly merited.