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From History of North Washington, published 1903, now in public domain. 
Submitted by Candy L. Grubb Feb. 23, 1997. Both above notices must remain 
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ANTHONY J. RUSHO

	Anthony J. Rusho, who dwells about one mile north of Usk, is a man 
of extensive experience and wide research. He has dwelt in various portions 
of the United States and has ever been imbued with the spirit of the true 
pioneer and in various places has done the good work of opening up farms and 
preparing the way for civilization. He is one of the sub-stantial, and 
leading citizens of the Calispell valley and is respected and esteemed by 
all. Anthony J. Rusho was born in Montreal, on March 16, 1800, the son of 
Anthony and Mary (Morris) Rusho, natives of Canada. In 1845 the family came 
to the United States, locating in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where they remained 
until 1863, then the parents journeyed to Rice Lake, Minnesota and after 
eighteen years came to Rathdrum, Idaho, where the father died in 1900, aged 
eighty-seven. The mother died at Rice Lake, Minnesota, in 1878. They were 
the parents of the following named children: Anthony J., the subject of this 
sketch; Francis, deceased; Almira, Philima, Joseph, Mary, Flora, Charles, 
and Maggie. Our subject received his education in the public schools near 
Milwaukee and remained with his parents until his majority. His first 
venture after that was laboring in the lumber woods, at fifteen dollars per 
month, then saw milling occupied him for one year, and then he operated a 
stave factory in West Bend, Wisconsin. In August, 1862, Mr. Rusho responded 
to the call for troops and enlisted in Company G, Twenty-sixth Volunteer 
Infantry, and was immediately sent to the front. He had received but one 
drilling exercise before participating in the stern reality of the 
battlefield. He was mustered out at Philadelphia on account of disability 
and returned to his home for a time, then he came to Minnesota and remained 
in the latter place for thirteen years. The next move was to Nebraska, where 
he remained on the frontier for five years. In 1883 he came to Washington 
and settled in the Big Bend of the Columbia, which was then very new. In 
1888 he came to Calispell valley. Three years later he went to Rathdrum, 
where the family home was for twelve years for the purpose of educating his 
children. Mr. Rusho's daughter, Kitty, was so proficient in her studies that 
at the age of fifteen she began teaching school and for eight years was 
engaged in that occupation. She is a graduate of the Cheney normal school. 
In 1898 Mr. Rusho removed his family to the Calispell valley again and 
devoted himself to raising stock and dairying. He owns four hundred acres of 
excellent hay land, a large band of stock and is one of the successful men 
of this region. In 1870 Mr. Rusho married Miss Ellen, daughter of Moses and 
Ellen (Burdick) Cheesebrough, natives of New York. Mr. Cheesebrough removed 
from New York to Wisconsin and later to Nebraska, then to California, where 
he now lives. His wife died in 1902. Mrs. Rusho has the following brothers 
and sisters: Myron C., Mett, Charles, Ida, Elton, Oscar and Ellen.
	To Mr. and Mrs. Rusho have been born the following named children: 
Ada James, Ella Cusick, deceased, Kittie Bryden, Lura Duns-moore and Ray. 
	Mr. Rusho is an active and ardent Republican and is ever laboring 
for the good of his party. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. 
Rusho is a member of the Baptist church.