John Rusk ¹

   FamilySearch ID: LJ5J-YKD.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ³ The 1870 census recorded Josiah Rusk, farmer, 31, living with wife Melinda, 27; Jacob B., 5; Sarah S., 3; and John, 2. Everyone was born in Indiana. The post office was Attica.

2. Census in 1880 in Shawnee Township, Fountain, IN. ⁴ The 1880 census recorded Josiah Rusk, farmer, 40, living with wife Melinda, 37; Sarah S., 14; John, 11; Albert, 7; Ellen 5; and Miranda, 2. Everyone was born in Indiana. Josiah's father was born in Ohio and mother in Maryland. Melinda's father was born in Pennsylvania and mother in Indiana.

3. Census in 1900 in Grant Township, Vermillion, IL. ⁵ The 1900 census recorded owning a home: John Rusk, farmer, 32, born Dec 1868, living with wife Maggie, 33, Jul 1867; and daughter Ilo May, 2, Nov 1898. They and their parents were born in Indiana except Ilo was born in Illinois. John and Maggie were married for 6 years, and she had birthed 2 children, 1 alive in 1900.

4. Census in 1910 in Hoopeston, Vermilion, IL. ⁶ The 1910 census recorded owning a home at 859 Washington Street: John Rusk, 45, living with Maggie, 43; Iloe, 12; and grandmother Emily Glover, 71; and sister-in-law Lureta Dunkelbarger, 55. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Iloe in Illinois, and Emily's parents in Virginia. Maggie was married for 15 years and she had birthed 1 child by 1910.

5. Census in 1920 in Peoria, Peoria, IL. ⁷ The 1920 census recorded renting at 506 Knoxville Avenue: John Rusk, automobile salesman, 50, living with wife Maggie, 51, and brother Albert Rusk, widowed, farm laborer, 45.

6. Occupation: tree surgeon on 8 Feb 1937 in Westmont, DuPage, IL. ²

John married Maggie A. Glover, daughter of George Glover and Emily Fresnlin, on 31 Oct 1889 in Fountain, Fountain, IN. (Maggie A. Glover was born on 18 Jul 1867 in Fountain, Fountain, IN,⁸ died on 5 Oct 1940 in Hinsdale, DuPage, IL ^{1 8} and was buried on 7 Oct 1940 in Lovejoy Township: Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois, IL ^{1 8}.)