John Winters Lusk (1829 - 1899)

Born 12 Jun 1829 in Madison, Madison, Illinois, United States

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Died 21 Sep 1899 at age 70 in Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States

Biography

John was born in 1829. He passed away in 1899.

• Fact: Residence (from 1839 to 1846) Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• Fact: Emigration (08 Jun 1853)
• Fact: Immigration (17 Sep 1853) Utah, United States
• Fact: 1860 US Census (27 Jul 1860) Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
• Fact: Occupation (19 Aug 1870) Farmer Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States
• Fact: 1870 US Census (19 August 1870) Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States
• Fact: 1880 US Census (3 Jun 1880) Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States
• Fact: Occupation (1880) Farmer Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States
• Fact: Polygamous Family (12 February 1896) Married four women.1st wife died, 2nd and 3rd wives were a polygamous family, 4th wife was after others had died. Logan, Cache, Utah, United States
• Fact: Obituary (1899) Idaho, United States
• Fact: Burial (24 September 1899) Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Sketch in records of Francis Marion Lee:

"John WInters Lusk Sr, a real pioneer, came to Utah in 1852. Settled in Provo, Utah; then removed to Wellsville, Cache Col, Utah where four of his children were born. In 1864 went to Perry, Box Elder Co., Utah. He had intended to go to Dixie in Southern Utah; but winter had set in and he remained at Perry, Utah. He had many horses, sheep and cattle. There was no range for his stock so he removed to Malad, Oneida Co., Idaho in 1866 where he remained until his death. They took the wool carded and spun it and made clothing. Mother Esther Catherine Parke Lusk was a weaver. John W. Lusk had two families. They lived in a dugout and two covered wagons the first summer after coming to Malad. In the fall of 1866 he built a two room log house. The roof was made of willows and straw with dirt on top. Their first night in the house Esther Catherine (Park) Lusk gave birth to a baby boy whose name was David; he died when 13 years of age. They lived in this home for some time and then he built a house of two log rooms on the corner, a block away from the home of Esther for his other wife Martha and between the two homes were his stables and other buildings. In later years he took a quarter section of land six miles north of Malad. Esther and Martha, his wives, took turns each summer in living on the farm. On 22 April 1882 Martha Tidwell Lusk died at the age of 40. Esther then cared for the two families of ten children, the others being married. They prospered from this time on until death came to mother Esther Catherine Park Lusk. She died 29 October 1893. This was the most trying time of John Winters Lusk's life with the mother dead and five children to raise."

Sources

• 1850 Census: "Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850"
  Ancestry Record 3208 #2600

• Marriage: "Iowa, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996"
  Original data: Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 0227280
  Ancestry Record 60284 #3601861 (accessed 1 February 2024)
  John W Lusk marriage to Mary Park on 20 May 1851 in Big Pigeon, Pottawattamie, Iowa.

• Migration: "Utah, U.S., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Records, 1847-1868"
  Original data: Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: FamilySearch, 2020
  Ancestry Record 62414 #27408 (accessed 1 February 2024)
  Name: John Winters Lusk; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 12 Jun 1829; Record Type: Arrival; Departure Date: 8 Jun 1853; Arrival Date: 17 Sep 1853; Arrival Place: Deseret, United States; Death Date: 21 Sep 1899; Business Name: Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company.

• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Cache, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 553; Family History Library Film: 805314
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #34777654.

• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Malad, Oneida, Idaho Territory; Roll: M593_185; Page: 157B
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #264224.

• 1880 Census: "1880 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1880; Census Place: Malad City, Oneida, Idaho; Roll: 173; Page: 307C; Enumeration District: 026
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6742 #20204124.

• Marriage: "Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  Original data: Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 430306
  Ancestry Record 60198 #642132 (accessed 1 February 2024)
  John W Lusk (66) marriage to Mary Jane Head on 12 Feb 1896 in Cache, Utah, United States.

• Obituary: "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRD-4XQL : 24 February 2018), John Winters Lusk in entry for Elizabeth Maria Lusk Williams, 1959.

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #53002324 (accessed 1 February 2024)
  Memorial page for John Winters Lusk (12 Jun 1829-21 Sep 1899), citing Malad City Cemetery, Malad City, Oneida County, Idaho, USA; Maintained by Cindy May (contributor 47294445).

• LDS Church Records: "Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848"
  Ancestry Record 5333 #56970 (accessed 1 February 2024)
  John Winters Lusk born on 12 Jun 1829, son of Samuel Lusk & Elizabeth Maria Dixon, in Madison County, Illinois, USA.

• Biography: "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-5KQX : 23 February 2018), John Winters Lusk, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.