William M. Lusk
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri
Biographies of Scott County, 1888
Rev. William M. Lusk, now a farmer of Commerce Township, Scott County, was born in Hardin County, Ky., on March 21, 1818. His grandfather, Hugh Lusk, a natiave of Ireland, with a brother came to America in search of a home about the beginning of the Revolutionary War, and located in Kentucky near the old "Crab Orchard". They both served in the war for independence, and the brother was killed in battle. Hugh carried a ball in his ankle, which he received on the battlefield, to his grave. The latter's wife as Elizabeth McMurtry, also a native of Ireland. They lived to be very old, he coming to his death by a sitck hitting him in the temple, while breaking kindling. Their son, Samuel Lusk, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He married Elizabeth Lane, of English descent. Samuel Lusk was drafted in the War of 1812, and was in the battle of Tippecanoe. In 1853 he removed his family to Arkansas, and soon after came to Mississippi County, Mo., to visit some of his children when he was taken sick and died, aged seventy-one years. He was born in 1785. To him and wife were born nine children: James H., John A., William M., Nancy, Warren C., Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, and Thomas. Mary (Mrs. Page) resides near Price's Landing. Warren lives in Texas, and Thomas in Illinois. The last three, with William M., are the only ones living. William M. came to Southeast Missouri in March 1847, and engaged in farming in Scott County, He purchased land covered with heavy timber, which he improved and made his home until 1883, when he sold and removed to his present farm. He was first married in 1842 to Mahala Carlton, a native of Hardin County, Ky. She died in 1844, leaving one child, Rachel Ann, now the wife of J. Crenshaw, of Charleston. On December 6, 1845, he married Sarah Ann Carlton, a sister of his first wife, who died several years after removing to Scott County, having borne seven children, three of whom are living: William H. (a physician), Henry W. (who is managing the home farm) and Elizabeth L. (Mrs. Charles Stone). Mr. Lusk married his present wife, Maria H. (Goddard) Freeman widow of H. Freeman, on August 1, 880. She has two children by her first marriage: Nettie and Charles. Mr. Lusk has been an ordained deacon in the Methodist Episcopal Church South for over thirty years. He is also a member of the A.F. & A.M.
Submitted by Connie Perkins
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