[p. 638] whose productive farm of seventy-two acres is situated in Little Beaver Township, lying near its eastern limit, is a successful general farmer and stock shipper. He was born December 3, l848, on a farm in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John S. and Jane (White) Lusk.
James Lusk, Who was born in Ireland, was the grandfather. At an early day he settled in Lawrence County and died in old age on his farm in Wilmington Township. His son, John S., was born on that farm, where he grew to early manhood and then came to Little Beaver Township and became a member of the family of his uncle, John Witherspoon. Later he acquired the farm on which his son, William A., was born. He married Jane White, who was reared in North Beaver Township. John S. Lusk died July 4, 1898, aged eighty-two years, and his widow died June 11, 1905, aged eighty-four years, both residing during the closing years of their lives at Mt. Air. They had seven children, namely: James, John M., Harriet, William A., Samuel S., Ross H. and Florence C.
William S.[sic] Lusk continued to live under the parental roof until his own marriage. When fifteen years of age he learned the carpenter trade, at which he worked for fifteen years, and for some ten years he engaged in threshing. The remainder of his mature life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. In 1892 he purchased his farm, from which his father-in-law, Alexander Silliman, who was born on this place in 1821, a son of Charles Silliman, who accompanied his father, Alexander Silliman, to this section and they acquired large tracts of land, and the family became one of wealth. The Sillimans were originally of Westmoreland County. Charles Silliman, grandfather of Mrs. Lusk, died September 11, 1878, aged almost eighty-five years. His children were: William, who became a minister in the Reformed Presbyterian Church; Alexander, father of Mrs. Lusk; Mary, who married H. Hunt; Margaret, who married J. Walker; Serepta, who married Rev. Samuel Alexander; Rose, who married John Hamilton; Renrick, and Lucinda, who married Rev. Samuel Boyd.
Mr. Lusk was married (first) in 1880, to Elizabeth Gwin, who died in 1883. He was married (second) in 1884, to Lydia Silliman, who is a daughter of Alexander and Hannah H. (Wilson) Silliman. They have two children: Lucy J., who was married July 24, 1906, to S. G. Duncan, has one child, Dorothy, who was born May 4, 1907, John A., residing at home. In politics Mr. Lusk is a stanch Republican. Both he and wife are members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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