Descendants of David Rusk

 

Generation No. 1

1. DAVID2 RUSK (UNKNOWN1) was born 1773 in Ireland, and died September 02, 1841 in Cherokee Co., Georgia. He married JANE GOURLEY 1803 in South Carolina.

 

Children of DAVID RUSK and JANE GOURLEY are:

2. i. HUGH GOURLEY3 RUSK, b. April 14, 1804, Anderson, Pendleton District, S.C.; d. October 1875, Cherokee Co., Georgia.

ii. WILLIAM JOHN RUSK, b. June 01, 1806.

iii. AGNES ELIZABETH RUSK, b. January 02, 1809, Anderson, Pendleton District, S.C.; d. April 13, 1898, Cherokee Co., Georgia.

iv. DAVID RUSK , JR., b. May 13, 1814, Anderson, Pendleton District, S.C.; d. April 07, 1850, Cherokee Co., Georgia.

v. ELEANOR EUGENIA RUSK, b. September 12, 1817, Anderson, Pendleton District, S.C.; d. February 25, 1911.

3. vi. JAMES EDWARD RUSK, b. January 17, 1822, Pendleton District, South Carolina; d. November 17, 1893, Cherokee Co., Georgia.

 

Generation No. 2

2. HUGH GOURLEY3 RUSK (DAVID2, UNKNOWN1) was born April 14, 1804 in Anderson, Pendleton District, S.C., and died October 1875 in Cherokee Co., Georgia. He married MALAHA JULIA PERKERSON.

 

Children of HUGH RUSK and MALAHA PERKERSON are:

4. i. WILLIAM HENRY4 RUSK, b. December 27, 1837, Cherokee Co., Georgia; d. November 24, 1920, Fulton Co., Georgia.

ii. PERKERSON RUSK.

iii. HUGH RUSK.

iv. SARAH RUSK, d. Cripple Creek, Colorado; m. ANDREW BURK BRANNON.

3. JAMES EDWARD3 RUSK (DAVID2, UNKNOWN1) was born January 17, 1822 in Pendleton District, South Carolina, and died November 17, 1893 in Cherokee Co., Georgia. He married MARGARET SUSANNAH BROOKE March 07, 1852 in Georgia.

 

Child of JAMES RUSK and MARGARET BROOKE is:

5. i. JOHN FRANKLIN4 RUSK, b. March 17, 1858, Lickskillet, Cherokee Co., Georgia; d. October 1936, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia.

 

Generation No. 3

4. WILLIAM HENRY4 RUSK (HUGH GOURLEY3, DAVID2, UNKNOWN1) was born December 27, 1837 in Cherokee Co., Georgia, and died November 24, 1920 in Fulton Co., Georgia. He married DORAS ANN CHAMBLEE February 01, 1868.

Notes for WILLIAM HENRY RUSK:

William Henry Rusk was among the party of men who first discovered gold in 1864 at the site which became Helena, Montana. He and his mates called the place where they found gold, Last Chance Gulch, and built the first cabin there. He returned to Georgia to marry Dorcas Ann Chamblee in February, 1868.

 

Children of WILLIAM RUSK and DORAS CHAMBLEE are:

i. JOHN FRANKLIN5 RUSK, b. July 16, 1869, Forsyth Co., Georgia; d. New Mexico.

ii. CORA LEE RUSK, b. December 28, 1870, Forsyth Co., Georgia; d. November 21, 1943, Cobb Co., Georgia; m. ROBERT LEE MCCOLLUM.

iii. WILLIAM HENRY RUSK , JR., b. May 24, 1872, Forsyth Co., Georgia; m. RENNIE UPSHAW.

iv. WALTER COLQUITT RUSK, b. October 08, 1876, Forsyth Co., Georgia; m. MARGARET STARNAGLE.

6. v. MARY ANN LEONORA RUSK, b. June 24, 1878, Forsyth Co., Georgia; d. September 12, 1976, Fulton Co., Georgia.

vi. EDMUND H. RUSK, b. August 06, 1880, Forsyth Co., Georgia; d. Cobb Co., Georgia; m. HATTIE ABBOTT.

5. JOHN FRANKLIN4 RUSK (JAMES EDWARD3, DAVID2, UNKNOWN1) was born March 17, 1858 in Lickskillet, Cherokee Co., Georgia, and died October 1936 in Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia. He married ADINA ROSELLA HEMBREE December 25, 1879, daughter of JAMES HEMBREE and ASENITH LAND.

 

Child of JOHN RUSK and ADINA HEMBREE is:

7. i. CLARA JANE5 RUSK, b. April 17, 1889, Lickskillet, Cherokee Co., Georgia; d. October 22, 1937, Lithonia, DeKalb Co., Georgia.

 

Generation No. 4

6. MARY ANN LEONORA5 RUSK (WILLIAM HENRY4, HUGH GOURLEY3, DAVID2, UNKNOWN1) was born June 24, 1878 in Forsyth Co., Georgia, and died September 12, 1976 in Fulton Co., Georgia. She married JOEL JACKSON RUCKLER December 25, 1906 in Fulton Co., Georgia.

 

Children of MARY RUSK and JOEL RUCKLER are:

i. SARAH DORCAS6 RUCKLER, b. March 28, 1908, Fulton Co., Georgia; d. May 01, 1988, Fulton Co., Georgia; m. JOHN HERSCHEL DAVID, April 15, 1933, Fulton Co., Georgia.

ii. MARGARET LEE RUCKLER, b. October 05, 1910, Fulton Co., Georgia; d. December 30, 1994, Fulton Co., Georgia; m. CHARLES BRANNON THORTON.

iii. JULIA JOSEPHINE RUCKLER, b. December 08, 1913, Fulton Co., Georgia; m. SAMUEL ISHAM CRISLER, March 14, 1945, Fulton Co., Georgia.

iv. JOHN JOEL RUCKLER, b. January 15, 1917, Fulton Co., Georgia; d. August 07, 1985, Quitman, Georgia; m. ALMA EUNICE PANCOST.

7. CLARA JANE5 RUSK (JOHN FRANKLIN4, JAMES EDWARD3, DAVID2, UNKNOWN1) was born April 17, 1889 in Lickskillet, Cherokee Co., Georgia, and died October 22, 1937 in Lithonia, DeKalb Co., Georgia. She married FRANCIS RUSSELL LEE May 02, 1915 in Georgia, son of JAMES LEE and CAROLINE RAINES.

 

Child of CLARA RUSK and FRANCIS LEE is:

i. DOROTHY CLARA6 LEE, b. July 06, 1918, Lithonia, DeKalb Co., Georgia; m. STANLEY ALFONSO PALMER, December 28, 1951, Colorado.


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