U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rusmisell, John David (1851-1929) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 565 JOHN DAVID RUSMISELL, born January 5, 1851, at Frenchton, being the youngest son, it fell to his lot to stay at home and take care of his parents and therefore he completed his education in the public schools of the neighborhood. He married Amanda Hull, December 31, 1874. daughter of James T. Hull and Mahala Armstrong. Mr. and Mrs. Hull lived together as man and wife sixty-six years and for many years prior to their death, Mr. Rusmisell had to take care of them as well as his own family. He is a farmer, owning two hundred, twenty-seven and one half acres of land. In politics a Republican, was deputy sheriff under A. M. Tenny, Jr., and in religion a Methodist Episcopal. His children are: Flora E., Dr. Charles Cooper, Dr. James Adam, Wilda, wife of Oscar Duncan, Fred Hull, John Edward and Gay Don. His two sons who are physicians graduated from the Maryland Medical College at Baltimore, Md., and are now located at Gassaway, W. Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #10652 FULL-NAME: J. D. Rusmisell BIRTH-DATE: January 5, 1851 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur DEATH-DATE: July 10, 1929 (at age 78y-6m-5d) DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV RESIDENCE: Frenchton MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Mrs. Amanda Hull Rusmisell) OCCUPATION: Retired Farmer FATHER: Adam P. Rusmisell (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Anna Eagle (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart Lesion / Arterio sclerosis INFORMANT: Gay Rusmisell BURIAL: Frenchton (wife of John David Rusmisell) From Death Certificate, Braxton County, WV #11329 FULL-NAME: Amanda Alice Rusmisell BIRTH-DATE: December 6, 1854 BIRTH-PLACE: Frenchton, Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 27, 1945 (at age 90y-9m-21d) DEATH-PLACE: Gassaway, Otter District, Braxton County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow (John David Rusmisell) OCCUPATION: Housewife / in own home FATHER: James T. Hull (born in Highland Co., Va.) MOTHER: Mahala Armstrong (born in Highland Co., Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Mitral Stenosis with Cardiac Hypertrophy / Senility INFORMANT: Mrs. Charles Marsh (of Frenchton, W.Va.) BURIAL: Beechtown Cemetery in Frenchton, W.Va. There's a double-tombstone in Beechtown Cemetery, Frenchton, WV John D. Rusmisell (1851-1929) Amanda Hull, his wife (1854-1945) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------