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- Hamilton Lusk was the youngest of the eight children of his parents. When he was about seven years old, his family moved from Polk Co. to Cooper Co. (1865). Here his father purchased a farm about four miles southwest of Pilot Grove. Ham Lusk remained on the home farm and, after his father's death, he bought out the interests of the other heirs in the place and added more acres until he became the owner of 557 acres which he developed into one of the best improved farms in the county. In addition to his general farming, Mr. Lusk gave particular attention to the breeding of purebred Poland China and Hampshire hogs and purebred Shorthorn cattle. In 1914 he sold his land and retired to Pilot Grove where he lived the remainder of his life in a fine house erected by his son Boyd. Mr. Lusk was connected with the Pilot Grove Bank for many years and was on the Board of Directors of that institution. He was a Democrat but never sought public office. Ham Lusk had diabetes for a number of years and was seriously ill for several weeks before his death in 1937 at the age of 79 years. Lulu Lusk continued to live in their home in Pilot Grove with Miss Ina Thomas as a companion. Miss Thomas had been with them for years before Mr. Lusk's death. Lulu Lusk died of lung cancer in 1948 at the age of 83.
(from Descendants of Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri Pioneers by Eugene Allen Cordry. 1973; Stone County Library, Galena, MO copy provided by Lou Westfall of Ft. Worth, TX)
History of Cooper County Missouri by W. F. Johnson
Page 829-831
Hamilton Lusk, one of the most substantial retired farmers and stock breeders of Cooper County, living at Pilot Grove, was born in Polk County, March 1, 1858, son of James and Joanna (Bond) Lusk, Tennesseeans, whose last days were spent in Cooper County. James Lusk was born in 1818 and grew to manhood in Tennessee, coming into Missouri after his marriage and locating in Polk County, where he remained until after the close of the Civil War, when, in 1865, he moved to Cooper County and bought a farm four miles south of Pilot Grove, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died in 1884. His widow died in 1892. She was born in 1818. James Lusk and his wife were the parents of eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the only survivor. The eldest son, John Lusk, a soldier of the Confederacy, was killed in battle at Helena, Ark. Another son, Benjamin Lusk, also was a soldier of the Confederacy. He died in Kansas City, Mo., a few years ago.
Hamilton Lusk was about seven years of age when his parents came to this county and he grew to manhood on the home place, south of Pilot Grove, receiving his schooling at Mt. Vernon and at Pleasant Green. He remained on the home farm and after the death of his father, bought the interests of the other heirs in the place and gradually adding to the same until he became the owner of 557 acres, which he developed into one of the best improved farms in the county, among these improvements being a modern farm house, which was looked on as one of the finest in Cooper County. In addition to his general farming, Mr. Lusk for years gave particular attention to the breeding of pure bred Poland China hogs and Hampshires and the pure bred Shorthorn cattle. In 1914 he sold his land and closed out his live stock and retired, and is now living in Pilot Grove in a house which was erected by his son, Boyd S., and which is the finest house in the town. Mr. Lusk has been connected with the Pilot Grove Bank for 25 years, and has for years been a member of the board of directors of that financial institution. He is a democrat, but has not been a seeker after public office. He is a Mason.
Oct. 16, 1884, Hamilton Lusk was united in marriage to Lulu Schlotzhauer, of this county, and to this union four children have been born:
Stella V., married Prof. Roy Wharton and is now living at Columbia, where Professor Wharton is engaged in teaching civil engineering in the university; Edgar Hamilton, deceased; Boyd S., who is now living in St Louis, where he is engaged in the grain commission business, and Marshall B. Lusk, who was with the American Army of Occupation in Europe. Marshall B. Lusk was born on June 16, 1896. In June, 1917, two months after this country entered the World War, he was inducted into the National Army and went into training at Camp Dodge, where he became attached to the Signal Corps, with which command he sailed in the following August for FRANCE, attached to the 351st Regiment, Infantry, 88th Division, and with that command participated in some of the most difficult campaigning of the war, in one battle about 30 of the members of his company having been killed. He was discharged at Camp Taylor, June 6, 1919, now living at St Louis, engaging in business with his brother, Boyd S. Mrs. Lusk was born in Cooper County of German parentage, her parents, John W. Schlotzhauer and wife, the latter of whom was a Weaver, both having been born in Germany. John W. Schlotzhauer settled in Cooper County many years ago and is still living in the Harris neighborhood
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1858 - 1937 (79 years)
