William
Thomas
Rusk
Sr
Born about in Ohio, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jennie (Daley) Smith
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Thomas Rusk, Rosetta Z (Rusk) Dollarhide, Carriette Rusk, William Frank Rusk and Jenetta Rusk
Died
at about age 41
in Union, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jan 2015
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Biography
- William Thomas Rusk was born to currently unidentified parents in Ohio in 1833. He married Jennie Daily, and they had the following children: William, Rosetta, Carriette, Nettie, and Jonetta. He died in Iowa in 1874.
- Fact: Residence (1870) Lincoln, Monroe, Wisconsin, United States
Sources
- 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN91-3FR : 12 April 2016), William Rusk, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 19, family 172, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,228.
- Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 February 2018, 23:30), entry for William Thomas Rusk(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVH5-GJ1); contributed by various users.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
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Rusk-325 and Rusk-514 appear to represent the same person because: same name, same family members. The system didn't catch this as a possible duplicate when I uploaded my records.
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