RUSING-Edward
Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com submitted:
EDWARD S. RUSING, railroad agent at Black's Station, Yolo County, was born in Fountain County, Indiana, about six miles from Covington, August 15, 1830, a son of John and Margaret (Loveless) Rusing, natives of South Carolina. He landed in San Francisco March 26, 1864, and in a short time went to the placer mines, where he was engaged in digging gold for eleven years, and from that time until the present he has been in the employ of the railroad company, for the last eight years in his present position. He owns a nice little home at Black's, and is a member of the orders of Freemasonry and Chosen Friends. He is faithful to his company as well as accommodating to the public. August 7, 1878, in Oakland, California, he married Miss Henrietta Blyther, who was born in the State of Maine, in 1848, and the children in their family are two daughters: Grace M., born October 19, 1879, and Hazel O., August 3, 1883.
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Additional Comments: Extracted from Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California. Illustrated, Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospective Future; Full-Page Steel Portraits of its most Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers and also of Prominent Citizens of To-day. CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1891.
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