HUSSEY, NATHAN
, was born Sept. 20, 1785, in York county, Penn,; went to Washington county, Va., when a young man. Mary Stewart was born in the latter county Oct. 1, 1785. They were there married in 1803, and soon moved to Green county, Ohio, about fourteen miles southeast of Xenia. Seven of their children were born there, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving May 10, 1819, in what is now Fancy Creek township, where two children were born. Of their nine children--CHRISTOPHER and MARY, twins, were born March, 1805, in Ohio.
CHRISTOPHER was married Sept. 12, 1828, in Sangamon county, to Elizabeth Primm, and died Sept. 16, 1830, leaving a widow without children.
MARY was married Feb. 27, 1829, to Joseph R. Young. They had three living children in Sangamon county. In 1850 they moved overland to Oregon, with their three children. DAVID died on the summit of the Rocky mountains. MARGARET died soon after their arrival in Oregon. Mr. Young died there in 1855, from the effects of a gun-shot wound, received in the Black Hawk war as a soldier from Sangamon county. His only son, STEPHEN, is married, and practicing medicine at or near McMinville, Oregon. Mrs. Mary Young still resides on her farm near McMinville, Yamhill county, Oregon.
WILLIAM, S., born Nov. 2, 1809, in Green county, Ohio, was married Dec. 18, 1834, in Sangamon county, Ill., to Sarah Yocum. They had seven children, all born in Sangamon county, and in 1851 moved overland to Oregon. Of their seven children--NATHAN, born in 1835, married Charlotte Keagle. They have four living children, HENRY C., MATTIE R., ANNIE L. and SARAH A., who reside with their parents, three miles south of Williamsville. JACOB Y., born in 1836, in Sangamon county, Ill., enlisted Sept., 1861, in Co. A, 32d Ill. Inf., for three years; was wounded in the battle of Pittsburgh Landing, April, 1862, and was discharged on account of physical disability Sept., 1862. He now draws a pension. He married Sarah Yocum. They have two children, WILLIAM M. and CHARLES H. Jacob Y. Hussey is station agent at Barclay, and resides on a farm near that place. HENRY CLAY, born Feb. 13, 1838, enlisted Sept., 1861, in Co. A, 32d Ill. Inf., for three years, and died of typhoid fever, near Pittsburgh Landing, May, 1862. MARY J., born in Sangamon county, April 15, 1839, was married in 1856, in Oregon, to Alfred F. Thompson, who was born in McMinn county, Tenn. They have six living children, WILLIAM H., JOHN W., MARY E, ROBERT E. and LULA B., and reside two miles northeast of Barclay. WILLIAM F., born Sept. 3, 1841, enlisted Oct. 3, 1864, in Co. B, 30th Ill. Inf. In Feb., 1865, that regiment was merged into another, and he became a member of Co. A, 77th Ill. Inf. He was honorably discharged Aug. 31, 1865, and was married Feb. 14, 1866, to Alice C. Irwin. They have two living children, ALICE M. and WILLIAM H., who reside with their parents in Williamsville, Sangamon county, Ill. STEPHEN, born Nov. 28, 1842, enlisted in the same company and regiment with his brother, William H., and was honorably discharged at the same time. He married Mary Darnall. They have three living children, who reside with their parents at Lawndale, Illinois. MARIA E., the youngest child, lost her life in Oregon, in 1860, by her clothes accidentally taking fire while attending a sick friend. Her father's hands were so badly burned in his efforts to extinguish the fire that it made him a cripple for life. Mrs. Sarah Hussey died in 1852, and William S. Hussey was married in Oregon, May, 1855, to Mrs. Jemima Gilbreath, whose maiden name was Thompson, a native of Tennessee. They had two living children in Oregon, and in 1864, Mr. Hussey returned with his family to Sangamon county, Ill. Of their two children--JOSEPHINE C. was married in 1872, to Richard W. Barger. They have one child, SARAH, and R. W. Barger is a practicing attorney-at-law, and resides in Des Moines, Ia. CHARLES A. lives with his parents. Mrs. Jemima Hussey had two children by a former marriage. SARAH C. died in 1865. WILLIAM C. Gilbreath graduated June 18, 1875, at the Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, Ill. He was married, Aug. 6, 1875, to Lillie D. Lyon, of Pontiac. He is now a merchant in Williamsville. W. S. Hussey was elected Justice of the Peace, in 1858, in Oregon, which office he held until his return to Illinois, when he was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon county, twice, and tendered the office the third time, but declined. William S. Hussey and wife reside in Williamsville, Sangamon county, Illinois.
NANCY A., born March 29, 1811, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, to Abraham D. Van Meter. See his name.
SOPHIA, born July 18, 1813, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to James Brown, and moved to Oregon in 1850. They have seven children, and reside in McMinnville, Yamhill county, Oregon.
NATHAN, born Dec. 14, 1815, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county to Sarah Burton. They had five children in Sangamon county, and in 1845 moved to Oregon, where their family was increased to eight children. The mother and three children died, and the father and five children reside near Fort Haskins, Oregon.
STEPHEN, born Oct. 16, 1818, in Ohio, was married in Sangamon county, Ill., to Cornelia Crowl. They had five children in Sangamon county, and moved to Oregon, in 1850, where others were born. Mrs. H. and four of their children died there. One of the living children, ELIZABETH, is married to James Peterson, and resides in Portland, Oregon. The other three, with their father, moved to California, where he died.
MARGARET, born April 5, 1821, in Sangamon county, married Henry Bird. See his name.
ELIZABETH S., born Aug. 1, 1823, in Sangamon county, married William Lynch. They have two sons, and reside in Fairfield, Iowa.
Mrs. Mary S. Hussey died in Sangamon county June 30, 1841, and Nathan Hussey accompanied two of his children to Oregon, and died there Oct. 29, 1857.