Louisa Frances Rusk1

#22905, (28 July 1862 - 17 May 1934)
Relationship1st cousin 2 times removed of Nelle Belle Bridges
Father*Edward Rusk1 (1831 - 1904)
Mother*Caroline Mahan1 (c 1830 - )

Family

Ira Augustus Shotts b. 1854, d. 1914
Children 1.Elihu Shotts6 (1881 - 1951)
 2.Johanna Shotts7 (1886 - 1964)
 3.Robert L Shotts8 (1894 - 1951)
 4.Ralph Shotts9 (1898 - 1978)
 5.Ruth Pauline Shotts10 (1898 - 1971)
 6.Mabel G Shotts11 (1903 - 1966)
Her married name was Shotts.2 
Birth*28 July 1862She was born on 28 July 1862 at IndianaG.1 
9 June 1870She appeared on the census of 9 June 1870 in the household of Edward Rusk and Caroline Mahan at Madison Twp., Montgomery Co., IndianaG, as Louiza, age 6, b. IN.3 
7 June 1880She appeared on the census of 7 June 1880 in the household of Edward Rusk and Caroline Mahan at Madison Twp., Montgomery Co., IndianaG, age 18, b. IN.4 
Marriage*14 October 1880She married Ira Augustus Shotts on 14 October 1880 at Montgomery Co., IndianaG.2 
12 June 1900She and Ira Augustus Shotts appeared on the census of 12 June 1900 at Shelby Twp., Tippecanoe Co., IndianaG.5 
Death*17 May 1934She died on 17 May 1934 at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co., IndianaG, at age 71.1 

Citations

  1. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011/2017, Indiana State Board of Health, Death Certificates, 1900–2011, Certificate, 1934, 06, Reg. No. 16692. Louisa Frances Shotts, b. IN 28 Jul 1862, dau. of Edward Rusk and Carolyn Mahin [sic], both b. IN; wid. of Ira A Shotts, res. Grass Creek IN; d. St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN, 17 May 1934, age 71y 9m 19d, carcinoma liver; inf. Robert L Shotts, res. 1706 Everett, Lafayette; ur. Liberty Chapel, Ash Grove, 19 May 1934, online Ancestry.com.
  2. [S198] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database], Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research and Works Progress Administration, compilers, online Ancestry.com, Ira A Shotts and Louisa F Rusk, marr. Montgomery Co. 14 Oct 1880; citing WPA Record, Book 9, p. 457.
  3. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Edward (40), b. OH, farmer; Carline [sic] (42), b. OH.
  4. [S17] 1880 U.S. Federal Census. Edward (51), b. OH, parents b. MD, farmer; Caroline (51), b. and parents b. OH, keeping house.
  5. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Michael (46), b. IN Mar 1854, parents b. IN, day laborer; Louis [sic] F (36), b. IN Jul 1863, parents b. IN, 4 children, all living; marr. 21 yrs.
  6. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, Death No. 4055, Local No. 186 (delayed). Elihu Shotts, b. Montgomery Co. IN 3 Nov 1881, son of Ira Shotts and Louisa Rusk; marr., farmer, res. Rural Rt. 2, Kawana, Fulton Co. IN; d. at res. 16 Jan 1951, age 69, self-inflicted gunshot wound of chest; inf. Mrs. Zella Shotts, res. Kawana IN; bur. Grass Creek Cemetery, Grass Creek IN, 19 Jan 1951.
  7. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, State No. 33729, Local No. 64-585. Johanna Wills, b. IN 10 Sep 1964, dau. of Ira A Shotts and Louisa Rusk; wid., res. Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN; d. Scott Nursing Home, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN, 10 Sep 1964, age 78, chronic myocarditis; inf. Ralph Shotts, res. Brookston IN; bur. Grass Creek Cemetery, Grass Creek IN.
  8. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, Death No. 2856, Local No. 65. Robert L Shotts, b. Tippecanoe Co. IN 25 Apr 1894, son of Ira L [sic] Shotts and Louiza Rusk; marr., City Transit bus driver, res. 411 North 4th Street, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN; d. Home Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN, 31 Jan 1951, age 56, cardiac dilation and pulmonary endema; inf. Mrs. R L Shotts, res. Lafayette IN; bur. St. Boniface, Lafayette IN, 5 Feb 1951.
  9. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, State No. 78-0334440. Ralph Shotts, b. IN 6 Aug 1898, son of Ira A Shotts and Eliza F [sic] Rusk; retired farmer, marr., res. 622 S. Main St., Monticello IN; d. White Co. Memorial Hospital, Monticello, White Co. IN, 13 Sep 1978, age 80, acute pulmonary embolism; inf. Mrs. Pearl Shotts, same res.; bur. Riverview Cemetery, Monticello IN, 15 Sep 1978.
  10. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, State No. 71-0433192, Local No. 71130. Ruth Pauline Galvin, b. IN 6 Aug 1898, dau. of Ira Shotts and Lousia [sic] Clawson [sic]; wife of Frank Garvin, res. Chalmers, Big Creek Twp., White Co. IN; d. Leslie N. H., Buck Creek, Tippecanoe Co. IN, 11 Nov 1971, age 73, cardiac arrhythmia; inf. Frank Garvin, husband, res. Battleground IN; bur. Cairo Cemetery, Brookston IN.
  11. [S1672] Indiana Death Certificates 1899-2011, State Se. No. 66-31302, Local No. 66-600. Mabel G Curtis, b. Lafayette IN 29 Nov 1903, dau. of Ira Shotts and Louisa Rusk; wid., res. Otterbein, Benton Co. IN; d. St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co. IN, 28 Aug 1966, age 62, carcinoma of pancreas; inf. Mrs. Richard J Halsema; bur. Tippecanoe Mmeory Ga., West Lafayete IN, 31 Aug 1966.