Yolo County Biographies


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EDWARD S. RUSING
 
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.
 
Memorial & Biographical History of Northern California
The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891
Pages 623-624
Transcribed by: Bonnie Phelan