John Musick was one of the earllist pioneers of Logan County, Illinois, He was born in Wolford County, KY on March 10, 1807, the youngest son of Jesse and Hannah Gudget-Musick, both natives of Virginia. They were married about 1802. Other siblings included, Polly, Ephraim, Jefferson, Nancy and Abraham. In March 1807 shortly after John was born, Jesse moved his family to Gibson County, IN. He was a volunteer solder in the war of 1812 and received a wound at the Battle of Tippeconnoe in which he died shortly after receiving. Hannah remarried a few years later.
John received a limited education in the schools of Gibson County,Indiana. From the age of thirteen to eighteen years of age he lived with his brother-in-law John Forbis. In 1825 John moved to what is now known as Logan County, Illinois and farmed in what is now known as West Lincoln Township, Lincoln, Illinois for the remainder of his life. John served as a private in the Black Hawk War.
John married Mary Johnson on March 18, 1830 in Sangamon County, Illinois and to this union were born 18 children of which 10 lived to adulthood. They were Levi J., Sarah Jane (Who Married Frank Duncan), William H., Mary (Who Married T. H. Denney), Lenna (Who Married J.H. Gallagher), John T., Jessie S., Johathan, Permelia (Who Married J.P. Staats) and Ephriam.
In 1886 the History of Logan County, Illinois. States that at the time it was written John Musick had 80 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, John Musick died January 31, 1888 in Linclon, Logan County, Illinois and he and his wife are biried in Zion Cemetery in Lincoln, Illinois
John Musick was one of the earllist pioneers of Logan County, Illinois, He was born in Wolford County, KY on March 10, 1807, the youngest son of Jesse and Hannah Gudget-Musick, both natives of Virginia. They were married about 1802. Other siblings included, Polly, Ephraim, Jefferson, Nancy and Abraham. In March 1807 shortly after John was born, Jesse moved his family to Gibson County, IN. He was a volunteer solder in the war of 1812 and received a wound at the Battle of Tippeconnoe in which he died shortly after receiving. Hannah remarried a few years later.
John received a limited education in the schools of Gibson County,Indiana. From the age of thirteen to eighteen years of age he lived with his brother-in-law John Forbis. In 1825 John moved to what is now known as Logan County, Illinois and farmed in what is now known as West Lincoln Township, Lincoln, Illinois for the remainder of his life. John served as a private in the Black Hawk War.
John married Mary Johnson on March 18, 1830 in Sangamon County, Illinois and to this union were born 18 children of which 10 lived to adulthood. They were Levi J., Sarah Jane (Who Married Frank Duncan), William H., Mary (Who Married T. H. Denney), Lenna (Who Married J.H. Gallagher), John T., Jessie S., Johathan, Permelia (Who Married J.P. Staats) and Ephriam.
In 1886 the History of Logan County, Illinois. States that at the time it was written John Musick had 80 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren, John Musick died January 31, 1888 in Linclon, Logan County, Illinois and he and his wife are biried in Zion Cemetery in Lincoln, Illinois
Family Members
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Barbara A Musick
1831–1832
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Levi Johnson Musick
1833–1913
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Sarah Jane Musick Duncan
1835–1917
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Hannah Musick
1838–1839
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William H. Musick
1839–1906
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Infant Son Musick
1842–1842
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Leanna Musick Gallagher
1844–1917
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John Thomas Musick
1846–1915
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Jesse Sylvester Musick
1847–1912
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Jonathan Musick
1849–1914
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Permelia Elizabeth "Betty" Musick Staats
1851–1925
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Nancy E. Musick
1853–1866
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Ephraim Musick
1855–1917
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Infant Dau. Musick
unknown–1830
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