"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE
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JOHN H. RUSIE, born in Prince William County, Va., December 22, 1834; came
here with his parents, MICHAEL and CATHARINE (HOUSE) RUSIE, natives of
Germany, who settled at Mooresville in 1836, and here spent the remainder of
their years. In his youth, our subject learned the tinner's trade, and
received a fair English education. In 1855, he engaged in the hardware and
tin business, and followed it for five years; sold out, and for the next
two years managed the business for his successors. In September, 1857, he
married MARY J. OLLEMAN, daughter of JAMES OLLEMAN, of Mooresville, and has
had born to him three children--ARAMEDA, JAMES H. and FREDERICK. August 17,
1862, Mr. Rusie entered the service of the United States as Fourth Duty
Sergeant of Company E, Twelfth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served to the
close of the war, when he was honorably discharged, having in the meantime
been promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant. He took an active part in
the battles of Richmond, Ky.; Jackson, Miss.; Missionary Ridge, Atlanta,
Gridersville, and Savannah, Ga.; Columbia, S. C.; Bentonville, N. C. and
in Sherman's celebrated campaign from Atlanta to the sea. He returned to
Mooresville in 1865, and again embarked in the stove and tin business, to
which was subsequently added hardware. In the spring of 1882, he sold out
to his partner, MR. T. A. RICHARDSON, and engaged at once in his present
business--of furniture and undertaking. He is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church; a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow, and in politics an
uncompromising, first-class Democrat.
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