The Lusk family.
Photographs, land patents and family trees of the Lusk family, arranged by generation, from the oldest to the youngest. Undated pictures keep their place in the family; dates and names are as recorded. 8 photographs · 3 land patents · 4 family trees.
The homesteading generation
The men and women who took up land in the valley. From the accounts of John Winters Lusk Jr. & Anna Eliza Thomas, Perry Park Lusk.
View photograph ↗John Winters Lusk Jr. and Annie Thomas Lusk
Identified by file name.
From: John Winters Lusk Jr. & Anna Eliza Thomas ↗
View photograph ↗Perry Park Lusk
Identified by file name.
From: Perry Park Lusk ↗The second generation
Children of the homesteaders. From the accounts of David Thomas Lusk & Susannah Bailey, Edward "Park" Lusk & Erma Bailey.
View photograph ↗A long horse hitch in the field
Farm scene on the David Thomas Lusk biography; the figures are too small to identify.
From: David Thomas Lusk & Susannah Bailey ↗
View photograph ↗Photograph from David Thomas Lusk & Susannah Bailey
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: David Thomas Lusk & Susannah Bailey ↗
View photograph ↗Park and Erma Bailey Lusk
Park and Erma Bailey Lusk
From: Edward "Park" Lusk & Erma Bailey ↗
View photograph ↗E. Park Lusk, his brother David Thomas Lusk, and Park's sons James Park Lusk and Ralph Bailey Lusk
E. Park Lusk, his brother David Thomas Lusk, and Park's sons James Park Lusk and Ralph Bailey Lusk
From: Edward "Park" Lusk & Erma Bailey ↗The third generation
Grandchildren of the homesteaders. From the accounts of David Wayne Lusk & Bette Anne Neilsen.
View photograph ↗Photograph from David Wayne Lusk & Bette Anne Neilsen
Shown on their biography.
From: David Wayne Lusk & Bette Anne Neilsen ↗More family photographs
Pictures the records do not tie to one generation, in date order; undated ones last.
View photograph ↗The Lusk ranch at Arbon
FamilySearch memory titled "Lusk Ranch at Arbon, Idaho", on David Thomas Lusk's person page. The men are not named; undated (an automobile suggests the 1920s or later).
FamilySearch (uploaded by a relative)Land patents
Federal patents to the family’s land, from the General Land Office records, in date order.
View photograph ↗Cash-entry patent to John W. Lusk, 1914
Federal land patent signed 18 August 1914 (BLM serial IDBL 0016763). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to David T. Lusk, 1914
Federal land patent signed 6 May 1914 (BLM serial IDBL 0008237). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to Perry Lusk, 1916
Federal land patent signed 5 October 1916 (BLM serial IDBL 0005532). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)Family trees
The family-tree charts drawn for the family histories, oldest generation first.
View photograph ↗Family diagram from John Winters Lusk Jr. & Anna Eliza Thomas
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: John Winters Lusk Jr. & Anna Eliza Thomas ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from David Thomas Lusk & Susannah Bailey
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: David Thomas Lusk & Susannah Bailey ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Edward "Park" Lusk & Erma Bailey
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Edward "Park" Lusk & Erma Bailey ↗
View photograph ↗Family diagram from Perry Park Lusk
Names and further details have not been identified in the original caption.
From: Perry Park Lusk ↗Help put names to these pictures.
Many of these photographs still need names, places and dates. If you know who is in one, open it and choose “Help identify this photograph”. If your family keeps photographs of the valley, the archive would love to see them.