NameJermiah Wilson Gustin MD.
Birth6 Jan 1813, Marble Furnace,Adams Co,Ohio,U.S.A.
Death16 May 1880, Mortimer,Ringgold Co.,Iowa,U.S.A.
BurialUnion Cemetery, Ringgold IA.
ReligionLDS B C I E SS
Misc. Notes
MARRIED RACHEL MADDOX. They had nine children.
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From JEAN-AUGUSTINE-GUSTIN GENEALOGY by M.E.Bushnell
He was a Doctor and farmer in Ringgold, IA, Jeremiah Gustin brought his family to Iowa in 1855 when he located in Marion Co. coming to Ringgold Co. in the Spring of 1857. The family settled on wild land and the first night camped pm their homestead while wolves howled all around them. Their house was the first frame house in Ringgold Co. The frame lumber being hewed from the timber and the siding, doors and flooring being hauled from Marion Co. a distance of 100 miles, For two years they went to Marion Co. for provisions and their nearest mill was in Missouri, fifty miles from their home. The father at one time was snow bound while going to the mill and was unable to return home for three weeks. They tramped their grain out or sometimes flailed it out on a dirt floor. He had studied medicine with his brother, John, and became a very successful physician.
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Ohio 1850 Census. Jeremiah Wilson - 38 Rachel wife 31 Alpheus son 7 Jememiah son 4 Hannah daughter 1
1870 Ohio, Ringgold Co, pg 460 Jefferson Twp Iowa Census Gustin, Jeremiah 57 MW Farmer Ohio
Rachel 50 FW Housekeeping WV
Jeremiah 24 MW Farmer Ohio
Fuana 18 FW Ohio
Rosetta 8 FW Iowa
Baxter WM 20 WM Farm Labor KY.
Potts, Enos 16 MW Farm Labor Ohio
Spouses
Birth27 Feb 1820, Wood Co. WV
Death12 Feb 1903, Ringgold Co. Iowa
ReligionLDS SS
Marriage1843, Adams Co. Ohio