James Miller Huskey 14 Feb. 1795 to 15 Sept. 1845
married in 1813
to Rhoda Reagan 20 Mar. 1796 to 10 Oct. 1855
their children:
Elizabeth Huskey 30 Mar. 1815 to 15 Aug 1834
Jane H. Huskey 6 Dec. 1816 t0 3 Dec. 1895
married 19 Jun 1835
Henry Barnes Pinkerton
George S. Huskey 25 Jan. 1818 to 1 Nov. 1882
married 31 Jan. 1839
Elizabeth Anne Brown
Sarah Huskey 2 Sep. 1819 to 15 Aug. 1834
Mary Anne Huskey 20 May 1821 to 20 Jan. 1901
married 4 Oct. 1838
Isaac Nelson Edwards
married 4 Mar. 1866
George W. Easley
Nancy Eliza Huskey 29 Mar. 1823 to 12 Sep. 1831
Matilda Huskey 27 Nov. 1824
married 30 Sep. 1841
David L. Peebles
married 1849
Corwin Cummings
Lucinda Huskey 4 May 1826
Penina Huskey 12 Jun. 1827 to 1853
married 2 Mar. 1845
Varney J. Moore
Miller Huskey 27 Apr. 1829 to 7 Jan 1894
married 4 Oct. 1848
Wilmouth P. Kessinger
Martha Elizabeth Huskey 13 Apr. 1831 to 19 Aug. 1894
married 22 Sep. 1847
John H. Brown
Harkless H. Huskey 20 May 1833 to 24 May 1908
married 5 Oct. 1852
Lourintha Elizabeth Peebles
Harriet C. Huskey 6 Jan. 1836 to 19 Aug 1841
Zerilda Evelyn Huskey 20 Dec. 1839 to 19 Jan. 1921
married 21 Oct 1858
William Carroll Roach
married J. M. Baker
James Huskey arrived in Sevier County, Tennessee in 1805. He then moved to Perry County, Alabama in the fall of 1816. He sold his farm (9 miles from Mobile Alabama) and relocated to Illinois, alone, in 1832 and then he returned to Alabama and brought his wife and 10 children back to Illinois with him by wagon train in March, 1834. That spring of 1834 he settled on Section 5 near the residence of Thomas Joiner. He built the first brick house in the area opposite Thomas Joiner’s House. James had the bricks made there at his own farm. In 1836, James had the Methodist church building built on his a section of his property. The neighbors provided the pews. At one time there was a large membership at this church. The building was also used as the school.
Between the
years 1834 and 1840 James Huskey purchased 1,617.26 acres in Bird Township,
Macoupin County, Illinois and 601.02 acres in South Palmyra Township, Macoupin
County, Illinois. The latter was mostly purchased during the years 1834 and
1835. The land purchases were from the U. S. Government at the rate of $1.25
per acre.