Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin Harrison “Ben” Lusk 
Birth12 May 1889, Cedar Co, MO
Census1900, Twp 28, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
Memoroll#1843, pg 14
Census21 Apr 1910, Raton, Colfax Co, NM
Memoroll#913, pg 12
Death1912, Raton, Colfax Co, NM
BurialFairmont Cem, Raton, Colfax Co, NM
MemoPlot: 21/P
Misc. Notes
In 1900 he is in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma), living with the family of his sister, Margarite A. Crum (28, MO). He is listed as a farm laborer (11, MO).
Single and listed as a lodger with the Bazil family, and working as a boiler maker for the railroad in Raton City, NM in 1910. He apparently died a couple years later, after their only son was born, in a railroad accident, leaving her a widow according to the family stories.
This is substantiated by the 1912 Railway Employees Magazine Vol 7, which lists on pg 5 under the heading Deaths - Lusk, Ben H. to Mrs. Clara L. Lusk, Raton NM $250 with Cause = Accidental.
Single and listed as a lodger with the Bazil family, and working as a boiler maker for the railroad in Raton City, NM in 1910. He apparently died a couple years later, after their only son was born, in a railroad accident, leaving her a widow according to the family stories.
This is substantiated by the 1912 Railway Employees Magazine Vol 7, which lists on pg 5 under the heading Deaths - Lusk, Ben H. to Mrs. Clara L. Lusk, Raton NM $250 with Cause = Accidental.
Spouses
Birth14 Feb 1894, Texas
Death23 May 1971, El Paso, El Paso Co, TX
BurialRestlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, El Paso Co, TX
MemoPlot: 21/P
FatherWalter Kenneth Murray (1867-<1920)
MotherAnn Elizabeth Hardin (1871-1908)
Misc. Notes
Living with her parents in 1900 and 1910.
She was married to a Ben Lusk at age 15 (according to the 1930 census) and widowed a short time later. Then remarried to Harvey Hufford and listed with children Cecil (1st marr), Clifford and Alice in the 1920 New Mexico census.
Listed as a widow again after Harvey’s death, with her children in the 1930 Colorado census. Also listed is her son Cecil Lusk (18, OK) a machinist. She apparently married Fred Asdel within a few years, as they had a son Richard Dale Asdel in El Paso, TX in 1935.
She was married 3 times, and all 3 husbands died on her.
She was married to a Ben Lusk at age 15 (according to the 1930 census) and widowed a short time later. Then remarried to Harvey Hufford and listed with children Cecil (1st marr), Clifford and Alice in the 1920 New Mexico census.
Listed as a widow again after Harvey’s death, with her children in the 1930 Colorado census. Also listed is her son Cecil Lusk (18, OK) a machinist. She apparently married Fred Asdel within a few years, as they had a son Richard Dale Asdel in El Paso, TX in 1935.
She was married 3 times, and all 3 husbands died on her.
Marriageabt 1910
ChildrenCecil Harrison (1911-1988)