Rusk, John Y

Rusk, John Y., a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was born in Perry County, O., Jan. 10, 1842. He was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating June 28, 1866; was licensed to preach by the Uniontown Quarterly Conference, Sept. 15; and was admitted on trial into the Ohio Annual Conference, Sept. 27. He was ordained deacon by bishop Morris in 1868, and was appointed to New Holland, where he died, Sept. 25, 1869. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1869, p. 229.