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Samuel Guss
Samuel Guss
Samuel Guss, father of Rumina Elizabeth Guss, was born April 15, 1824 in Perry County,
Pennsylvania, sixth of twelve children of Henry and Elizabeth (Foose) Guss.
Samuel migrated to Illinois with his younger brother William. They went first to Peoria,
Illinois in 1847, then to LaSalle County, Illinois in 1848.
Samuel married Mary Elizabeth Hadley on August 22, 1850 in Ottawa, LaSalle County,
Illinois. Mary Elizabeth Hadley was born January 25, 1834 in Clermont County, Ohio,
daughter of James P. and Rumina (Hill) Hadley.
The 1850 census for LaSalle County, Illinois shows Samuel Guss, farmer, age 26, born
in Pennsylvania and Mary Hadley, age 16, born in Ohio as both living with Joseph
Ebersol and family, also of
Pennsylvania. This census was
taken one month after Samuel
and Mary were married. Ten
years later, the 1860 census for
Livingston County, Illinois shows
Samuel, age 36, farmer, with
his wife and four children as
living with a Daniel Hite.
Samuel and Mary Elizabeth (Hadley) Guss
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Samuel served as a private in
the Civil War with Company D,
52nd Infantry Regiment, Illinois
Volunteers, having enlisted
September 10, 1861 at
Sunbury, Illinois. He was
discharged at Danville,
Mississippi on May 27, 1862 by
special field order of General
Halleck. The nature and cause
of his disability were described
in his 1867 sworn statement in
support of his claim for Invalid
Pension, which he filed in Ft.
Scott, Kansas.
Samuel and Mary had nine
children, the first six of which
were born in Illinois. The
younger children were born in
Crawford County, Kansas.