UPDATED 5 February 2003

18. ELIZABETH "BETSY" READ³ (Isaac, Sr.², Joseph¹) was born 16 June 1792 in Knowlton Township, Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey; died 18 April 1879, age 86 years, 10 months and 2 days, in Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey. She married AARON LUSE on 22 December 1808 in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey (Sussex County Marriages). He was the son of William Luse and Martha Norcross. Aaron was born 6 March 1787 in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey and died 9 December 1847, age 60 years, 8 months and 3 days, in Warren County, New Jersey (Armstrong 1979:345-350; Kern 1938). Elizabeth Luse appears as head-of-household on the 1850 United States Federal Census, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey. She is living in the house with 30 year old Mary Ruff. Elizabeth's real estate value is given as $11,000 (page 488). By 1860, Elizabeth had reduced her real estate holdings. The census indicates that she owned $1,000 worth of real estate and had a personal estate of valued at $300. Her 21 year old granddaughter, Sarah Sharp, shared the house with her. Their post office in 1860 was Johnsonburg (page 200). Elizabeth and Aaron Luse are buried in Johnsonburg Christian Church Yard, Johnsonburg, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Their grave stones were field checked June 1997. Their stones are inscribed as follows:

121. (i.) MARTHA MARIA LUSE⁴, was born 27 March 1810 in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey and died 29 October 1864 in Warren County, New Jersey (Armstrong 1979:349; Kern 1938; Reuther n.d.). She married Isaac Sharp, on 1 February 1832 (Armstrong 1979:349; Warren County Marriages). They are buried in Johnsonburg Christian Church Yard, Johnsonburg, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey (Reuther n.d.).

122. (ii.) UNNAMED SON LUSE⁴, was born 1 April 1813; died as an infant. He is buried in Johnsonburg Christian Church Yard, Johnsonburg, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey (Armstrong 1979:349). This child was not included in Kern's (1938) recounting of the children of Aaron and Elizabeth Luse. According to Kern, his information came from Lydia Luse, the granddaughter of Aaron and Elizabeth through their son, Issac Read Luse, Sr. Lydia Luse only gave Kern the names and dates of children who lived past childhood.

123. (iii.) ISAAC READ LUSE, Sr.⁴, was born 15 June 1814 in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey and died 5 March 1873 in Warren County, New Jersey (Armstrong 1979:349; Johnsonburg Christian Cemetery; Kern 1938). He married Emeline Freeman, on 24 December 1835 (Armstrong 1979:349; Warren County Marriages). They are buried in Johnsonburg Christian Church, Johnsonburg, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Their stones were field checked in June 1997.

124. (iv.) PHEBE ANN LUSE⁴, was born 12 February 1817 in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey and died 23 March 1877 in Warren County, New Jersey (Armstrong 1979:349; Kern 1938). She married Israel Swazye Gibbs, on 19 January 1837 (Armstrong 1979:349; Warren County Marriages). They are buried in Swayze Family Burial Ground, Hope Township, Warren County, New Jersey. The stones were field checked on 3 July 1999.

125. (v.) SARAH MARGARET LUSE⁴, was born 15 July 1818 in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey and died 5 December 1839, probably in Warren County, New Jersey. She married Levi Howell, on 4 June 1838 (Armstrong 1979:349; Howell and Phethean 2000:44; Kern 1938; Warren County Marriages). Sarah is buried in Union Cemetery on Route 519 in Hope Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Levi is buried in Cedar Crest Cemetery in Trucksville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

v126. (vi.) DAVID LUSE⁴, was born 8 October 1821 in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey and died unknown (Armstrong 1979:349). This child was not included in Kern's (1938) recounting of the children of Aaron and Elizabeth Luse. According to Kern, his information came from Lydia Luse, the granddaughter of Aaron and Elizabeth through their son, Issac Read Luse, Sr. Lydia Luse only gave Kern the names and dates of children who lived past childhood.

127. (vii.) WILLIAM C. LUSE⁴, was born 21 December 1823 in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey and died unknown (Armstrong 1979:349; Kern 1938). This child was not included in Kern's (1938) recounting of the children of Aaron and Elizabeth Luse. According to Kern, his information came from Lydia Luse, the granddaughter of Aaron and Elizabeth through their son, Issac Read Luse, Sr. Lydia Luse only gave Kern the names and dates of children who lived past childhood.

128. (viii.) JOSEPH BENJAMIN LUSE/LUCE⁴, was born 12 March 1826 in Warren County, New Jersey and died 5 December 1902 (Armstrong 1979:349; Johnsonburg Christian Cemetery; Kern 1938). He married Christeen Wintermute on 1 February 1849 (Warren County Marriages). They are buried in Johnsonburg Christian Church Yard, Johnsonburg, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Their stones were field checked in June 1997.

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SARAH MARGARET LUSE⁴

125. SARAH MARGARET LUSE⁴ (Elizabeth Read,³, Isaac, Sr.², Joseph¹), was born 15 July 1818 in Sussex (now Warren) County, New Jersey and died 5 December 1839, probably in Warren County, New Jersey. She married Levi Howell, on 4 June 1838 in Warren County (Armstrong 1979:349; Howell and Phethean 2000:44; Kern 1938; Warren County Marriages). He was the son of George G. Howell and Lydia Johnston. Levi was born 27 February 1817 in Hope Township, Warren County, New Jersey and died 13 February 1904 in Trucksville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (Howell and Phethean 2000:44). Levi Howell was a nephew of Richard and Rebecca (Howell) Read. Richard Read was Elizabeth Read Luse's brother, and hence, Sarah Margaret's uncle. Although Levi and Sarah Margaret shared the same uncle and aunt, they were not blood relatives (that I know of).

In 1839, Levi settled in North Moreland, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. By the time of his death in 1904, he was living in Trucksville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Levi married three more times after Sarah's death. His second wife was Oliva Smith (February 1818-1 May 1842), daughter of Samuel G. Smith and Margaret DeWitt; the third wife was Ruth Ann Rogers (January 1825-14 December 1853); and his fourth wife was Emaline Griffin Vaughan (30 May 1821-30 November 1898). Levi is buried with Emeline in Cedar Crest Cemetery in Trucksville. Olivia Smith Howell and Ruth Rogers Howell are buried in Rogers Cemetery, Centermoreland, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Sarah is buried in Union Cemetery on Route 519 in Hope Township, Warren County, New Jersey (Ibid:44-45).

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JOSEPH BENJAMIN LUSE/LUCE⁴

128. JOSEPH BENJAMIN LUSE/LUCE⁴ (Elizabeth Read,³, Isaac, Sr.², Joseph¹), was born 12 March 1826 in Warren County, New Jersey and died 5 December 1902. He married Christeen Wintermute on 1 February 1849 in Warren County. Christeen was the daughter of William Wintermute and Julia Ann (or Julianne) Savercool. She was born 18 April 1823 near Stillwater, in either Sussex or Warren County, New Jersey and died 5 May 1902 (Armstrong 1979:349; Johnsonburg Christian Cemetery; Kern 1938). Joseph served on the Frelinghuysen Town Committee between 1861 and 1862 (Snell 1881:687). In 1870, Joseph and Christten lived with their two children in Frelinghuysen Township, post office Vienna. They owned a farm valued at $10,000 and had a personal estate valued at $2,000. The family had a hired farm hand named John Glogly. John boarded with the Luses. He was born circa 1846 in Ireland. The box on the census labeled "Male Citizens of the U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards" is not checked for JOhn on the census. He was 24 at the time of the census. It is proable that he was not yet a naturalized U.S. citizen (1870 United States Federal Census, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 71A, 27 July 1870). In 1880, Joseph and Christeen lived on a farm in Frelinghuysen Township. They shared their home with their divorced daughter Jane and their grandson George Van Horn (1880 United States Federal Census, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 326C). Joseph and Christeen are buried in Johnsburg Christian Cemetery, Johnsburg, Frelinghuysen Township, Warren County, New Jersey. Their tombstone, which was field checked in June 1997, is labeled "LUCE."

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PRIMARY

Census, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Cemeteries

Marriage Records

SECONDARY

Armstrong, William C.

Howell, Janel Marie and Jeannette Phetheah

Kern, William MacKellar

Snell, James P. (Compiler)

WEB SITES

Murcko, Stephen J.

Reuther, Janet Raub