John Winters Lusk

John Winters Lusk was born June 12, 1829, in Madison County, Illinois., a son of Samuel and Elizabeth Dixon Lusk. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Park, daughter of John M. and Matilda Stewart Park, at Council Bluffs, Iowa June 20, 1851. She died Nov. 20, 1853, at Provo, Utah.

He married again on March 4, 1854, at Kaysville, Utah, to [Esther] Catherine Park. She died Oct. 29, 1893, at Malad City, Idaho. She was the mother of eight children.

He married the third time on Jan. 20, 1859, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Martha Tidwell. She was the mother of ten children.

John Winters Lusk was one of the early pioneers of Malad Valley, coming to Malad, Idaho in April 1866. He settled on a block of land, located on the north of the street going East and West of the school house, the public square, and the Morman Church.