Person:August Wilshusen (1)

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August Ernest Wilshusen
b.13 Mar 1881 Stafford, KS
d.11 May 1967 Duarte, CA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 28 Nov 1861
  1. Nicklaus (Klaus) Wilshusen1862 - 1884
  2. Rebecca Wilshusen1864 - 1958
  3. John (Johann) Wilshusen1866 - 1945
  4. Anna Gasena Wilshusen1868 -
  5. Kord Heinrich Wilshusen1871 -
  6. Otto Wilshusen1876 -
  7. Frederick Karl Wilshusen1879 -
  8. August Ernest Wilshusen1881 - 1967
  9. Maria Wilshusen1884 -
  10. Frank John WilshusenBef 1891 -
  11. Frederick Furness Wilshusen1891 - 1961
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1901
  1. Mayme Wilshusen1902 - 1907
  2. Ernestine Wilshusen1909 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] August Ernest Wilshusen
Gender Male
Birth[2] 13 Mar 1881 Stafford, KS
Alt Birth[5] 13 Mar 1881
Marriage Abt 1901 Stafford, Kansasto Daisy Ellen Cease
Marriage to Arlean Olive Meeks
Medical? Hodglains Desiease
Residence[4] Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas
Death? 11 May 1967 Duarte, CACause: Pulmonary embolus
Alt Death[6] May 1967
Burial? Stafford, KS
Other[3] Wichita Cityother
Soc Sec No? 376-09-4418

_DCAUSE: Pulmonary embolus

Occupation was Research Engineer Mechanical

Supposely came up with the idea of a wind window while working for either General Motors or the Ford Motor Company

Invented the turn signals which was first used to trucks.

Developed the red top on redi whip cans.

Was on a retainer from General Motors to be available for production problems.

The successful use of the lister for wheat ground preparation again was linked with a new stage in the development of the lister cultivator. The two-row lister cultivator on wheels had gained rapid headway after the opening of the twentieth century, but the disc was usually a single disc associated with a cultivator shovel. Alternative disc equipment was made up of small-size discs. The lister cultivator for corn had as its objective the gradual reduction of the ridge and the small discs, shovels and axle bearings had met the requirements reasonably well. The lister cultivator for wheat land had as its objective the complete reduction of the ridge at one operation, "ridge-busting," even a slight reversal of furrow and

FIGURE 25- Patent number 855,372. Ridge-buster for wheat ground. The patent was issued to August E. Wilshusen, Stafford, Stafford county, Kansas; filed May 13, 1905; issued May z8, 1907. Note the wood bearing boxes bolted to the wing castings. In size the discs were nearly double the diameter of the lister cultivator discs such as are shown on Figures 20 and 21.

The Culture of Hard Winter Wheat 245

Such heavy work required large discs, heavy construction and a new type of axle bearing for the discs, either a wood box or a dustproof bearing with a pressure oiling system. The August Wilshusen sled, manufactured at Stafford, at first a runner sled, put on wheels in 1907, was a pioneer in the field; using large discs and "its everlasting boxing which is so constructed as to never wear out, by reason of its being wooden." [42]

References
  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Roll 1643940, DraftBoard 1.

    Record for August Ernest Wilshusen _FOOT: Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Roll 1643940, DraftBoard 1.

  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Roll 1643940, DraftBoard 1.

    Record for August Ernest Wilshusen _FOOT: Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Roll 1643940, DraftBoard 1.

  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Roll 1643940, DraftBoard 1.

    Record for August Ernest Wilshusen _FOOT: Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Roll 1643940, DraftBoard 1.

  4. ↑ Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
    Database online. Roll 1643940, DraftBoard 1.

    Record for August Ernest Wilshusen _FOOT: Ancestry.com, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Roll 1643940, DraftBoard 1.

  5. ↑ .

    Footnote: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jun 18, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.121468.12 _FOOT: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jun 18, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.121468.12

  6. ↑ .

    Footnote: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jun 18, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.121468.12 _FOOT: Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jun 18, 1999, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.121468.12

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