Person:Quartus Rust (3)

BIO: Town of Ellicottville, Cattaraugus Co., NY Submitted June 2000 by Cattaraugus County Bio Project. Page 599 Surnames: RUST, ELLIS, STANTON, WASHBURN, TODD, KNIGHT, McCOY

Quartus RUST, born in Chester, Mass., Sept. 4, 1790, early learned the carpenter's trade, and about 1815 married Polly ELLIS, who was born Aug. 17, 1792, and who died in January, 1813, leaving an infant son. In 1817 Mr. RUST married Martha STANTON and in 1818 came to Ellicottville. He paid a neighbor $50 to bring his family and their goods to their home in the woods with a yoke of oxen and a heavy wagon, and they were six weeks making the journey. They settled on Bryant hill, where he was a successful pioneer farmer. Mrs. RUST died Nov. 8, 1846. Children : Quartus Ellis RUST, born in Massachusetts, June 2, 1815 Lewis RUST, who died in infancy Lewis S. RUST, born July 25, 1819 who was killed at Second Bull Run John W. RUST, born March 11, 1821, was a mechanic and farmer, and died April 26, 1872 Mary A. RUST, born Jan. 21, 1823, married Howland WASHBURN, and died Nov. 13, 1871 Angeline RUST, born in December, 1830. died July 12, 1842 Edwin R. RUST, born March 31, 1832, a farmer who faithfully cared for his aged parents until their decease, and who now resides with his nephew, Charles C. RUST, in the village. Quartus RUST married for his third wife Mrs. Sarah, widow of Lyman TODD, May 8, 1853; he died Sept. 10, 1854, and she May 10, 1884. Mr. RUST was a justice of the peace for twenty-five years. Quartus E. RUST was a cabinet maker by trade and a farmer on the homestead. In 1859 he settled in the village and conducted a cabinet shop and furniture store until his death Sept. 8, 1889. Dec. 19, 1839, he married Electa M. KNIGHT, who died March 17, 1861; she was the mother of all his children: Amelia M., Charles C., and Ellis E. March 3, 1863, Quartus E. RUST married Ann McCOY.