The National tribune., 1906-04-26
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He was IL soldier at the siege of Que
bee; fought in the memorable action of
the Plains of Abraham. 79 years before
he closed his Hfe: saw the brave Ger.
Wolf fall. and participated in all the
sufferings and hardships of that ardu-
Gus and memorable campaign. He was
also at the conquest OF Acadic. now
called Newfoundland. by Gems. Amherst
and Shirby. and assisted in the disper-
sion of the captured French through the
colonies OF New England by the Anglo
Americans.
Lusk early enlisted in the War OF
the Revolution, and he fought like n
soldier and patriot till the close. He
was attached to the expedition to Can
ada under Gen. Benedict Arnold. WAS
at the building of Fort Edward. and
was there wounded. He was in the
battle of Saratoga, where Burgoyns
surrendered. and at Monmouth. Prince
ton. Trenton and various other impor-
tant battles. and was finally at the siege
OF Yorktown, and had the singular and
remarkable fortune to see the surrender
of Lord CORVALLIS to Gen. Washington.
On the restoration of peace the old
soldier laid down his musket and his
krapsack for n while. but he did not
remain long In inactivity. He enlisted
in the army under Gen. Wayne against
the Indians. nothing daunted by the
terrors of the wilderness or the strate-
gems of the powerful and willy foe.
though he had already weathered the
storms Of 50 Winters.
At the close of this brilliant and sue
cessful campaign he Joined the Regular
Army. under Gen. Butler. and was sta
toned at West Point. But at last the
brave old man, being worn down with
age and intirmifies. was discharged as
unfit for duty. when nearly so years Of
age. He left the Army in entire desti-
tuition, and subsisted for several years
upon the cold charities of the world.
together with the little pittance he
earned by his daily labor as Il broom
maker. On the passage of the pension
law in 1918 he availed himself OF its
privileges, and from that time forward
was furnished with all the necessaries
of life. He retained to the last all the
faculties except that of sight. which
for the last 10 years of his life had been
growing dim.
Lusk was a man of remarkable
strength Of constitution and elasticity
of frame. and never had a spell Of sick
ness in his life. He was in the habis
of walking to the town of McMinville,
distance of seven miles from his
home (hs death occurring at Warren
County, Tenn, at the advanced age OF
104 years.. and back again on the same
day. and this, too, after he had reached
100 years of age, retaining the perfect
upright form and firm step and move
ments OF a soldier to the last.
Thus lived and died one of the most
remarkable men of the age. He was
| witness to more remarkable events, per-
haps, than any other man living in his
| day. What revolutions rolled over the
earth in the time that .lapsed between
| his birth and DEATH He was almost
coevaI with the Colonial history. He
was an old man when the Nation COM
menced its career. and during his life
| he saw Empires rise and fall. thrones
demolished and new Kingdoms spring
| into existence. and during that same
period 25,000,000 of the race lived and
| died.-Ira X. Morris, author of Nor
ris's Memorial History of Staten Island"
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