Gus Family

The **Gus Family**, or **House Gus** as it was referred to in Europe, was an early prominent political family in the United States. The Family had major ties to the south, but was also known in New Hampshire and New York. The Family also held several noble titles in Italy in the early 1800s.

## Prominent Members

### Gustavo Gus

Gustavo Gus was the first head of the family, born to a poor Edward Gus, but he built up a large plantation in Virginia and made stacks of money for his family. Gustavo was also an avid racist, influencing several members of his family into being such, like Amon Gus, the Governor of New Hampshire.

### Amon Gus

Amon Gus was a notorious Governor of New Hampshire, spouting racist laws and the such, eventually being arrested and convicted of several crimes after he started an uprising. Gus eventually fled to Europe, living in Naples for a time before usurping their throne, becoming the King of the Two Sicilies.

### Fring Gus

Fring Gus was the twin brother of Amon Gus, Fring lived in Virginia though, serving as a Governor of Virginia for a while before being assassinated. Fring was very outwardly racist, but many came to suspect that he had sympathies, his son Fring Gus Jr. was living proof of this, fathered from a black Josephine Williams who was a former slave that Fring and George Benckendorf helped hide away at the Benckendorf Plantation. This would only be revealed after his death via several personal letters sent from Benckendorf, which his family hid out of shame for several decades following his death.

### Amo Gus

Amo Gus was the son of Sus Gus and Grandson of Gustavo Gus. Amo had been politically active in 1795 after his cousin Amon Gus became the Governor of New Hampshire. Amo would serve in the State Senate for 6 years until 1800 when Amo would win a House seat in the 1800 House Elections. Amo notably served in the Constitutional Democratic Party instead of the Patriot Party like most of the other members of his family. Amo Gus would also serve as the Secretary of the Navy under John Adams and George Benckendorf.

## Members

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Galleo Maxevius Gus (August 30, 1622 - January 3, 1700)
    ↳ Edward Gus (May 13, 1648 - July 16, 1705)
         ↳ Gary Gus (August 3, 1669 - December 1, 1726)
              ↳ Goose Gus (March 1, 1692 - May 30, 1761)
                   ↳ Hall Gus (October 8, 1710 - March 28, 1801)
                        ↳ Hugh Mun Gus (Born: December 4, 1749)
                   ↳ Allen Gus (Born: May 27, 1736)
                   ↳ John Gus (Born: December 16, 1744)
         ↳ Gustavo Gus (May 19, 1703 - October 3, 1800)
              ↳ Henry Gus (Born: February 14, 1731)
                   ↳ Fun Gus (Born: September 8, 1759)
                   ↳ Marcus Gus (Born: May 27, 1761)
                   ↳ Zachary Gus (October 19, 1764 - June 20, 1804)
                   ↳ Dexter Gus (Born: January 29, 1767)
                        ↳ Paul Gus (Born: February 19, 1799)
              ↳ Harry Gus (Born: July 17, 1733)
                   ↳ Eric Arthur Gus (Born: July 19, 1755)
                   ↳ Amon Gus (Born: January 16, 1761)
                        ↳ Amon Gus Jr. (Born: February 19, 1792)
                   ↳ Fring Gus (January 16, 1761 - July 26, 1800)
                        ↳ Fring Gus Jr. (Born: January 4, 1800)
                   ↳ George Luke Gus (Born: March 31, 1773)
              ↳ Sus Gus (Born: June 7, 1737)
                   ↳ Amo Gus (Born: December 13, 1757)
                   ↳ Bartholomew Gus (August 7, 1759 - March 3, 1805)
    ↳ Melvin Gus (November 8, 1669 - July 20, 1705)
         ↳ Gully Gus (August 3, 1700 - December 19, 1773)
              ↳ Jill Gus (Born: March 8, 1755)

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## Other Members

There have been a few other distant relatives of the Gus Family which are otherwise too distantly related to be counted.

### Joseph Gus

Joseph Gus was the 5th Cousin of Fring and Amon Gus, he had been a Colonel in the Army, and was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy in late 1800 by his 5th Cousin Amo Gus.

### Daniel Gus

Daniel Gus was the founder of Gusville in modern Mississippi, a notoriously racist town settled by ex-Dixielanders after the Second American Civil War.

### Smith Gus

Smith Gus was the 10th Cousin 3 times removed of Amon and Fring Gus, Smith Gus lived in Vermont most of his life, and when Amon Gus called to overthrow the Vermont Government, Smith was the only one to answer the call. Smith would charge the Vermont Governor's building, and Lieutenant William Webster would shoot him in the chest.