Orson Bingham GALUSHA
Mary Jane HINSDALE

Husband:  Orson Bingham GALUSHA
Birth:  2 Dec 1819, Arlington, Bennington Co., Vermont 
Death:  15 Jun 1898, Peoria, Peoria Co., Illinois 
Burial:
Father:  Jonas GALUSHA
Mother:   Electa HINSDILL

Marriage:   9 Mar 1843, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan 

Wife:  Mary Jane HINSDALE
Birth:  Feb 1820, Vermont 
Death:   13 Jan 1910, Tyrone, Schuyler Co., New York 
Burial:  
Father:   Mitchell HINSDALE
Mother:   Dorothy WEED 

Children:
1. Arthur Jonas GALUSHA, b: 29 Jan 1844, Paris, Kent Co., Michigan
                                            d:  4 Apr 1848, Paris, Kent Co., Michigan
                                         bur: Oak Grove Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan
2. Ellen Hinsdill GALUSHA, b: 24 Oct 1849, Saratoga, Grundy Co., Illinois
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Notes:
From The History of Grundy County, Illinois, 1882:
Orson lived on his grandfather's estate until he was sixteen years old.  He received as much educational advantages as the district would afford.  He even studied one year at Union Academy in Bennington.  When his father moved the family to Rochester, New York, he was placed under the tuition of Chester Dewey, D. D. of the Rochester Collegiate Institute.  He also taught one year under Prof. Nathan Brittan, his brother-in-law, in the Fitzhugh Street Seminary.  His father moved the family to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1839.  When his father and brother returned to New York, he remained in Michigan for fifteen years, teaching in the winters and farming in the summers.  He also served as School Inspector and Township Clerk.

In 1849, he sold his farm in Michigan and moved to a farm in Grundy County, Illinois and started a nursery business.  During this time, the plan for a system of agricultural colleges emerged.  When the plan was finally adopted by the Congress of the United States, he was the first man appointed by the Governor of Illinois as a member of the Board of Trustees to take charge of the 480,000 acres of land and found a college to start its operation..  This college became the Illinois State University at Champaign, Illinois.  In 1864, he was elected a member of the State Board of Agriculture, and re-elected in 1866, holding the position for four years.  One of his principal public services was serving with the Illinois State Horticulture Society, founded in 1856.  He was elected president of the society in 1861 and continued in it until his death.

1850 Federal Census Data (M432_0108, Page 163), Saratoga, Grundy Co., Illinois,
                                                                                                               Enumeration Date: 7-Sep-1850, Family #10

1870 Federal Census Data (M593_0225, Page 454B), Morris, Wauponsee Twp., Grundy Co., Illinois,
                                                                                                                      Enumeration Date: 29-Jul-1870, Family #143

1880 Federal Census Data (T9_0209, Page 323D), Wauponsee, Grundy Co., Illinois,
                                                                                  Enumeration Dist: 7, Enumeration Date: 28-Jun-1880, Family #152

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