1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16-17 of 182):  White Pine P.O., Gaston Co., NC, Roll M653_898, pp. 8B-9A, PN 16-17, 135/114, enumerated 10 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Joseph Lusk	43	M		Sherriff	1300	700
Ann     "	42	F
Margt   "	21	F
Mary    "	18	F
John    "	15	M
Sarah   "	13	F
James   "	11	M
David   "	8	M
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Jasper S Lusk	5	M
Prior Bird	22	M		Farmer
Susan "	26	F
Infant "	2/12	F

Ann (RUDISILL) LUSK is Susan's sister.

3.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #337 of 51):  Cherryville P.O., Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., NC, Roll M593_1138, p. 673A, PN 301/37, 294/294, enumerated 17 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Bird Oliver P	33	M	W	Farmer	500	600	NC
"  Susan	35	F	W	Keeping house			"
"  Margaret	9	F	W				"
"  Mary	6	F	W				"
"  Julie?	2	F	W				"

Listed next to Susan's parents, Jonas & Margaret (BEAM) RUDISELL.

4.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #43 of 48):  Cherryville Twp., Gaston Co., NC, Roll T9_964, p. 22C, PN 43, SD 3, ED 85, 394/422, enumerated 23 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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2

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5

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8

9

10

11

13

23

24

25

26

394

422

Byrd Prior

W

M

43

/

Farmer

NC

NC

NC

____ Susan

W

F

46

Wife

/

House keeping

NC

NC

NC

____ Margaret

W

F

20

Dau

/

NC

NC

NC

____ Mary

W

F

14

"

/

NC

NC

NC

____ July Etta

W

F

12

"

/

NC

NC

NC

____ Barbara

W

F

10

"

/

/

NC

NC

NC

Rudisill Margaret

W

F

86

"

/

NC

NC

NC

Margaret (BEAM) RUDISILL is Susan's mother, not her daughter (obviously).

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

7.  OneWorldTree (online at Ancestry.com).

8.  Roger Dellinger.  The Family Tree of Roger Dellinger (online at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thorodin/familly-p/).