Derussy, G A - State: [Blank] - Year: 1860 - File Number: D109

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Derussy, G A - State: [Blank] - Year: 1860 - File Number: D109

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De Russy, Gustavus Adolphus, 1818-1891

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De Russy was born in Brooklyn to American army officer René Edward De Russy (1789–1865) and Harriet Elizabeth Taylor (1805–1834). His father was born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) in 1789 and his French colonial family moved as refugees to Virginia two years later, fleeing the revolution on the island. Gustavus's sister, Clara Louise De Russey (1829–1900), married William Augustus Nichols (1818–1869), who became a Brevet Maj. Gen. His sister, Emily Caroline De Russy (1831–1857), married Henry Ja...