From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
publ. 1912, Page 1480-1481
 
JOHN CUSACK.  It is a pleasure to any one, whether a farmer or not, to look 
over a well improved and finely kept landed estate like that of John CUSACK, 
of Darien township, Walworth county, Wisconsin, for he is a man who believes 
in keeping abreast of the times, in adopting, so far as practicable, the most 
approved twentieth-century methods in general farming and stock raising.  As a 
result of his long years of husbandry here he has about solved the question of 
scientific farming as we know and understand it today.  He has always stood 
for progressiveness, not only in material things, but in political, 
educational and religious matters, and he has always been an advocate of 
wholesome living and honesty in public life, and while laboring for his 
individual advancement he has never been found neglectful of his duties to his 
neighbors and the general public.
 
Mr. CUSACK was born on May 24, 1858, in Darien township, this county, and it 
has been his pleasure to spend his entire life in his home community.  He is 
the son of Patrick and Ellen (SULLIVAN) CUSACK, both born in Ireland, where 
they spent their earliest years, emigrating while single to Canada where they 
were married, the father coming about 1851 and settled on a farm where he 
remained until 1857 when he came to Darien township, Walworth county, 
Wisconsin.  He worked out until 1870, when he purchased a farm in Darien 
township, where he established the family home, and developed a good farm on 
which he spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in November 
1906.  His wife still lives on the homestead here.
 
To Mr. and Mrs. Patrick CUSACK eight children have been born, named as 
follows: Mary, now Mrs. MORAN; John, subject of this sketch; Nellie is 
deceased; M. E. lives in Darien, James; Julia; Frank lives in Darien; Agnes is 
deceased.
 
John CUSACK grew up on the homestead in this township and he worked on the 
same during his boyhood days.  He received his education in the district 
schools, and early in life he took up general farming for a livelihood, which 
he has continued to the present time, being now the owner of a fertile farm of 
one hundred and ninety acres in section 23, Darien township.  He keeps good 
live stock and makes a specialty of dairying, which he thoroughly understands.
 
Mr. CUSACK was married on January 9, 1888, to Katie LONG, the daughter of 
Patrick and Margaret LONG, natives of Ireland, both now deceased.  One child 
has been born to the subject and wife, James M., whose birth occurred on 
December 10, 1889.
 
Politically Mr. CUSACK is a Democrat, and in religious matters he is a member 
of the Catholic church.  He belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America.  He has 
been supervisor of Darien township for five years.
 
Submitted by Carol