The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Washington Township, page 739
Jesse Fausset, a prominent pioneer of Washington Township, was born in West Virginia, April 21, 1819, a son of Charles and Jemima (Reed) Fausset, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Virginia. In 1819 his parents moved to Franklin County, Ind., where he was reared and educated. His mother died Oct. 1, 1845, and his father Nov. 21, 1878. They had a family of eight children--Robert, Jesse, Benjamin, Rebecca, Alpheus, Phoebe A., Isaac and Jacob. The two latter are deceased. Jesse Fausset was married Feb. 6, 1844, to Margaret J. Freeland, daughter of Thomas Freeland, of Franklin County. To them were born three children--Eliza J., born Jan. 23, 1845; Charlotte E., July 11, 1847, died May 7, 1860, and Francis N., born Aug. 26, 1851. Sept. 21, 1856, Jesse Fausset married Louisa Holton, daughter of Isaac Holton. His wife died Jan. 19, 1863, leaving one child--Jemima L., born Jan. 14, 1861. Oct. 24, 1867, he married Elizabeth Van Ausdall, daughter of Silas Van Ausdall, of Butler County, Ohio. They have had three children--Charles S., born Dec. 8, 1869; James O., born Nov. 21, 1871, died April 7, 1873, and Rebecca A., born Jan. 9, 1874, died Jan. 26, 1877. Jesse Fausset moved to Hendricks County in 1862, and settled in Washington Township, where he owns 115 1/2 acres of cultivated land. In politics he is a Democrat. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.