Hettie is found on the 1880 census of Embarras Township, Edgar Co., Illinois, listed as Heltie [sc. Hettie? (perhaps misread)] Cusick, widow, age 73 mother-in-law of the head of the household, John Bandy. Both her father and mother are listed as born in Tennessee (Cf. notes on Hettie's sister, Martha Utter.)!