Marjorie Fluor Moore's compilation of Floyd Co., VA, death records lists H. Slusher, male, d. 2 Jan 1854, age 5 yrs, father Jos., mother N., cause of death fever. The only child of Joseph & Nancy who would be 5 in 1854 would be Jacob, though it is hard to see how a J. could be misread as an H. Maybe his middle name began with an H, and they were calling him by it at that age.