If you need a bit of color on John Ousley, you might try Google books which has limited previews of a couple of books that have short squibs on John Ousley's tenure at the White House. From one of them it sounds as if Ousley lived on the grounds for at least part of his tenure there before being fired by Millard Fillmore. I'm not sure if this is your John but it would appear that it might be .... From Ancestry's /Washington, D.C. Marriages, 1826-50: / Name: John Ousley Spouse: Caroline Hilbus Marriage date: 08/04/1833 County: Wash State: DC -- Jackie October1098@aol.com wrote: > Hello, > > Looking for family information on John OUSLEY who was White House gardener > 1820's for 30 years > > Thanks >