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Rush Genealogy
William Rush, b approx 1605 -15 in
England, came to US on Ship "Matthew" in 1635.
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Son: William Rush
b: 1637-9 in Westmoreland, VA or in Bedfordshire, England, m
7/21/1652 in Machodoc, Washington Parish, Westmoreland, VA, d:
1707 in Washington
Par., Westmoreland, Virginia
........................................... +Ann Gray
b: 1639 in St. Georges' Hun, Maryland or in Westmoreland, VA, d: 1686-90 in Machodoc,
Westmoreland, Virginia
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........................................... 16 William Rush
b: 1659-60 in Westmoreland, Virginia d: 1707 in Washington
Parish, Westmoreland, VA
.............................................. +Elizabeth
Perry b: 1663 in Virginia
.............................................. 17 William
Rush b: Abt. 1679 in Westmoreland, Virginia d: 1735
in Germana Colony, Orange, Virginia
................................................. +Mary
b: 1683 in Virginia
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Crawford Crafford Rush b: 1720 in Culpeper, Virginia
d: 1799 in Randolph, North Carolina
.................................................... +Mary
Broyles b: 1734 in Orange, Virginia d: Aft. 1818 in
Randolph, North Carolina
Crafford Rush m Mary Briles / Broyles of
VA - Culpepper Co, VA
Benjamin Rush, b approx 4/4/1752 or
10/19/1752 m Dorcas Vickory b 11/25/1755
Noah Rush, son of Noah Rush and Sarah
Clark Rush, was born in North Carolina in 1817, fifth of eleven
children. He came to Lawrence County, IN and found rolling hills and
fertile farm land there.
Noah married Elizabeth Elder. Their
children:
1. George Washington, b 4/20/1839 in Raleigh, Randolph Co, NC, m #1
Lucinda Jones, #2 Mary Romine Lowry, b 2/6/1852. She had one son,
Jesse Lowry. Mary and George married 7/7/1874 in Neosho Co, Erie,
KS. They had 4 children. George d 10/1/1922, Mary d 5/1/1934, Erie,
Neosho Co, KS. Both buried Shaw Cemetery.
(G-Grandfather of Betty (Myron) Rush, who lives in Iola KS. We met
7/1989 at my Grandparents, Maye and Wayne Rush. Grandpa was so happy
to meet a cousin from KS!)
2. Sarah Perima (b 1840, d 1847)
3. Noah Webster (b 1843, d 1921 in OK)
4. James Zebedee, b 12/3/1848 in Raleigh NC, m Emma Florence Bohrer,
b 9/1/1852. They married 8/22/1875 in Erie, Neosho County, KS,
d 1/18/1931. Had 8 children.

"James Z Rush, 1/2 brother of Oliver P Rush" on back of left photo.
"N W Rush to D B Rush, his brother" on front of right one.
These were part of a group of photos that Grandma (Maye Rush) &
Grandpa (Wayne Rush) had.
They were all in one frame and Grandpa said they were always hanging
in the
living room when he was growing up.
(Several of the Rush family left Indiana
and traveled to KS and NB to settle, as they had breathing problems
and arthritis. My grandfather had breathing problems and was
diagnosed as having emphysema and a lung condition that is carried
by chickens.)
5. Martha Elizabeth (b 1851, d 1852)
6. William C (b 1853, d unknown).
The mother of these 6
children,
Elizabeth Elder Rush, died 3/24/1858 in Lawrence County IN and is buried at
Springville.
Noah married 2nd wife
Esther C. Hendrix, who was born in Randolph County NC, on 6/24/1858.

Noah and Esther Rush, Indiana (We put flowers on their graves each
year)
These were part of a group of photos that Grandma (Maye Rush) &
Grandpa (Wayne Rush) had.
They were all in one frame and Grandpa said they were always hanging
in the
living room when he was growing up.
Esther had one son, William Fletcher Hendrix, b 1/12/1849, d.7/1929.
William married Gertie Gray and they had 12 children.
Noah and Esther were married 6/24/1858.
Their Children:
1. Mary Ellen "Mollie", b 7/2/1859, m Rector, moved to Holdridge NB
2. John C, b 6/28/1861, m Laura "Emma" Wilson, b 7/15/1863. John d
3/5/1934, Emma d 3/17/1927, both in Lawrence Co, IN
3. Doctor B, b 6/28/1861, m Lydia Vest, moved to Chanute KS for
health reasons; dryer weather.
4. Oliver P, b 11/3/1864, m Laura Hatfield, b 9/29/1870. They m
7/22/1888. Moved to Greene County, Bloomfield, IN.
5. Isabella C, b 7/22/1868, m Hannigan Rainbolt, b 11/1/1867. She d
2/16/1942 and he d 11/13/1949 in Lawrence Co IN, buried at
Springville Cemetery.

Noah's Estate

Springville Cemetery, where Noah, Elizabeth, Esther and some of
the family are buried.
Springville Church, a few blocks from the cemetery.
Noah Rush, born 9/8/1817, died 4/7/1877.
Elizabeth Rush, Noah's first wife, born 1812, died 1858.
Esther C. Hendrix Rush, Noah's 2nd wife, born 1828, died 1888.
2 infant graves, children of Noah and E. Rush.

Children: Aunt Belle, Uncle John C, Uncle Doctor B, Grandpa Oliver P
Rush.
These were part of a group of photos
that Grandma (Maye Rush) & Grandpa (Wayne Rush) had.
They were all in one frame and Grandpa said they were always hanging in the
living room when he was
growing up.

Rush graves at Springville. Nearest one is Oliver P. Rush
Rush family with Neighbors, Norman & Milford Riddle, probably in Popcorn IN,
where they farmed. Grandpa Wayne Rush put these names on the photo.
Doctor B and Lydia Rush, their family photo
John C, b 1814 in NC was a brother of Noah's. He cam to IN and m
Mahala Holmes in IN in 1839, (b 11/16/1819 in Floyd Co IN) and they
had 12 children in IN. John C & Mahala Rush settled in in
Hobbieville, Greene County IN.
Oliver P & Laura Rush had
4 boys: Carl, Rollie, Wayne and Kent.
Carl, Rollie, OP and
Laura, Earl and Ella Rush cemetery stones.
My Grandparents
Oliver P and Laura Rush, my
great-grandparents purchased 80 acres in Bloomfield, Indiana. This
land is bordered by a country road that goes to the river and their
property bordered on the river. They moved there from Popcorn,
Lawrence County, Indiana when my Grandpa was 16. They wanted to be
closer to a town. Grandpa Wayne Rush and his brother, Kent, helped
their Dad, Oliver P, add a second story on the house after they
purchased the property. Then they built the "little house" next door
and a barn. They cleared land for a large garden and fenced more
pasture for their horses and cows.
After my Grandparents, Wayne and Maye (White) Rush married, they lived in the little
house across the field and Oliver and Laura lived in the big house.
After Laura and Oliver died, Wayne and Maye inherited the big house
so they moved there. At this time, their family had grown to 5. They rented out
the little house. Uncle Kent and Aunt Laura inherited Oliver's
other farm (not the one in Lawrence County) and they lived there for a while. It was in southern IN,
maybe a county away from Bloomfield, but I do not know where.
Grandpa and Grandma both had striking light blue eyes and they were
very tall. Grandma was shy around people but she was a wonderful
Grandma. She always made our favorite foods and played games and
colored with us. I loved to go to town with them and ride in the
back of the pickup truck. There was a handle by the windshield and I
remember asking Grandpa what it was for. He said if he cranked it we
would fly. He loved to joke around and enjoyed talking about
politics. Grandpa always had a large garden and you could not find
tomatoes, green beans and corn as good as the ones that he grew
anyplace. They were hard workers, Grandma was always working in the
garden and canning. She made lime pickles that were so crisp and
sweet. I remember when they purchased their first electric washer
and dryer, probably about 1960. That was a real luxury at that time.
Grandma liked to paint and sew. She made beautiful quilts and
afghans. Grandpa made quilting frames.
My Memories
My earliest memories of the Rush family are playing at the "big
house". My cousins and I loved to play tag and hide and seek.
We would run around the wooden porch, which went almost all the way
around the house and the roof came out over it. The door everyone
used to enter the house had a sidewalk from the driveway and
it went into the kitchen. Beside the door was the really long porch swing with pretty spindles
across the back. Grandpa Wayne Rush made the porch swing from the
playpen spindles that had been used by my Aunt Wilma, Mom and Uncle
Bud. He said that he made it long enough for him to be able to lay
down and take a nap on it, and he was 6'4". The kitchen has a
wood-burning stove. The table always had a red and white checkered
table cloth on it. Off the kitchen was a small room that had a bowl
and pitcher on a counter with a mirror over it. There was a large
living room with thin lace curtains over the long windows. There
were two bedrooms off the living room that shared a double-sided
fireplace. Both the upstairs and downstairs rooms had really high
ceilings and tall baseboards. The stairs went up by the living room
to two bedrooms. One had the brick chimney in it and this was where
mom and Aunt Wilma slept during the winter, near the chimney, to
keep warm. The floors were wooden and the walls were wallpapered,
one pale yellow and one pale blue. These rooms were light and bright
with several windows in each room.
This house had a summer kitchen and a smoke house, which were
separate buildings from the main house but attached by the
wooden porch, which was covered by the roof. Near the smokehouse was
an angled door into the ground. This was the cellar where Grandma kept her canned
foods, milk and butter. There was a large fragrant lilac bush by the
cellar. Grandpa built the garage and a large barn, which are still
standing and look very good. The little house is still there too.
However, the big house was
damaged by termites and torn down by the new owners. A brick house
was built back further from where the big house was. No one
has a photo of the big farm house. So sad, we all wish we did.
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The barn and garage that Grandpa Wayne Rush built, probably about
1930.
Rush Cemetery
The Rush cemetery is in Lawrence County, off either State Rd 54 or
58. The
property has a really wide creek running through it and also
had the family cemetery on it. To get to the cemetery, you must go
in a 4 wheel drive to cross the creek, or you could wade across
during the dryer time of summer. The
cemetery is up a steep hill and around a ways; not easy to find. The
land was still in the Rush family in the 1980's. The owners lived in
Indianapolis. He came down to our Rush reunion in Bloomfield and
took me to this cemetery in his jeep. I took Grandpa Wayne Rush
there and he remembered where the Rush house was and that there was
a spring not far from the house. Grandpa Wayne remembered in 1949
going to the funeral of Artimecy "Timey", daughter of John C. A
horse-drawn wagon had to take the casket across the creek.

Rush Cemetery and a marker there, I think it says:
John C, son of L. O. & E. D. Price, b ? d 1855
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Lowder Cemetery in Lawrence County:
John C Rush
June 28,1861 - March 05, 1934
Son of Noah & Aster Rush |
Married December 31, 1881 |
Laura Emma (Wilson) Rush
July 15, 1863 - March 17, 1927
Daughter of Giles & Louisa Wilson |
Book G Pg 175, gravestones not located
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