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Rush GenealogyUNVERIFIED HISTORY William Rush, b approx 1605 -15 in England, came to US on Ship "Matthew" in 1635. ........................................
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 William Rush IV m Mary had son, Crafford: Crafford Rush m Mary Briles / Broyles of VA - Culpepper Co, VA They had son, Benjamin: HISTORY FROM MY FAMILY Benjamin Rush, b approx 4/4/1752 or 10/19/1752 m Dorcas Vickory b 11/25/1755 They had son, Noah: 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: 
"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.)
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.
Springville Cemetery, where Noah, Elizabeth, Esther and some of
the family are buried. 
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 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
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. 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:
Book G Pg 175, gravestones not located
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