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Dr. Andrew Jackson Rush

26 Feb 1858 – 6 Jul 1925

Birth26 Feb 1858
Death6 Jul 1925
CemeteryEvergreen Cemetery
Paris , Lamar County , Texas , USA
Added byBrenda Morris Cooper on 14 Sep 2014
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Dr. Andrew Jackson Rush was born to John Rush and Rhoda Davis on 26 Feb 1858. He Graduated from the University of Louisville Medical Department in 1884. He married Laura Evelyn Pierce on 21 Dec 1884 in Delta County, Texas. They had six children together. Andrew passed away July 6, 1925 in Blossom, Texas. From Contributor: Sherry (47010546) Andrew J. Rush was born on February 26, 1858, in a community some fifteen miles distant from the city of Cairo, Illinois. He was reared amidst the environments of a country home in Lamar county, Texas, where the family located when he was less than two years old, and he remained on the home farm until he was twenty-two years old. His country school training was supplemented by work as a student in Bonham College, under the direction of "Uncle Charley" Carlton, a teacher famed in his day in Fannin County. The young man had decided upon the profession of medicine, and his first steps in a medical career were taken in the office of Dr. R. P. Davis, of Petty, Texas, where he gave diligent attention to the study of the science. He selected Tulane University as his medical school, and was graduated from the medical department of the University at Louisville, Kentucky, on February 28, 1884, graduating with honor and receiving his degree of M. D. at that time. Soon thereafter Dr. Rush located for practice in Lake Creek, in Delta County, Texas, and remained there for twenty years. He subsequently took post graduate work in the New York Post Graduate School, and came to Paris to a larger field of action in 1904. He has become affiliated with the local and state medical societies, and has served as president of the Delta and Lamar county Medical Societies. He was appointed Medical Director of the Paris Cooperative Insurance Company upon its organization, and is now medical director of the Teachers' Life Association of this city. For a number of years Dr. Rush carried on farming in Delta county, investing his savings in farm lands until he came to be classed as one of the extensive farming men of the county. Since leaving Delta county and locating in his old home region, he has withdrawn from active farming interests, although other fields of investment, aside from his professional activities, claim some attention from him. In 1885, Dr. Rush joined the Masonic fraternity at Lake Creek, and to the work of the order he has given much time and study. He is Past Master of the Lake Creek Lodge and of Paris Lodge No. 27, and has also sat in Grand Lodge. He is Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, Past High Priest of LaFayette Chapter, in Paris, Past Thrice Illustrious Master of Council No. 34 in Paris, Past Eminent Commander of Paris Commandery No. 9, and holds a certificate from the Grand Lodge entitling him to give instruction in Masonry. He is a member of the Christian church, and has been an elder of the church in Paris for some years On December 21, 1884, at Lake Creek, Dr. Bush was united in marriage to Miss Laura E. Pierce, a daughter of William and Jane (Rice) Pierce, of that place, of whose six children, Mrs. Rush was the youngest. To Dr. and Mrs. Rush have been born six children, of whom brief mention is here made as follows: Floyd E. married Sallie McClain and they have three daughters, Lois, Evelyn and Virginia. Oma C. is the wife of Lloyd Robinson, of Paris. T. Vester, of Paris. Grace Evelyn, who was graduated from the Paris high school in 1913; and Doris and Glena. The family is one that maintains a high position in the best social circles of the city, and is prominent in the leading social activities of the community. (A History of Texas and Texans, Volume 3 By Francis White Johnson - Texas Genealogy Trails website)

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