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John Rush

25 Apr 1824 – 10 Apr 1904

Birth	25 Apr 1824
Death	10 Apr 1904
Cemetery	Rush Cemetery Cambria , Wayne County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Tyler Morgan on 14 Jul 2010
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#17356395 wife #1 Eleanor Jane Allen

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Middle name may have been Henry although there is no proof found. S/O James & Mary CAYLOR,Rush. H/O {1}Eleanor Jane ALLEN,Married,4 Mar 1851 Jefferson,Iowa.{2} Melinda Ann MARSHALL, Married Jan.,1872 Ia. + FROM HISTORY OF WAYNE CO, IA BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. IOWA ROOM, DSM IA PUB LIBRARY !" John Rush, section 4, Benton Twp, was born in Blount Co, TN, 4/25/1824, a son of James and Mary Caylor Rush. When he was about 14 years of age(1838), his parents moved to Madison Co, IL, and in the spring of 1846 he came to IA, and entered 80 acres of land in Jefferson Co, IA on which he lived till February 1854, when he moved to Wayne Co, IA and bought 220 acres which is now his homestead, all but twenty acres of it being wild land. He was married in 1850 to Eleanor J. Allen, and to them were born ten children, seven of whom are living, Mary, Annie, James, Warren, Charles F., Edward C. and Margaret C. Mrs. Rush died in 9/1870 and in 1/1872, Mr. Rush married Malinda A. Callaway, widow of Charles Callaway and daughter of Oliver Marshall. They have one child-Carl D. Rush. Mrs Rush had 4 children by her former marriage; but one is living-William O. Callaway." !OBIT-CORYDON, WAYNE CO, IA, CORYDON REPUBLICAN JOURNAL, 4/14/1904, IA STATE HIST LIB DSM IA !"John Rush, brother of our townsman, Fred Rush, died at his home in Humeston, on Saturday morning last at the advanced age of 82 years. Mr.Rush was born in Blount Co, East Tennesee in 1822. He removed to IL in about 1840, to Jefferson Co, IA in 1850, and to Benton Twp, Wayne Co in 1853 settling on the farm where he lived until 1899 when he removed with his family to Humeston. Mr. Rush was a highly respectable citizen and a successful farmer, notwithstanding he was for years afflicted with sore eyes. Our acquaintance with him began in 1865 and we always regarded him as an honorable, upright, conscientious gentleman. He leaves a wife and seven children, all grown, to mourn their loss. !He was buried in the John Rush cemetery in Benton Twp beside the remains of his first wife." !NOTE-THE OBIT BIRTH DATE IS 1822, THE INFO IN THE BIO IS 1824-IF HE WAS 82 YEARS OLD IN 1904 WHEN HE DIED, HIS BIRTH DATE WOULD BE 1822.--TOMBSTONE INFORMATION IS 4/25/1824 WITH 79 YR, 11MO, 15DA. **NOTE**IGI INDEX LISTS BD AS 4/24/1824

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