Person:William Rushing (14)

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William Gilbert Rushing
b.23 Oct 1810 Anson Co., North Carolina, United States
d.15 Apr 1875 Decatur Co., Tennessee, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1800
  1. Rebecca RushingAbt 1800 - Bef 1870
  2. Holden RushingAbt 1802 - Aft 1860
  3. Martha Rushing1803 - Bef 1850
  4. Calvin Rushing1804 - 1860
  5. Jemima M. Rushing1806 - 1840
  6. William Gilbert Rushing1810 - 1875
  7. Jane Rushing1813 - 1884
  8. Enoch Deason RushingEst 1815 - Bef 1851
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  William Gilbert Rushing1810 - 1875
  • W.  Eliza White1819 - 1881
  1. Leonadus Rushing1837 - 1902
  2. Rebecca Rushing1839 - 1925
  3. Mary E. Rushing1841 - 1873
  4. Martha F. Rushing1842 - 1917
  5. Ann E. RushingAbt 1844 -
  6. Sophia A. Rushing1845 - 1879
  7. John A. RushingAbt 1846 -
  8. Catharine E. Rushing1849 - 1874
  9. MIlton Brown Rushing1854 - 1879
  10. Millard Fillmore Rushing1856 - 1928
  11. William F. Rushing1857 -
  12. Margret Jane 'Janie' RushingAbt 1857 - 1910
  13. Emily H. Rushing1860 - 1874
  14. Mahala J. Rushing1862 - 1874
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Facts and Events
Name William Gilbert Rushing
Gender Male
Birth? 23 Oct 1810 Anson Co., North Carolina, United States
Marriage to Eliza White
Death? 15 Apr 1875 Decatur Co., Tennessee, United States
Burial? Campground Cemetery, Decatur Co., Tennessee, United States

William Gilbert (Gil) Rushing was born October 23, 1810, in Anson Co., NC, and died April 15, 1875. He had moved to Decatur County, then Perry County, by 1836. He was a farmer. In 1841 he donated the land where Campground Cumberland Presbyterian Church now stands for use for a church and cemetery. His wife Eliza was born April 20, 1819, and died March 14, 1881. Among descendants of Eliza's granddaughter, Sophia Rushing Moore, there is an oral tradition that Eliza was sister of Noah Williams. However, in the marriage record of son Millard Fillmore Rushing in Massac Co., Illinois, she is listed as Eliza White. William Gilbert Rushing and Eliza are buried at Campground Cemetery, Decatur Co., TN. Nancy Rushing, mother of William is living with William and Eliza in1850, Decatur Co., Tennessee and his sister Rebecca Rushing Jackson is next household.

Living next hh to Rebecca is her brother William. Also in his hh is his mother Nancy: 1850 Census Dist 4, Decatur, Tennessee William G. Rushing 39 M farmer 200 NC Eliza Rushing 30 F TN Leonadus Rushing 13 M TN Rebecca Rushing 11 F TN Mary E. Rushing 9 F TN Martha F. Rushing 7 F TN Ann E. Rushing 6 F TN Sophiah A. Rushing 5 F TN John A. Rushing 4 M TN Cathanne Rushing 1 F TN Nancy Rushing 67 F 400 NC

Family Data Collection - Births http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5769&enc=1 Name: William Gilbert Rushing Father: David Rushing Mother: Nancy Rebecca Deason Birth Date: 23 Oct 1810 County: Anson State: NC

http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5771&enc=1 (secondary source!) Family Data Collection - Deaths about William Gilbert Rushing Name: William Gilbert Rushing Death Date: 15 Apr 1875 County: Decatur State: TN

References
  1.   United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19)
    Perry Co., Tennessee.
  2.   United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704)
    Perry Co., Tennessee.
  3.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
    Dist 4, Decatur Co., Tennessee.
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