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Name Rush Black Tarbet
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Jun 1829 near Calhoun, McMinn Co., TN
Marriage 4 Nov 1852 to Nancy Emoline Whitterburg
Death? 9 Sep 1863 Union POW Camp, Alton ILL.

Rush Black Torbett (Tarbet) was the first of John and Sarah's children to be born in Tennessee. Rush B. married Nancy Emeline Whittenburg in 1852, and they moved to Greyson Co., TX in 1859. Rush and Emoline had 5 Daughters.

Rush enlisted in the Confederate Army and died in a POW camp in Alton ILL.. in 1863. He served with the 16th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Fitzhugh's)