David Charles Rush

David Charles Rush

• Father: Charles George Rush b. 8 February 1786, d. 9 December 1857
• Mother: Elisabeth DeBardelaben b. 27 November 1788, d. 21 December 1826

• David Charles Rush was born on 4 March 1824 in Autauga County, Alabama.
• William Shackelford Cox and Julia Ann Rush appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included David Charles Rush, Josiah James Cox, Margaret E. Cox, William S. Cox, George W. Cox, Richard S. Cox, Charles R. Cox and Davis Shackelford Cox. Also in the household was James W. Posey.
• He was enumerated as overseer in the household of his brother-in-law William S. Cox.
• He married Susan Elizabeth Greer on 29 December 1850 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
• David Charles Rush and Susan Elizabeth Greer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Caledonia PO, Lowndes County, Mississippi, enumerated in the household of Susan's parents.. Other members of the household included Julia Blanche Rush, Helen Rush and Sarah Rush.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• He served as a private in Company C, 48th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, CSA. He enlisted 28 November 1864 in Columbus, Mississippi. He was admitted on 23 February 1865 to the General Hospital, Howard's Grove, Richmond, Virginia, for remittent fever, transfored to Danville on 4 April, and later to Farmville. He appears on the list of prisoners of war paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia, on 15 April 1865.
• David Charles Rush died on 25 June 1867 at age 43 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.
• His wife Susan Elizabeth Greer became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at the Greer family cemetery, Lowndes County, Mississippi, now located on the grounds of Columbus Air Force Base.

• Last Edited: 23 Jul 2014