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Nicholas Rush

Birth	:	7 May 1839 Naples, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Campania, Italy
Death	:	31 May 1901 Burr, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Estes Cemetery, Lewisport, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.8761200, -86.9131100
Inscription	:	G.A.R.
Description	:	Nicholas RUSH · Biography of Nicholas RUSH from the Biographical Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, by Chapman. (1889) p. 673-674. NICHOLAS RUSH. Among the prominent citizens of South Branch, and one whose character is such as to commend itself to all, a successful farmer, and an army veteran, is the gentleman whose life story is herein presented in succinct form. He is the son of Antonius and Augusta Rush, and now makes his home on section 28, where he operates successfully along the line of general farming and stock-raising, giving chief... Read More	Nicholas RUSH · Biography of Nicholas RUSH from the Biographical Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, by Chapman. (1889) p. 673-674. NICHOLAS RUSH. Among the prominent citizens of South Branch, and one whose character is such as to commend itself to all, a successful farmer, and an army veteran, is the gentleman whose life story is herein presented in succinct form. He is the son of Antonius and Augusta Rush, and now makes his home on section 28, where he operates successfully along the line of general farming and stock-raising, giving chief attention to the former, eighty acres of fine agricultural land. The father of our subject was born in Naples, Italy, and followed farming. His mother was born at Naples, and married under the sunny skies of that Southern European kingdom. They became the parents of six children, viz: Joseph, Pasco, Rosa, Caroline, Celestia and Nicholas. The latter was born in Naples on the 8th of May, 1837. His early life was spent in Italy. He continued upon the farm of his father until he was eighteen years of age. Then, in 1855, he went to France, where he studied as a musician, and from there to England in the practice of his chosen profession. In 1861, again taking his journey, he came to "the land of the free," landing in New York City. He traveled at first chiefly through the Southern States, and then went to Illinois. Although but so recently come to the country and almost before he was fully able to grasp the meaning of the new institutions of the New World, or thoroughly to imbibe the principles of its independence, Mr. Rush saw that country in the throes of a civil war, and enlisted in the Union Corps, serving in Company S, 2nd Illinois Artillery. He was mustered in at Springfield in June, 1864. He did not come out of the struggles unscathed. Injuries were first received from being thrown off his horse, which stunned him and left some injury of the head that has rendered him permanently deaf. This the thundering cannon so affected as to almost entirely destroy the hearing, and he must ever remain in the stillness and comparative solitude that such a condition necessitates. He was mustered out at Chicago in August, 1865, and continued in Illinois until 1866, when he came west to this county. Life in the West has brightened for our subject, both in his farm and home, for upon coming he entered his present property of 160 acres, improved it, made it his own, and has taken good care of it from that time, until now it is one of the best cultivated farms in the district. His home has been made home to him in Nebraska, for here he was united in wedlock; first in Nebraska City, in the year 1873, to Miss Anna Wood, who died in 1875, aged twenty-five years. The second occasion occured in Johnson County on the 17th of March, 1878. The lady of his choice was Miss Jane Powell, the daughter of Stephen and Isabella (Mapps) Powell, who were natives respectively of New York and Pennsylvania. They came to Johnson County in 1857. They were among the pioneers and founders of the county. Mr. Powell died in 1863, aged forty-seven years, and the mother is still living. They are the parents of seven children - William, Angeline, Jane, Thomas, John, Joseph and Elizabeth. The wife of our subject was born in Joliet, Ill., Feb. 2, 1850. She was seven years of age when she came with her parents to this State, and has seen perhaps more than usually falls to the lot of man or woman in these days of advanced civilization in the West, of real frontier life. To Mr. and Mrs. Rush there have been given seven children, and their names are recorded as Mary M., Celestia E., Ida Sybel, Albert Wesley, Rosa A., Edith Pearl and Willis Logan. Mr. Nicholas Rush is one of the substantial supporters and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Rockford, and one of the prime movers in its organization. His wife also is with him in this relation. She is a lady of education and cultivation, and is one who has found the art of making home something more than a mere stopping-place; a place to be desired, looked for and prized. The political sentiments of our subject are strictly harmonious with those of the Republican party, of which he has always been a firm friend.

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Nicholas Rush's memorial is located at: Estes Cemetery, Lewisport, Hancock County, USA.
When did Nicholas Rush death?
Nicholas Rush death on 31 May 1901 in Burr, Otoe County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 37.8761200
Longitude: -86.9131100

Family Members:

Spouse

Anna E. Wood Rush

(1848 - 1875)

Jane Rush

(1850 - 1891)

Children

Sybil Irene Rush Coover

(1880 - 1943)

Pearl E. Rush Langley

(1885 - 1945)

Willie Logan Rush

(1886 - 1904)

Johnny P. Rush

(1891 - 1891)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Estes Cemetery
Lewisport, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8761200, -86.9131100

2. Bryant Cemetery
Yelvington, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8656006, -86.9225006

3. Chestnut Grove Baptist Cemetery
Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8786190, -86.9310910

4. Iron Ore Hill Cemetery
Maceo, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8736687, -86.9373016

5. Webber Cemetery
Yelvington, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8588982, -86.9257965

6. Holland Cemetery
Lewisport, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9126440, -86.8781160

7. Glover Cemetery
Yelvington, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8493996, -86.9610977

8. Yelvington Cemetery
Yelvington, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8578970, -86.9690020

9. Green Chapel Baptist Cemetery
Yelvington, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8600800, -86.9710300

10. Lamar Cemetery
Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8744011, -86.8499985

11. Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery
Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8274600, -86.9352000

12. Cooper-Puckett Cemetery
Lewisport, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8370132, -86.8701319

13. Hawes-Taylor Cemetery
Yelvington, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8466988, -86.9700012

14. Kelly Cemetery
Maceo, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8819008, -86.9819031

15. Poplar Grove Cemetery
Lewisport, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9118770, -86.8590310

16. Lewisport Cemetery
Lewisport, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9317120, -86.9011220

17. Gatewood Cemetery
Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8331000, -86.8659800

18. Horn Cemetery
Gatewood, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8348112, -86.8613678

19. Chambers Cemetery
Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8636017, -86.8411026

20. Sand Hill Cemetery
Lewisport, Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9308014, -86.8816986

21. Roberts Cemetery
Knottsville, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8231010, -86.8764038

22. Barker Cemetery
Gatewood, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8343444, -86.8566807

23. Shouse Family Cemetery
Spice Knob, Daviess County, USA
Coordinate: 37.8198800, -86.9602600

24. Adams Cemetery
Hancock County, USA
Coordinate: 37.9419580, -86.8933770