[NI7174] He came to Milam County1881. He was captured by the Union Army and was held as a prisoner of war During the Civil War.
[NI7179]
Lucy A. Rushing born about 1874 in Texas, married Richard W. Burden in 1888.
They had the following children:
F i Stella Burden was born in Aug 1889 in ,, Texas. She di
F ii Della Burden was born in Aug 1892 in ,, Texas. She di
M iii Henry Burden was born in Sep 1896 in ,, Texas. He di
F iv Fannie Burden
M v B. William Burden was born calculated 1902 in ,, Texas. He died before 1990.
M vi Edwin Oscar Burden
[NI7205] The names of these five children are in the book "Matchless Milam" by The Milam County Historical Association, but I didn't copy them. Please see the note for Ernest Ezikiel Cannaday.
[NI7208]
From an Interview with Marie Rushing Bailey, 24 Jan. 2001. Albert J. Rushing (1900 census)
Burt Rushing came to Edward Franklin Rushing's farm when they lived in Chilicothe, Texas. He had his own house on Edwards farm. He died of Tuberculosis while living there in Texas. The family were cotton farmers that had a route of three different farms that they traveled sequentially to plough, plant, hoe and later come back to chop [thin the cotton], then back again to pick and gin [remove the seeds from] the crop. The three farms were all in Oklahoma. Ed's farm was a quarter section in Hardeman Co., Texas between Vernon and Chilicothe but on the Chilicothe mail route (Farmers Valley). Thier father, John Rushing died along the trail in Oklahoma and is buried there by the trail and not in a graveyard.
Burt's death date approximation is established by the time Edward lived in Chilicothe/Vernon, Texas. His birth date span established by the time the family lived in Erath Co., Texas after Edward's birthday and the death of John Rushing. Second birth date source is the month and year from the 1900 federal census where he is listed as Albert Lynch living next door to Edward Rushing within the household of Hattie Lynch mother to Edward and the siblings listed as Lynch although in later Oklahoma records they used the last name Rushing.
FARMERS VALLEY, TEXAS, 341002N 0992719W. Farmers Valley is at the intersection of Farm roads 925 and 392, nine miles west of Vernon and one mile east of the Hardeman county line in west central Wilbarger County. A small community had been established in the area when a school was built in 1887. By the early 1900s it had grown to include a Methodist congregation established in 1881, a cotton gin, and a combination grocery store and service station. The Methodists built their church building about 1922. The school was renamed Wells Chapel in 1924 and served the area until it was consolidated with the Chillicothe school in 1946. The Farmers Valley population was reported at twenty-five during the 1930s and 1940s and fifty in later records. The Methodist church dissolved in the late 1970s, and the gin closed in 1982. The reported population was fifty in 1990.
[BIBLIOGRAPHY: Wilbarger County Historical Commission, Wilbarger County (Lubbock, 1986)].
[NI7211]
Amy Jane Collins Parents unknown...
[NI7240]
Richard B. Rushing served in Company F, 8th Missouri Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Richard Rushing died of cancer of the face.
[NI7246]
Thomas Gaddy's will is as follows:
[NI7262]
The three sons of Andrew J. Rushing who died in March 1953, died from injuries sustained in a car wreck.
[NI7280]
Biography: Felder Rushing is a hard-core, 10th generation Southern gardener residing in Jackson, Mississippi. His garden has been featured in Garden Design, Southern Living, Horticulture, House and Garden, and the New York Times. Rushing’s books include Gardening Southern Style and Passalong Plants (named the best-written garden book nationally in 1994 by the Garden Writers Association), Tough Plants for Southern Gardens and Tough Plants for Nothern Gardens. The author has served as one of six members of Southern Living magazine’s garden advisory committee and was recently named as a national director for the prestigious American Horticultural Society.
[NI7281]
Joseph Rushing died at a young age at the same time as his brother Abel. He is not shown on the 1850 Census. Placement is by The Seattle Genealogical Society.
Subject: Re: Amy Collins
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:50:32 -0600
From: "Dan Cook"
To: Dan Rushing
Hi Dan,
Thanks for responding to my query about Amy Collins.
... I had seen the "Matchless Miliam" book at the Houston
Geneology library before and so I went by there again to take another look. The article that seems to imply that James Collins and E. Head were the parents of Amy Collins is garbled ( a typing error or a word missing or misplaced). E. Head was actually the wife of one of the later Ford men. Just wanted to let you know. Thanks Again,
Dan [Cook]
Dan Rushing wrote:
>...1984, "Matchless Milam" History of Milam County Texas, Milam County Heritage Preservation Society, >(Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas Texas, USA).
>I never had the book, but got some pages copied and mailed to me from James David Walker and his wife Cheryl. Thanks for your interest,
>
>sincerely,
>DeForest Daniel "Dan" Rushing
>Albuquerque, NM
>Daniel R. Cook wrote:
>
> > Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by
> > (e-mail address supressed) on Monday, February 24, 2003 at 14:24:52
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
> >
> > Name: Daniel R. Cook
> > Subject: Amy Collins
> >
> > Comments: I noticed that you have a Amy Jane Collins daughter of James Collins and Elender Henry in your data base. I am descended from Amy Jane Collins and William Ford. I know of quite a few researchers who have been trying to find the parents and siblings of Amy Jane Collins. I am not an experienced researcher and can't tell what the source is for your information about the parents of Amy Jane and the marriage date you list for her parents. We would be most thankful if you could supply us with that info.
Thanks,
Dan Cook
> >
Richard Burrell Rushing's last will and testament:
"I, R. B. Rushing do make and publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all others by me made by me at any time.
"First I direct that my funeral expenses be paid as soon as possible out of any money that I may die posessed of or may first come into the hands of my Executor.
"Secondly I direct that my wife Mary J. Rushing have all my land consisting of fifty acres during her life time; after her death I will that J. F. Rushing L. J. Rushing have the said land.
"Thirdly I direct that L. J. and J. F. Rushing have full control and all the benefits of the Rube Elliott lease.
"Fourth I give and bequerath to my son J. F. Rushing my sorrel mule.
"Fifth I direct that L. J. and Mary J. Rushing have my mare.
"Sixth I give and bequeath to Martha L. Rushing one bed and stead and clothes.
"Seventh I give J. F. Rushing one feather bed and stead and clothes. I also direct L. J. Rushing have one feather bed and stead and clothes. I also give and bequeath to my wife Mary J and J. F. and L. J. Rushing all my hogs sheep and cattle. I give to my son J. F. Rushing my wagon and harness.
"Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint W. F. Rushing my Executor in witness whereof I do to this my will set my hand this the third day of November 1898. R. B. Rushing.
"Signed and published in our presence and we have submitted our names hereto in the presence of the testator. This the third day of Nov. 1898.
J. R. Hobbs.
J. M. Rushing.
W. F. Rushing."
In the name of God Amen. I Thomas Gaddy Senior of the County of Anson and the state of North
Carolina, being in a low state of health but of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last
will and Testament in manner and form as follows.
In the first place, it is my will and desire that my beloved wife Millison should have quiet and peaceable
possession of the plantation and land whereon I now live lying on the North side of little Brown Creek
during her natural life or widowhood
Item - I give unto my said wife Millison all my stock of horses, cattle, hogs & sheep and also all my
household and kitchen furniture and every other species of property that is not hereafter bequeathed, to
dispose of as she may think proper after paying all my just debts.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my beloved son John Gaddy all that tract or parcel of land, adjoining the
plantation whereon I now live and lying on the south side of Little Brown Creek bounded by the said
creek in the North, by the lands of the heirs of Moses Wood & Jacob Phillips on the west, by William
Gaddy and Ruben Phillips on the south and John Rushing on the West. Item - I give and bequeath unto
my beloved son Saumel Gaddy after the death or marriage of my beloved wife Millison, all that tract or
parcel of land where on I now live, bounded by Little Brown Creek on >the South, by Federick Gaddy's
line on the east by William Dismukes' line on the north, and by Elisha Horns, the land belonging to the
heirs of Sion Rutland Dec'd on the West. also I give unto my said son Samuel one Sorrell horse with a
blaze face + four years old.
I do hereby nominate and appoint my beloved wife Millison Executrix and my fried William Dismukes
Executor to this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and annulling all and every other that might
have been heretofore made in any manner or form whatsoever. In Witness whereof I the said Thomas
Gaddy Senr have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this fourteenth day of February one thousand
eight hundred and fourteen.
Signed, sealed & delivered in the his presence of
Thomas x Gaddy Senr (SEAL)
Anthony McGregor
Mark W. Dismukes
Anson Jany court 1815
The last will and testament of Thomas Gaddy was exhibited in open court and duly proved by oath of
Anthony McGregor on of the subscribing witnesses hereto ordered to be recorded.
they were:
Rushing, Elmer R February 15, 1924 March 08, 1953 Tex PVT 86 Inf TNG BN WWII
Rushing, Elvin I September 22, 1926 March 09, 1953 Tex CPL 41 Field Arty BN
Rushing, Henry E December 14, 1904 March 08, 1953
They are buried next to their father who died the year before at the Rushing family Cemetery in Hopkins County, Texas.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/rushing/messages/1428.html
Submitter: Debbie Cashion Hill; July 13, 2001
He is listed as author of at least seventeen books about gardening, and a frequent guest speaker at gardening conventions, TV shows and HGTV. Felder's own garden has colorfull and unusual sclupture like scrap-tin welded butterflies, dressed up pink flamingos, bottle trees, a train set, scarecrows ect.
"This entertaining speaker understands that many gardeners feel intimidated by a crush of how-to books and experts. Felder delivers bottom-line points with a down-home style, rife with humor, zany metaphors, and real-life anecdotes. ... retired after nearly 25 years as an Extension Horticulturist for Mississippi State University. ... he has a call-in radio program and he appears on many TV programs. His offbeat garden concepts have appeared in several garden shows around the country. "