Green Berry Davis Rushing, 18261905 (aged 79 years)

Name
Green Berry Davis /Rushing/
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Teacher
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School teacher
1850
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Death
November 26, 1905 (aged 79 years)
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Family with parents
father
18011851
Birth: December 25, 1801 26 Cherah Hill, Anson Co. NC
Death: October 15, 1851Decatur Co. TN
mother
Marriage Marriage1825Anson Co. NC
20 months
himself
18261905
Birth: August 22, 1826 24 23 Anson Co. NC
Death: November 26, 1905
18 months
younger sister
19 months
younger sister
18291846
Birth: September 15, 1829 27 26
Death: about 1846
2 years
younger sister
18311857
Birth: September 21, 1831 29 28 Tennessee
Death: November 6, 1857
23 months
younger sister
18331919
Birth: July 31, 1833 31 30 Tennessee
Death: May 14, 1919Carthage, Panola Co. TX
22 months
younger sister
18351866
Birth: May 27, 1835 33 32 Tennessee
Death: May 22, 1866
2 years
younger brother
18371922
Birth: August 25, 1837 35 34
Death: October 2, 1922
2 years
younger sister
18391890
Birth: September 23, 1839 37 36 Tennessee
Death: January 14, 1890
2 years
younger brother
18411916
Birth: December 27, 1841 40 38 Tennessee
Death: March 21, 1916Shelby Co. TX
3 years
younger brother
18451936
Birth: April 21, 1845 43 42 Tennessee
Death: April 24, 1936San Augustine Co. TX
Family with Sarah J. Stevens
himself
18261905
Birth: August 22, 1826 24 23 Anson Co. NC
Death: November 26, 1905
wife
Marriage Marriage1852Decatur Co. TN
Family with Mary E. Watson
himself
18261905
Birth: August 22, 1826 24 23 Anson Co. NC
Death: November 26, 1905
wife
18361907
Birth: July 1836
Death: July 17, 1907
Marriage MarriageFebruary 3, 1889Decatur Co. TN
Family with Elizabeth M. Shipman
himself
18261905
Birth: August 22, 1826 24 23 Anson Co. NC
Death: November 26, 1905
partner
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From the research of David Donahue

In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A 28th Texas Dismounted Calvary. He was wounded at Pleasant Hill, LA, and disabled permanently. After the Civil War he served as tax assessor for Shelby Co. TX.

Rushing, Green B. D.

Green Rushing was born August 22, 1826, the oldest of 11 children born to Asa and Nancy G. (Hendrick) Rushing, both natives of NC. Asa was a planter and a strong Whig. In 1824, he visited Perry, now Decatur County, and in January, 1827, moved from Anson County, NC locating on the south side of the Beech River, 3 miles west of where Decaturville now stands. He died in 1851. His wife, Nancy went to Texas with Green and lived there until her death in 1875. Green began teaching school in Decatur County when he was 21 and continued until he left for Shelby County, Texas in 1853. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company A, 28th Dismounted Cavalry. At the close of the war, he returned to Shelby County, Texas where he was elected to the office of collector and assessor of taxes. January 8, 1852, he married Sarah J. Stevens, who died in September, 1877. She was the mother of 3 children. In 1879, Green returned to Decatur County and soon married Elizabeth Shipman. In 1886, he was elected recorder for Decatur County.

  • Goodspeed's History of Tennessee