ROBERT CORBETT RUSHING SR.
a.k.a. ROBERT WELLS

BLOCK 12

LOT : G.A.R. 157
ROW : G.A.R. 13
COLUMN : G.A.R. 12
GRAVE # 5



    A NOTE ON
    ROBERT'S BIRTH

    Most records have Joel Rushing as Robert's father. Robert was born before Joel and Martha were together. Joel was born just a few months after Martha's 1st husband passed away. Joel then adopted Robert after he married Martha.



Robert Corbett Rushing Sr.

b. January 1844
Illinois

d. June 21, 1905
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

buried: June 22, 1905



FATHER
Josiah Wells
(1810-1843)
ADOPTED BY:
Joel Rushing
(1799-1878)


MOTHER
Martha Y. (nee-Malone)
Wells-Rushing
(1811-1883)



MARRIED
Amanda Germley
()
.
.


Sarah Simon (nee-Long) Bolyard
(1858-1917)
February 15, 1882
Fayette County, Illinois




CHILDREN
with Amanda

Jennie M. (nee-Rushing) Godwin
(1870-1943)

William Franklin Rushing
(1875-1940)
NORTH FORK CEMETERY - DECATUR
MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS





with Sarah

Bertha Mae (nee-Rushing) Cottrell
(1883-1940)

Anna P. "Annie" (nee-Rushing) Workman
(1883-1980)

Charles Clarence Rushing
(1888-1943)
FAIRLAWN CEMETERY - DECATUR
MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS


Robert Corbett Rushing Jr.
(1892-1944)
GRACELAND CEMETERY - DECATUR
MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS


George Washington Rushing
(1895-1963)







    NOTE:
    Robert Corbett Rushing Sr.,
    fought in the
    CIVIL WAR
    PVT. CO.D. 68 ILL. INF.






      The Decatur Herald
      (Decatur, Illinois)
      23 JUN 1905 * page 8













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