Re: Nicholas & Jane RUSH, Burr
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Nicholas & Jane RUSH, Burr
JENNIFER WATHEN 3/31/99
Nicholas Rush was my great Grandfather.I have some info you may be interested in.Do you happen to know his original Italian name?That's one thing I haven't been able to find out, which makes it near impossible to research any farther back.His father (Antonius) was a farmer and had 5 children in addition to Nicholas.They were; Joseph, Pasco, Ross, Caroline and Celestia.Nicholas went to France in 1855 to study as a musician.From there he went to england to practice his profession and then of course to America in 1861.
He originally married Ann Wood at Nebraska City in 1873.They had one child (Mary).Ann died young and he married Jane Powell in Johnson county in 1878.The Powells were among the founders and pioneers of the county.They had 8 children. Celestia,Ida Sybil,(my grandmother)Albert Wesley,Rosa Angela, Edith Pearl, Willie Logan and Johnny P.