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Ross Rush

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Ross Rush Veteran

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
18 Jun 1864 (aged 22)
Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Ursina, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.8406833, Longitude: -79.3373717
Memorial ID
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s/o Jacob & Ruth Rush, age 22Y 4M 16D. He enlisted in Co H 85th PA Vol 23 Sep 1861, and was killed in a charge at Petersburg, Va on 18 Jun 1864, (Source: Somerset County PA Archives Photo Tombstone.....Jersey Baptist Church Old Cemetery, contributed by Glenda Shay)
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Ross Rush is the name sake for the local GAR in Ursina, PA. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1864 at age 20 in Harnedsville, Somerset Co. Pa. in Co H 85 PA. Vol Sep 1861. Mustered in Nov. 12, 1861 as Private in Uniontown, Pa. He reenlisted in Feb. 20, 1864 at Hilton Head, South Carolina & was killed in battle at Petersburg.
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Home in 1850: Lower Turkeyfoot, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Name Age
Jacob Rush 44
Ruth Rush 40
Mary Rush 19
John L Rush 16
Rachel Rush 15
Ann Rush 13
Lott Rush 10
Ross Rush 8
Addison Rush 6
Jackson Rush 4
Bruce Rush 2
Sarah Rush 0
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Home in 1860: Lower Turkeyfoot, Somerset, Pennsylvania
Name Age
Jacob Rush 55
Ruth Rush 51
Anne Rush 22
Ross Rush 18
Addison Rush 16
Jackson Rush 13
Bruce Rush 12
Sarah Rush 10
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Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012
Name: Ross Rush
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1842
Age: 22
Death Date: 18 Jun 1864
Military Branch: Army
Veteran of Which War: U.S. Civil War
Registration County: Somerset
Cemetery Name: Jersey-Old Plot near Ursina
Cemetery Location: L Turkeyfoot Township
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U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865
Name: Ross Rush
Death Date: 18 Jun 1864
Death Place: Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Rank: Private
Company: H
Regiment: 85 Pa Inf
Box Number: 52
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s/o Jacob & Ruth Rush, age 22Y 4M 16D. He enlisted in Co H 85th PA Vol 23 Sep 1861, and was killed in a charge at Petersburg, Va on 18 Jun 1864, (Source: Somerset County PA Archives Photo Tombstone.....Jersey Baptist Church Old Cemetery, contributed by Glenda Shay)
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Ross Rush is the name sake for the local GAR in Ursina, PA. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1864 at age 20 in Harnedsville, Somerset Co. Pa. in Co H 85 PA. Vol Sep 1861. Mustered in Nov. 12, 1861 as Private in Uniontown, Pa. He reenlisted in Feb. 20, 1864 at Hilton Head, South Carolina & was killed in battle at Petersburg.
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Home in 1850: Lower Turkeyfoot, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
Name Age
Jacob Rush 44
Ruth Rush 40
Mary Rush 19
John L Rush 16
Rachel Rush 15
Ann Rush 13
Lott Rush 10
Ross Rush 8
Addison Rush 6
Jackson Rush 4
Bruce Rush 2
Sarah Rush 0
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Home in 1860: Lower Turkeyfoot, Somerset, Pennsylvania
Name Age
Jacob Rush 55
Ruth Rush 51
Anne Rush 22
Ross Rush 18
Addison Rush 16
Jackson Rush 13
Bruce Rush 12
Sarah Rush 10
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Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012
Name: Ross Rush
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1842
Age: 22
Death Date: 18 Jun 1864
Military Branch: Army
Veteran of Which War: U.S. Civil War
Registration County: Somerset
Cemetery Name: Jersey-Old Plot near Ursina
Cemetery Location: L Turkeyfoot Township
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U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865
Name: Ross Rush
Death Date: 18 Jun 1864
Death Place: Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Rank: Private
Company: H
Regiment: 85 Pa Inf
Box Number: 52
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Inscription

ROSS RUSH
CO 85
PA INF



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  • Created by: Fay C. Leonard
  • Added: Jul 3, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93026968/ross-rush: accessed ), memorial page for Ross Rush (2 Feb 1842–18 Jun 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 93026968, citing Jersey Baptist Churchyard, Ursina, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Fay C. Leonard (contributor 47190206).