Rushing, Mary Jane (b. 23 FEB 1848, d. 7 MAY 1918)

Note: [Randaulph Lee of Ms. Descendants 10-20-2002.FTW]

The 1870 Pike County, Ms., census shows age for Mary J. as 22, occupation as Housekeeper, born in Miss.
The 1880 Pike County, Ms., census shows age for Mary J. as 22 (should have been 32), occupation as keepinghouse, born in Mississippi, both parents born in Miss.
The 1900 Pike County, Ms., census shows age for Mary J. as 52, born Feb., 1848, with 13 children, 10 surviving (this should have been 11, although Marion Hall Lee doesn't appear in the household).
The 1910 Pike County, Ms., census shows age for Mary J. as 63, married once for 44 years, 13 children with 11 surviving, born in Mississippi, both parents born in Mississippi.
Mary Jane Rushing's parents were Wiley J. Rushing (1825-1905) and Nancy C.May (Rushing)(1827-1904). Much detail about the Rushing family can be found in the book "Matthew Rushing Descendants in South Mississippi 1810 - 1995" by Helen Lyndola Rushing (Jones). Another good information source for the Rushing family is World Family Tree, Vol. 12, Tree #3424. This tree contains 3,291 individuals and was compiled by Archie Rushing, Jr., who lives in Bradenton, Fl., July 2000. World Family Tree publishes a multiple CD ROM set for use with personal computers and Family Tree Maker software.

Note: (The following is a letter from Dewey McKenzie, husband of Betty Weatherford, daughter of Lela Cagle, sister of Amanda Cagle, wife of Archie Rushing Sr.)

"Betty and I were happy to get your work on the Rushings. I was especially interested in the McKenzie connection. My research yielded a little different information regarding Levi Rushing's third wife, Nancy Ann Elizabeth McKenzie. I believe she is the daughter of James McKenzie and Rebecca Ann Boutwell.

"I am descended from Azarell (Census shows Azearl) McKenzie and Lydia Ann Carson. Ann died in 1851 at or immediately after childbirth. The baby was Margaret Ann McKenzie, who married George Thomas, and she was my mother's grandmother. Stories she told my mother are a significant motivation for me to be doing research.

"Azarell's second wife was Julia Ann Thomas, daughter of Charles and Betsy Richardson Thomas.

"My research indicates roughly the following: McKenzie line in Marion, Walthall and Pike Counties, Ms. They don't belong with other south Miss. McKenzies.

"Alexander McKenzie b. 1722 in Scotland. His last wife was Mary Rogers, widow of Josiah Lewis. She had 3 Lewis children: Josiah, Jr., Sarah who married Robert Elliott, and Elizabeth who married William Rowell 'Who died within half a decade.'

"Alexander and Mary had two sons, Daniel and David McKenzie. While the boys were still toddlers, Alexander died. The boys were both born by 1784.

"During the 1790s Mary moved across the state of South Carolina to Beaufort District, along the Savannah River. The census shows her there in 1800 and 1810. In 1810 two of her children secured passports for themselves and families and went to Miss. Territory (Daniel McKenzie and his half sister Elizabeth Rowell). All the other children were living beside Mary in separate households. In 1811 David McKenzie and his family, along with his father-in-law's family went to Miss. Terr. In 1816, all the siblings were living beside each other in Pike County, except Josiah. I believe he stayed in South Carolina with his mother, Mary, until she died. By 1810 she was over 70.

"The McKenzie brothers lived adjacent to each other and attended the same churches, etc.

"David and his wife, Nancy Lewis, had four daughters by 1816, but we don't know their individual birth dates. In 1817 their oldest son, Azarell, was born. In 1819 Ara appeared, followed by Lucretia in 1823, Nathan D. in 1825 and Nancy in about 1829. (Nancy married Howard Tulles.)

"Daniel and his wife, Sarah Lewis (David and Daniel married sisters - daughters of Joseph B. Lewis) had the following:
James, born about 1808 in South Carolina. He married Rebecca A. Boutwell.
Some of their children were: William A., b. 1839; Daniel M., b. about 1840; Sarah A.M., b. about 1842; Nancy A.E., b. about 1844; John T., b. about 1846; and Alexander W., b. 1849.

"Daniel's other children were Suzanne, Alexander, Eliza, Martha, William, John B., Emily, Elizabeth, and Sarah A.

"Note that James, Daniel's oldest son, named his children after his parents and siblings.

"Most of Marion County's McKenzies are mostly but not all, descended from James (Daniel's son) and Nathan and Ara. Of course, by now they are all scattered everywhere. (In 1856, Daniel's son Alexander W. McKenzie, a Baptist preacher, moved to Texas and so some of our relations are out there.
Dewey R. McKenzie."

Note: Amanda Jane Cagle was born in Sumrall, Ms., where she lived until she married Rubin Burnham. (See copy marriage certificate below.)

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MARRIAGE RECORD 2ND DISTRICT, Marion County, Ms.
Mr. R. B Burnham and Mattie (should be Amanda Jane or Mandy) Cagle
THE STATE OF Ms., Lamar County, MARRIAGE LICENSE.
To any Minister, Judge, Justice, or Other Person Authorized by Law to Celebrate the Rites of Matrimony:
You are hereby Licensed to Celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between Mr. R B Burnham and Miss Mattie (Mandy or Amanda Jane) Cagle and for so doing this shall be your warrant.
Given under my hand and official seal, this the 30th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.
R.L. Walker, Circuit Clerk
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THE STATE OF Ms.
Marion County, 2nd District CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
By virtue of a License from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of said County of Marion, I have this day Celebrated the Rites of Matrimony between R.B. Burnham and Miss Mattie (Mandy) Cagle.
Given under my hand, this the 31st day of March A.D. 1910
A.L. Walker J.P. Seal
Certificate of Marriage filed for record April, 2nd, 1910, and recorded April 2, 1910.
C.V. Hathorne, Circuit Clerk.
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The Lamar County 1910 census record shows Mandy J. Burnham living in a boarding house and listed as sister-in-law to Mathia Burnham, owner. Rubin and his four children are listed as boarders.
Maxie Lilliam Burnham was born January 5, 1911. Amanda divorced Burnham June 19, 1912 and married Archie Rushing same day.
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(Lamar County had recently been established. This part was in Marion County, they were still using Marion County forms.)
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No 480.
Mandy Burnham VS R.B. Burnham. (White Race)
This day this cause came on for final hearing on bill of complaint, process of publication, and oral testimony, and the court having been informed fully as to the complaint, and the parties to said cause being of the white race, and it appearing from the sworn oral testimony in open court that the complainant was entitled to the relief sought in said bill, it is thereupon considered, ordered, adjudged and decreed that the bonds of matrimony heretofore existing between complainant and defendant be ad the same is this day dissolved, set aside, and held for naught. Ordered, adjudged, and decreed in open court this the 19th day of June A.D. 1912.
R.E. Sheehy, Chancellor.
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Obit
The Clarion-Ledger Jackson Daily News
Monday, April 17, 1967
Mrs. Amanda Rushing
Columbia -- Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda Rushing, 75, formerly of Foxworth, but who had been residing in Mobile, Ala., are tentatively scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. today from the Colonial Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Foxworth Cemetery.

She died at 10 p.m. Friday at the Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, Ala. She was a member of the Foxworth First Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Claude Rushing of Charleston, S.C. and Archie Rushing Jr. of Mobile, Ala.; two daughters, Mrs. E.J. Randall of Charlotte, S.C. and Mrs. Sennett Singley of Improve; three sisters, Mrs. Sidney Weatherford of Hattiesburg, Mrs. Zell Broome and Mrs. John Aultman both of Sumrall; 18 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Note: Obit Mobile Press, Monday July 6, 1992

Mr. Claude Rushing -- A native of Foxworth, Ms. and a resident of the Theodore area for over 20 years died Saturday, July 4, 1992 at a local hospital. He is survived by his (wife) of 50 years, Mrs. Myrtle Morea Rushing; two son, John C. Rushing and Donald A. Rushing; one daughter, Claudine Rushing; a daughter-in-law, Janie Smith Rushing; two grandchildren, John C. Rushing, Jr. and Amanda Jane Rushing; one great grandson, Brandon Jonathan Rushing; two sisters, Ettress Randall and Beatrice Singley; one brother, Archie Rushing; other relatives and many friends. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 7, 1992 at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Serenity Funeral Home. The family will receive visitors at the funeral home Tuesday from 10 a.m. untikl service time. Interment will take place in Serenity Memorial Gardens. Funeral arrangements are by SERENITY FUNERAL HOME, 8691 Old Pascagoula Rd, Mobile, .

Note: Archie Sr. was the youngest son of Levi Rushing by his third wife. He appears on the 1880 Pike County Ms. census record at 2 months old. In the 1900 Pike County census he was 20 years old living with his mother, Nancy. Twenty years later he is listed in the Walthal County census at 39 years, married to Mandy. Children listed at home were: Maxie L. (step dau), Claude, Tine, Ettress and A. Lurlene.

Archie's first marriage was to Myrtis Boyd, sister of Sarah Elmora Boyd who had married his brother, Samuel Tilton Rushing. Mary Magdaline, daughter of Samuel and Sarah writes it this way: "Daddy found a place...on Pearl River - forty or eighty acres... Daddy's baby brother Archie came down there and bought him a place joining ours, my mothers sister Myrtis came to see us, and Uncle Archie and Aunt Myrtis got married. It wasn't too long she took the Typhoid fever and died." (Material dated Dec. 2, 1988) His second marriage was December 16, 1904 to Mittie Jones, third to Ella Kemp March 3, 1908. These marriages were found in Pike County records. His fourth marriage was to a woman named Sadie according to court records of a divorce in Lamar County, Ms. (See copy below.) His fifth and final marriage was to Amanda Jane Cagle. (See record copy below.)
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Obit Clarion-Ledger newspaper, Jackson, Ms.

Funeral services for Archie E. Rushing Sr., 71, were held at ten o'clock Saturday morning November 3, from the family home at Foxworth.
The Rev. G.K. Allen, pastor of the Foxworth Methodist Church and the Rev. John Oakes, pastor of the Foxworth Baptist Church, took part in the rites.
Interment was in the Foxworth cemetery under direction of Colonial Funeral Home of Columbia, with nephews of the deceased as pallbearers.
Mr. Rushing was born at Tylertown May 28, 1880, however had resided for the past twenty-five years at Foxworth. He was a brick mason in his more active years. He passed away Friday, November 2, (1951) at an early hour at his home after an illness of about a year.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Amanda Cagle Rushing; five children, Mrs. S.C. Johnson, Route 2, Columbia, Claude Rushing, Mobile, Ala., Mrs Ettress Taylor, New Orleans, La., Mrs Sennett Singley, Route 2, Sumrall, and Archie Rushing Jr., Picayune; fourteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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The E in Archie Rushing Sr.'s name came about in this manner. When he and his brothers were teenagers they would write to their girl friends and the practice was to use initials instead of spelling out their names. He would sign his letters "A. Rushing." And his brother, Andrew, would also sign his letters "A. Rushing." In order to be able to identify his mail Archie started using the E in Archie as a middle initial, therefore "A.E. Rushing" was established. He told his son Junior Rushing this story. (See Notes for Archie Rushing Jr. as to why Junior didn't use the E.)
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The certified copy of the MINUTES OF THE CHANCERY COURT JUNE A D 1912 TERM, WEDNESDAY 19TH, 1912, reads:
No. 479 A E Rushing VS Sadie Rushing, (White Race)
This day this cause came on for final hearing, on bill of complaint, proof of publication of process, and oral testimony in open court, and the parties to said cause being of the white race, and the court having been fully advised as to the complaints, and having heard all of the sworn oral testimony was of the opinion that the complainant was entitled to the relief prayed for in said bill whereupon it is considered, ordered, adjudged and decreed that the bonds of matrimony heretofore existing between complainant and defendant be and the same is hereby dissolved, set aside and held for naught.
Ordered, adjudged and decreed in open court this the 19th day of June A D 1912.
R E Sheehy, Chancellor.
(To date Sadie has not been identified.)
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State of Louisiana, Parish of St. Tammany -- 26th Judicial District Court
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To J. Y. CROW, Justice of The Peace - 9th Ward,
You are hereby empowered and authorized to unite in HOLY WEDLOCK A. E. RUSHING and MANDA EAGLE (Note: error, should be CAGLE)
and when you have done so, you return a duplicate hereof to this office, as the law directs.
Given under my hand and seal, this 19th day of June, 1912
(sgd) E. J. FREDERICK Clerk
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THIS IS TO CER5TIFY, That on this 19th day of June, 1912
I, the undersigned, have, under thr above License, jointed together in Holy Wedlock
A. E. RUSHING and MANDA EAGLE (Note: error, should be CAGLE)
In the presence of the undersigned Witnesses:
(Sgd) CHAS. FOURCHER
(Sgd) MRS. MARLIN CRAWFORD
(Sgd) BEAULAH CROW
A TRUE COPY
Camille Stewart, CLERK 22nd Jud. Dist. Court
St. Tammanhy Parish, La.
(Sgd) A. E. RUSHING
(Sgd) MANDA EAGLE (Note: error, should be CAGLE)
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Truly recorded in Marriage Book 4, Folio 486, of the official records of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
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After their marriage Archie and Amanda lived in several places such as Walthall County, Hattiesburg and Columbia. In 1922 when Avery Lurlene died, the family was living on Unetta Street in Hattiesburg. They moved to Riverside Drive there and Bernice was born in 1923. Their next move was to Columbia where Archie Jr. was born January 10, 1925. From there they moved next to the Foxworth school and lived there until they moved into the house they had bought October 1926 when they signed the deed to an unfinished bungalow on property located on the Foxworth-Columbia road near Pearl River. This was the family home where he died in November 1951. Amanda lived there alone until she was physically unable to stay. She then sold the property and moved to Mobile, and lived with children. After the children's jobs transferred to other states, she moved to Beasley's nursing home in Fairhope, where she stayed until her death April 14, 1967.
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THE STATE OF Ms., Marion County.
For and in consideration of the sum of ONE HUNDRED AND NO/100
Dollars, cash to US in hand paid, the receipt of which is hereby confessed and acknowledged, WE this day sell, convey and warrant unto J. L. POUNDS the following described land lying and being situated in said county and state, to-wit:
Commencing at the Ne. Corner of the NW 1/4 of Section 14, Township 3 North,13 East; thence run South 553 feet more or less, to the South margin of the State Highway to the place of beginning; thence run South 70 yards: thence run West 70 yards to the same angle of the State Highway; thence run North 70 yards; thence East 70 yards to the place of beginning, containing 1 acre, more or less.
Witness our signatures this the 9 day of February 1925
(signed) P.B. Ball
(signed) Mrs Bertie Ball
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THE STATE OF Ms..
County OF Marion

This day personally appeared before me, the undersigned Authority in and for said county, the within named P. B. BALL and wife, MRS. BERTIE BALL who each acknowledged that they signed and delivered the foregoing instrument at the time therein named as their own voluntary act and deed.
Witness my hand and Seal of office this the 9th day of February A. D., 1925
(signed) L. R. Daniels
Authority, President Board Supervisors
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THE STATE OF Ms.,
County OF Marion.

For and in consideration of the sum of SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ($700.00) cash to us paid, the receipt whereof is acknowledge, we do by the execution of this instrument, sell, convey and warrant unto A.E. RUSHING, that certain piece or parcel of land situated in Marion County, Mississippi, and described as follows, to-wit:-
(Same description as above adding:)
...together with the improvements and appurtenances thereon situated or in any wise pertaining.

Witness our signatures this the 1st day of October, A. D. 1926.
(signed) J. L. Pounds
(signed) Mrs. Hattie Pounds

THE STATE OF Ms.,
County OF Marion.

This day personally appeared before the undersigned Official in and for said county and state, J. L. Pounds, and his wife, MRS. HATTIE POUNDS, each of whom acknowledged that they signed and delivered the above and foregoing instrument as their act and deed on the day and ate therein named.

Witness my hand and seal of office, this the 1st day of October, A. D. 1926.
(signed) IRENE SPEIGHTS
Official.
(Notary Public Seal)
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Note: Bernice was born physically disabled. She had what my mother called, water head. She never learned to walk however she had a good mind. She died at 11 p.m. January 7, 1929. She had "Broncho Pneumonia accompanying Influinza," according to death certificate. She was 5 years, 11 months and 8 days old. She enjoyed going to the movies. Our brother, Claude, took us one time that I remember vaguely. A cartoon made an impression on me.
Archie,Jr.

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Mobile Press-Register
Mr. Irvin Pearl Craft - Native of Tylertown, Miss., resident of Daphne and Fairhope, Ala., for the past 23 years, died at a local hospital in Fairhope Thursday, Oct. 21, 1965, at 7:30 a.m. For the past 12 years, Mr. Craft has owned and operated Craft Plumbing County in Daphne, Ala. He is a member of Daphne Baptist Church and a charter member of the Spanish Fort Masonic Lodge No. 916, F&AM. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ann Baxter Craft, Daphne, Ala.; one daughter, Mrs. Deta Vaughan, Chickasaw, Ala.; one son, Irvin Jim Craft, Houston, Tex.; mother, Mrs. Deta Craft Rowell, Columbia, Miss.; five sisters, Mrs Texie Wesley, Columbia, Miss., Mrs. Elma Piner, Columbia, Miss., Mrs. Hilda Bracey, Tylertown, Miss., Mrs. Velma Smith, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Nell Stojan, Burlington, Ill.; one brother, Houston Craft, Wichita, Kan.; five grandchildren and other relatives. Funeral services will be held from the First Baptist Church, Fairhope, Ala., Saturday, Oct. 23, 1965, at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Fairhope Memory Gardens with Masonic honors. Funeral arrangements by Higgins Brown-Service Mortuary, Fairhope, Ala.

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