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Sophia Rushing[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 1828 - 1913  (85 years)


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  • Name Sophia Rushing 
    Born Mar 22, 1828  Pleasant Valley, Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Jun 23, 1913  Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Buried in Rushing Creek Cemetery
      Photograph in scrapbook comes from; Families and Histories of Benton County Tennessee, 1992 by the Benton County Genealogical Society, page 275. The heading reads;
      "Pictured in 1891 in front of their home which still stands on Hwy 641N, are Sophia (daughter of Robert "Robin" Rushing) and W.C. Rushing (son of Willis Rushing, 1792-1853) and eleven of their twelve children. The W.C. Rushing homeplace, recognized as one of Tennessee's Century farms, is owned by Rushing's great granddaughters, Virginia Lockhart Whitworth and Jean Lockhart Fry who furnished this information."
    Person ID I123352  mykindred
    Last Modified Jun 23, 2006 

    Father Robert Rushing,   b. Jan 08, 1799, Anson county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 27, 1855, Camden, Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Lively Webb,   b. Nov 13, 1798, Anson county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 18, 1868, Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married Jan 08, 1817  Anson county, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F39940  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Willis Crawford Rushing,   b. Jan 28, 1826,   d. Jan 07, 1916, Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married Jan 19, 1853  Pleasant Valley, Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Dora B. Rushing,   b. Oct 03, 1853, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 29, 1902, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     2. Robert Willis Rushing,   b. Oct 07, 1855, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 07, 1939, Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     3. Leonidius Rushing,   b. circa 1857, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1936  (Age ~ 79 years)
     4. Walter Harris Rushing,   b. Oct 27, 1859,   d. Oct 16, 1906, Big Sandy, Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     5. John Crawford Rushing,   b. 1860,   d. 1942, Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     6. William Rushing,   b. 1860, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     7. Mary J. Rushing,   b. circa 1863,   d. Y
     8. Lively Etta Rushing,   b. 1863,   d. 1943, Benton county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     9. Vachel Rushing,   b. Oct 23, 1866,   d. Sep 27, 1909  (Age 42 years)
     10. Holden Rushing,   b. circa 1869,   d. Y
    Family ID F39955  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1852] Gedcom - Smith, Miriam E.

    2. [S1927] Cemetery Listings of Benton County, Tennessee, p584.
      Birth, death, cemetery location and inscription "wife of W.C."

    3. [S1938] Gedcom - Ayers, Robert.

    4. [S1940] Gedcom - Freels, Michael.

    5. [S1924] Rushing, Daniel.

    6. [S1924] Rushing, Daniel.
      Gives marriage date and location of W. C. and Sophia Rushing.