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Joseph C. Rushing

Full Name: Joseph C. Rushing
Birth date: 1823
Death date: 1888

Terms of Service

  • House, 6th Legislature
    11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
     
  • House, 5th (1) Legislature
    11/28/1853 - 11/5/1855
     
(1) Not present at organization of the House on 11/7/1853. Rushing sworn on 11/28/1853, p. 132. House Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Joseph C. Rushing, age 30 (born circa 1823), native state Tennesese, emigrated from Tennessee in 1847, lawyer, postoffice Rusk, Cherokee County. House Journal .

Other Resources

  • Joseph C. Rushing, born 8/22/1822 in Rover, Bedford County, Tennessee, died circa 1888 in Cherokee County, Texas. Rushing Family Tree. Oath of loyalty signed by J.C. Rushing, Ellis County Texas, 9/26/1866, U.S., Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867. Ancestry.com .
  • RUSHING, JOSEPH C. (1823-1888). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Biographical sketch, Joseph C. Rushing, p. 383. Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas 1877.
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