Brief Life History of Jeremiah
Jeremiah Rush was born in 1838, in Kentucky, United States. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 8 April 1863, in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Mill Creek Church Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States.
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- Jeremiah Rush, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jeremiah Rush, "Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865"
- Jeremiah Rush, "Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865"
World Events (4)
1846
Age 8
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
Age 12
1861
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English rishe, rush(e), rosh(e) ‘rush’ (Old English risc), either a topographic name for someone who lived in a rushy place, or a nickname probably denoting someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.
English: nickname from Middle English rush ‘beehive’ (probably referring to skeps woven from rushes), perhaps denoting a bee-keeper.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra due to confusion with the Irish word luachair ‘rushes’ (see Loughrey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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