When Hiram Casey Rush was born on 23 September 1818, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, his father, Benjamin Rush, was 36 and his mother, Rachel Springer, was 32. He married Esther Combs about 1837, in Monroe, Hart, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 11 August 1863, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Jane Yokley Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States.
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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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