Tony Rush

Male1903–1987

Brief Life History of Tony

Tony Rush was born in 1903, in Indianola, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States. He had at least 1 son with Hattie Williams. He lived in Beat 3, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1987, in Indianola, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Tony Rush
1903–1987
Hattie Williams
1911–
Albert Rush
1925–1987

Sources (2)

  • Tony Rush, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Tony Rush, "United States Census, 1940"

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Children (1)

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 0

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop

Age 4

When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.

1925 · B.B. King is Born

Age 22

B.B. King was born on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bean, Mississippi. He was a famous American blues singer, electric guitarist, and record producer. In 1987, he inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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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